these are kind of sweet....and adidas knows how to advertise/brand their product. Vibram had a big head start in the market but now that they're patent is obviously over and/or circumvented they're probalby going to get crushed by the big boys. They relied way too long on word of mouth and didn't market their shoes to athletes nearly as heavily as they should have.
crocs, uggs (at least the dude ones) and goofy-ass foot gloves...you won't see any of those muh-fuggers 10 years from now...at the end of the day, people still like to look cool...case in point, not one of us here has a snowball's chance in hell of turning "pro" in any sort of sport ('cept maybe a couple of actual bodybuilders around here) but, we're still busting our asses so that we look good...so that we look good...look good is the end game...and those fucking footies don't look good...especially on a dude...it's like putting whitewalls on a ferrari...fucking ugly.
old guys agree...i wouldn't give a rat's ass if they made my bench go up by 100 pounds, you wouldn't catch me dead in a pair of those ugly-ass fuggin' "shoes"...and, for the record, i've never owned a pair of those -ass crocs either...fuck that shit.
fail...the verdict is in. They're everywhere. Bodybuilders are wearin em, powerlifters are wearin em, runners, heck i saw shaq in a pair...now yes he did look goofy but you know what, he probably doesn't give a fuck cause theyr'e comfortable. People care more about utility now then style. The benefits far outweight the perceived image purveyed by a few old folks who thought ear buds were whacky too.
plunky <----- old soon to be infirm
maybe you can craft yourself a pair of sweet orthopaedics here soon with that 5 axis thingy in your basement.
when i said "crocs" i was, of course, referring to the original -ass little dutch boy looking design and, honestly?? that shit looks fine on a chick...it just looks way too fem for any self-respecting dude to wear imho.