If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The boing is coming back. Remember those shoes that you wanted so, so, so bad when you were 7 or 8 years ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — If a shock absorber can smooth the ride of something as big as a car or truck, Nike designer Bruce Kilgore figured 16 years ago it ought to work for a running shoe too. Millions of ...

Evalauation The Shox TL is the shoe Nike boffins have been working towards for nearly two decades – the shoe with a foamless midsole. It’s the first Nike not to have any conventional midsole foam (or ...

Why It’s Hot: You’re walking on a full-length array of polyurethane shock absorbers. The cool kids will take notice. Winner of our 2003 Editors’ Choice award A long-lasting midsole and sweet-looking ...