- Low profile, high traction, non marking OmniGrip rubber compound outsole with multi directional lug tread pattern
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About Columbia Sportswear
Founded in 1938, Columbia Sportswear Company has grown from a small family-owned hat distributor to one of the world's largest outerwear brands and the leading seller of skiwear in the United States. Columbia's extensive product line includes a wide variety of outerwear, sportswear, rugged footwear and accessories. Columbia specializes in developing innovative products that are functional yet stylish and offer great value. Eighty-year-old matriarch Gert Boyle, Chairman of the Board, and her son, Tim Boyle, President and CEO, lead the company. Columbia's history starts with Gert's parents, Paul and Marie Lamfrom, when they fled Germany in 1937. They bought a small hat distributorship in Portland, Oregon, and named it Columbia Hat Company, after the river bordering the city. Soon frustrated by poor deliveries from suppliers, the Lamfroms decided to start manufacturing products themselves. In 1948, Gert married college sweetheart Neal Boyle, who joined the family business and later took the helm of the growing company. When Neal suddenly died of a heart attack in 1970, Gert enlisted help from Tim, then a college senior. After that it wasn't long before business really started to take off. Columbia was one of the first companies to make jackets from waterproof/breathable fabric. They introduced the breakthrough technology called the Columbia Interchange System, in which a shell and liner combine for multiple wearing options. In the early 1980s, then 60 year-old Gert began her role as "Mother Boyle" in Columbia's successful and popular advertising campaign. In 1998 the company went public, and moved into a new era as a world leader in the active outdoor apparel industry. Today, Columbia Sportswear employs more than 1,800 people around the world and distributes and sells products in more than 50 countries and to more than 12,000 retailers internationally.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible shoes!,
This review is from: Columbia Sportswear Men's Omnitorial Trail Shoe (Apparel)
These shoes were an accidental purchase when I showed up for a 3 day backpack trip... sans hiking boots! It rained. The shoes went "Squish, squish, squish" for thee days. I had NO FOOT PROBLEMS! That was 5 years ago. I've been trying to replace them, as they've more than done their service, and they're nowhere to be found! Arrgh! They are the most comfortable and supportive shoes I've ever found. What I particularly like is the quantity and design of the padding around the heel and ankle, and the support design on the sole and insole.
3.0 out of 5 stars
They are a very small #9.5 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
By Juan Carlos "Jc" (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Columbia Sportswear Men's Omnitorial Trail Shoe (Apparel)
The shoes look ok, but they are small and narrow, they are not a real # 9.5, they are smaller than that. I'm making an effort wearing them. They look to me, like a future gift for somebody with smaller feet than me.
Regards !! Juan Carlos 2115|R3DTZ6TWCYMTCJ;2115|R1XHLWWOTYSPW1;
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