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 $1.8B line run out of Goleta, California. The Meta-Rocker geometry and oversized foam midsole remain the through-line across every model.
Stinson is Hoka's max-cushion road-to-trail — 43.5/38.5 mm stack on the 7, the tallest in running, CMEVA with an H-frame TPU stability wrap and an Active Foot Frame bucket midsole, 4 mm multi-directional lugs for coverage. Stinson One7 is the lifestyle-leaning update with a translucent upper and 3D-moulded TPU heel clip; Stinson EVO OG is the March 2025 archive reissue with CORDURA and suede — a deliberate callback to Hoka's French-Alps origin. Stinson 7 — 343 g, 43.5/38.5 mm, CMEVA with an H-frame TPU stability wrap. Tallest stack in running.
Trail
CA$ 210
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.
Stinson is Hoka's max-cushion road-to-trail — 43.5/38.5 mm stack on the 7, the tallest in running, CMEVA with an H-frame TPU stability wrap and an Active Foot Frame bucket midsole, 4 mm multi-directional lugs for coverage. Stinson One7 is the lifestyle-leaning update with a translucent upper and 3D-moulded TPU heel clip; Stinson EVO OG is the March 2025 archive reissue with CORDURA and suede — a deliberate callback to Hoka's French-Alps origin. Stinson 7 — 343 g, 43.5/38.5 mm, CMEVA with an H-frame TPU stability wrap. Tallest stack in running.
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