Athletic footwear

by **BigheadTodd** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:54 am

So I was listening to radio Germany online the other night, and they did a piece on footwear companies. They listed the top 3 worldwide. One and two were gimmies(nike and adidas) but I was shocked at number 3. Any guesses?

**Sponsor**

by **UofMLaxGoalie11** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:34 am

vans? or stride rite? maybe keds? do they involve velcro? I need velco shoes again...

by **jessexy** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:03 pm

converse. you know, those new Starbury's are pretty sick. and D Wade is bringing them up and outta Chcuk's shadow.

by **Sonny** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:04 pm

Reebok?

by **Adam G** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:24 pm

by **Adam G** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:25 pm

UofMLaxGoalie11 wrote:vans? or stride rite? maybe keds? do they involve velcro? I need velco shoes again...

Ha! Stride Rite... I haven't heard that brand since i was like 2 years old

by **LAXDawg14** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:37 pm

aviva?
haha

by **BigheadTodd** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:07 pm

uwec_attack wrote:Puma

it is Puma. I was surprised, I thought I was in style, and have never owned Puma footwear.

by **Adam G** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:29 pm

I went to the Puma store in the mall yesterday, and can now totally see how it'd be #3 worldwide. The store was full of euro-trash clothes and F1 gear all marred with the Puma emblem. I guess its a pretty big jump to that from what I always remember them as: the shoes hippies and soccer players wore in high school.

by **horn17** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:31 pm

in europe, thats all you find on the feet, they have two different marketing campaigns and RD departments for US sales and apparel, as well as UK sales and apparel - my roommate went overseas and ended up coming back with 6 pairs for about 120 us dollars...

any Puma outlet carries alot of the "Euro" styles...some of them are hideous...some of them are quite nice, I bought my self a pair just to be cool.....

Not a hippie, definitely a soccer player at heart...

by **swampthing** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:40 pm

yeah i was in costa rica/nicaragua last summer and they love puma (theres one more popular brand that i can't think of and it's killing me!). Just think of how popular of a soccer brand it is, and then think of how popular soccer is everywhere else in the world (especially central/south america) and it makes sense.

by **jessexy** on Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:41 pm

uwec_attack wrote:
UofMLaxGoalie11 wrote:vans? or stride rite? maybe keds? do they involve velcro? I need velco shoes again...

Ha! Stride Rite... I haven't heard that brand since i was like 2 years old

my next guess were Roos....