Size: M6/W7
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 $1.8B line run out of Goleta, California. The Meta-Rocker geometry and oversized foam midsole remain the through-line across every model.
Rocket X is the stable side of the Hoka super-shoe pairing — PEBA-based midsole with a full-length carbon plate (winglets on the 3 for torsional stiffness), lower stack than Cielo X1, a more forgiving platform for a wider runner population. Rocket X 2 runs 36/31 mm at 5 mm drop, Rocket X 3 runs 40/33 mm at 7 mm. Half-marathon to marathon race day when stability matters more than the Cielo's rocker. Rocket X 3 — 210 g, 40/33 mm, carbon plate with winglets. More stack, more forgiving.
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CA$ 300
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.
Rocket X is the stable side of the Hoka super-shoe pairing — PEBA-based midsole with a full-length carbon plate (winglets on the 3 for torsional stiffness), lower stack than Cielo X1, a more forgiving platform for a wider runner population. Rocket X 2 runs 36/31 mm at 5 mm drop, Rocket X 3 runs 40/33 mm at 7 mm. Half-marathon to marathon race day when stability matters more than the Cielo's rocker. Rocket X 3 — 210 g, 40/33 mm, carbon plate with winglets. More stack, more forgiving.
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