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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4886626, member: 405"] They are very sharp. Nike first started testing out all their crazy neon colors and stuff on the Ducks, since Phil Knight, the owner of Nike, went to school there. I first heard of Nike back when I was a runner in high school. They came out with a cross country shoe that was great in the mud, but still light-weight. Instead of wearing spiked shoes, as was the custom, the Nike Waffle had a tread pattern that gave you good footing in the muck, but was still light enough to race in. They became insanely popular and really helped launch Nike. New Balance also came out with a revolutionary running shoe around the same time, the NB 320, which were the first shoes that were also fairly lightweight, but have all the features we see in all sorts of sneakers and walking shoes today - wide shock absorbing sole, heel cup for stability, nylon upper to save weight. [/QUOTE]