The idea for IceLock arose from waking up to snow covered paths on a morning when we had a big run planed – reluctantly strapping clunky devices onto our shoes so we could navigate our way without eating it. It comes from the perfect day hike that was cut short when the path turned from dirt to packed snow as the elevation increased. It grew out of the frustration of having to buy a different shoe for each season. It evolved when we began to think about the hazardous black ice laced trek to the grocery store. It was refined by the countless hours we put in hiking and running in various terrains containing hard pack, roots, loose dirt, mud ice and snow.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Our all-year outdoor lifestyle demanded a solution, a totally new, innovative solution. IceLock was born.

IceLock is a patent pending technology that dramatically increases traction on ice. Micro-glass filaments are electrostatically aligned in the rubber compound creating slip-stopping surface tension. We embed our HyperGrip soles with IceLock pads creating the first ever all-season shoe.

Micro Filaments magnetically aligned creating slip stopping surface tension.

The vertically aligned filaments will be eposed for the life of the sole, ensuring grips as they wear.