Hoka was founded in 2009 in Annecy, in the French Alps, by two former Salomon product men — Nicolas Mermoud and Jean-Luc Diard, who wanted a trail shoe with enough foam and enough rocker to run downhill faster than you should. Deckers acquired the brand in 2012; by 2024 Hoka was a $1.8B line run out of Goleta, California. The Meta-Rocker geometry and oversized foam midsole remain the through-line across every model.
The Mach is Hoka's no-plate tempo trainer, full-length supercritical EVA, Meta-Rocker, 5 mm drop, 37/32 mm stack. Mach 6 introduced supercritical foam to the line; Mach 7 refined it lighter; Mach 8 continues the same tempo-for-everyone thesis. No plate, so it works at daily paces and leans uptempo when you lean on it. Mach 6, the Mach that introduced supercritical EVA to the line. 231 g, no plate.
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Hoka was founded in 2009 in Annecy, in the French Alps, by two former Salomon product men — Nicolas Mermoud and Jean-Luc Diard, who wanted a trail shoe with enough foam and enough rocker to run downhill faster than you should. Deckers acquired the brand in 2012; by 2024 Hoka was a $1.8B line run out of Goleta, California. The Meta-Rocker geometry and oversized foam midsole remain the through-line across every model.
The Mach is Hoka's no-plate tempo trainer, full-length supercritical EVA, Meta-Rocker, 5 mm drop, 37/32 mm stack. Mach 6 introduced supercritical foam to the line; Mach 7 refined it lighter; Mach 8 continues the same tempo-for-everyone thesis. No plate, so it works at daily paces and leans uptempo when you lean on it. Mach 6, the Mach that introduced supercritical EVA to the line. 231 g, no plate.
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