I like Hoka shoes and am on my second pair. None of the trash woke baggage you get with that Nike brand. In fact, now that I think about it, I don’t think I’ve EVER bought a single Nike product.
I remember US Keds back in the day. I have not kept up with modern brands such as Nike or Puma, or know why they are a superior shoe.
Stopped buying anything Nike when they went woke. Will never buy anything Nike again.
You mean people don’t like Nike supporting youth “gender affirming care”?
Probably far right bigots are behind Nike’s troubles.
Oh and yes, almost forgot, Russian disinformation.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316181/posts
I know a lot of us eschewed the brand after they hired Colin Kaepernick:
“Kaepernick posted a Nike ad featuring his face and wrote: ‘Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. (Hashtag) JustDoIt’”
JustDoIt for me and my family was to immediately switch brands. I like Hoka but prefer “old people’s shoes” G-Defy after a leg and foot injury, they’ll send you two types of inserts you can choose from, I use the corrective one and it’s helped with knee and leg pain.
I use to run a lot back in the 70’s.
Bought a pair of high end (at the time) Nikes.
They were so unstable that they nearly ruined my knees.
Went to New Balance and have worn them ever since.
Nike’s demented trip into wokism guarantees I’ll never try them again.
New Balance is better.
I walk a great deal and my shoe is New Balance, have been a loyal customer for over 40 years. If I could not get New Balance my go to is Brooks.
I will never buy a Nike product voluntarily and never knew they weren’t on Amazon.
They’re evil and make garbage.
No Nike ever. I like Brooks running shoes. Brooks is accused of supporting Trump because they don’t support liberals.
“Brooks Running does not officially support Donald Trump. The company emphasizes diversity and inclusion. While some shoe brands engage in political endorsements, Brooks maintains a neutral stance. They focus on community engagement and product innovation within the footwear industry, aligning their identity with equity.”
Wear Nike products? THAT’S SO GAY!
Never cared for the fit of a Nike shoe.
I will not buy anything Nike. They chose Colin Kaepernick over Betsy Ross for crying out loud. Losers!
.. are still overpriced foreign slave labor made pieces
of mostly petroleum-based products.
What’s “humiliating” about it? They tried something, it didn’t work, they reversed course. That’s perfectly logical and sensible in my book. They’re still certainly selling sneakers. They didn’t do any kind of “Bud Lite” insanity off a broken diving board into an empty pool like InBev did.
I won’t buy anything made be Nike. I’ve been that way for at least 10 yrs now.
That impression wasn't just from rumor, its principal source was Nike corporate itself. Calling it "woke" implies that it is of recent vintage; it isn't. Somebody at corporate finally realized that political polarity wasn't selling shoes (cue Michael Jordan on the subject). It took long enough.
Actually, I think this article confirms that these “national brands” are rip-offs and people easily find suitable replacements at better prices when given the choices.
Old buddy of mine was a wig with NIKE. Learned things from him that caused me to not ever buy NIKE. Hardly ever wore what he gifted my family and I.
I will not ever buy NIKE!!
WHO IN THE HELL wants to spend that much money on a pair of shoes made in communist China with child labor!! People ARE waking up!!!