Exploring the outdoors: Pebax Powered® Trail running shoes
Trail running, a thrilling blend of running and hiking, demands footwear that can withstand the rugged and unpredictable terrain. Shoes designed for trail running offer a unique combination of durability, stability, and comfort, ensuring that runners can navigate rocky paths, muddy tracks, and steep inclines with confidence.
When seeking higher levels of performance, outdoor brands turn to advanced materials to enhance the functionality of their trail running footwear. Here is a selection of brands leveraging the benefits of our Rilsan® and Pebax® materials for components like the midsole foam or propulsion plates.
Specified by world leading brands for high-performance trail running shoes
DYNAFIT Sky DNA
The Dynafit Sky DNA trail running shoe boasts an ultralight design, specifically tailored for conquering sky races on challenging terrain. The Sky DNA features an ultra-light high-performance foam midsole using Pebax® material. It ensures maximum energy return, allowing runners to harness their leg power effectively. The Pebax® material provides lightweight responsiveness, energy efficiency, and optimal ground contact—a winning combination for mountain runners seeking peak performance.
THE NORTH FACE Vectiv Sky
The Vectiv Sky Shoes are lightweight, durable and ready to take on the toughest trails and most demanding races. Featuring two pinnacle foams integrated into the midsole, especially the Pebax® foam insert at the forefoot, these propulsive shoes are engineered for agility and precision on technical terrain.
TECNICA Agate S GTX
The Agate S GTX is a protective fast hiking shoe, with a superior comfortable soft landing. The Pebax® foam plate of the Impulso technology sits in an oversized EVA midsole geometry, providing a lightweight, durable platform that cradles the foot and delivers superior cushioning, explosive energy return and long-lasting elasticity.
MERRELL MTL Skyfire 2 Matryx
The MTL Skyfire 2 is the lightest and fastest elite trail running shoe Merrell has ever made. This elite shoe features our FlexPlate™ made with glass-reinforced Rilsan® PA11 to support agility, speed, and provide underfoot protection.
KAILAS FUGA Elite 3
The Fuga Elite 3 trail running shoes features a dual-density midsole where the upper part is made from our Pebax® elastomers, ensuring ensures quick and efficient rebound under the foot. A carbon plate completes the construction, providing the extra kick during strides.
COLUMBIA Montrail Trinity AG II
The Montrail Trinity AG II is a lightweight, responsive, and ultra-comfortable peak trail running shoe for runners of all paces. Built with a responsive Pebax® plate, it delivers multi-directional stability and forward propulsion for an optimal running feeling.
EVADICT Race Light
The Race Light is a formidable all-terrain competition shoe. Its midsole features an UP'BAR technology, an innovative plate made in Pebax® material for maximum responsiveness and energy return.
BROOKS Catamount 3
Great for races between 50 and 100k, get ready for top-speed trail adventures in the Catamount 3. Light, responsive cushioning plus a Pebax® propulsion plate for uphill efficiency join forces to produce this fast and responsive trail-running shoe.
HOKA Skyline Float X
The Skyline Float X combines responsive cushioning and rugged propulsion for a fast trail hiking shoe thanks to a plate made with bio-based Pebax® Rnew® materials, propelling your forward during each stride.
From design to eco-design: lowering the carbon footprint of running shoes
PERFORMANCE MEETS SUSTAINABILITY
Rilsan® PA11 and Pebax® Rnew® materials are Advanced Bio-Circular materials derived from a renewable feedstock: castor beans. They provide a high level of performance in footwear applications, especially when looking for exceptional energy return, rebound and lightness.
Available in a wide range of flexibility and featuring a bio-based content up to 97%, Pebax® Rnew® polymers are a powerful tool to achieve more sustainable midsole components (like high rebound foams) without sacrificing on product performance.
Rilsan® PA11 grades cover the needs for rigid components with a large selection of glass fiber and carbon fiber reinforced grades to create propulsion plates with unmatched responsiveness and durability, while being 100% bio-based.