Goat Head Sole Spikes

Roc The Run goes trail running with Sole Spikes

jeff — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:32:07 +0000

Goat Head designed Sole Spikes to give runners confident traction on trail or snow without the downsides of bulky strap-on traction devices. You invest a lot in running shoes that give you the feel and performance that is right for you and you shouldn’t have to sacrifice that when you need extra traction for snow, [...]

Daniel Walsh’s epic two mile Burpee

jeff — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:25:43 +0000

Goat Head Sole Spikes were not designed for doing a Burpee two miler, because honestly its a pretty small market. Probably a market of one–Daniel Walsh. What is a Burpee two miler? According to Daniel it is defined as: 1. Performing a chin-to-the-ground pushup. 2. Bring both feet together under your torso so that you’re [...]

(Updated) Sole Spikes Hiking Review: Trail Sherpa (Video)

MB — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:08:48 +0000

Thanks to Tim from TrailSherpa.com for putting together the video production of his Sole Spikes Review. Tim is an avid hiker/backpacker/mountaineer and his review comes from a new point of view from previous ones. He shows installation, hiking, and a pretty gnarly scuff test on some hard ice, but the Sole Spikes held their own. [...]

Our First Interview

MB — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:10:44 +0000

Goat Head Gear is quickly becoming the toast of the internet. Well, maybe not the entire internet, but as you can see from our reviews and a quick look at our Twitter mentions, people do like our products as well as our angry goat logo. We were pleased to be recently invited for an interview [...]

Spring Into Adventure Gear Giveaway

MB — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:34:00 +0000

We are so thankful for the outpouring of interest and support for our product. Recently we were invited to participate in a 5-week, multi-blog gear giveaway called “Spring Into Adventure”. You can win a bunch of prizes by liking the associated blog or vendor Facebook pages or Twitter feeds. Goat Head Sole Spikes are the [...]

Sole Spikes Review Winter Running – ThinkPlanRun

MB — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:09:54 +0000

We got some nice mentions in a recent winter running wrap up by Adam of ThinkPlanRun.com. He stacks up some of the competition for your trail/winter running accessories and Goat Head Sole Spikes come out looking great. You can read the full review here “Gear Review – Winterize Your Running Shoes“.

Sole Spikes Trail Running Review – Ryan Hadlock (part 2)

MB — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:47:31 +0000

Here is another installment of Ryan Hadlock’s Sole Spikes crew review. These comments come by way of his friend and avid trail runner, Marcee Christian. Here are some of her comments and observations: Read the full review here: Goat Head Sole Spikes review #2

Goat Head Gear happy to support the Greater Yellowstone Coalition

jeff — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:29:24 +0000

Last week Scott Christensen of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was in Goat Head Gear’s backyard as he spoke to a crowd of Yellowstone supporters in Salt Lake City. Goat Head was honored to be able to help support the event by making Sole Spikes available to some lucky guests. The Greater Yellowstone Coalition provides leadership [...]

Sole Spikes Review Trail Running – Ryan Hadlock

MB — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:48:47 +0000

Local Utah trail runner and friend of Goat Head posted the first installment of his Sole Spikes™ experience. Here is a great quote about his experience installing his Sole Spikes: Read the full report and stay tuned for more updates.

Cup reuse idea #2: Leader and tippet garbage keeper

MB — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:24:47 +0000

For all of the beauty of fly fishing, there is also a darker side to the sport like invasive species transport, river access conflicts, and one you might not think of, litter. It seems that many anglers just assume that their trashed leaders and excess tippet material will just disappear in the water, but the [...]