I'm a little curious. Does New Blanace have a problem with African runners?
I just looked at their website and the page on "Team New Balance" and they have a roster of team members. There are Americans, Romanians, Brits and Irish, but where are all the African runners that they sponsor?
Are black runners not good for sales or something?
Top three runners at Heritage Oaks 10K, two of them Africans, were wearing team NB singlets.
Which would you prefer? Athletic shoes built around the belief that the marketing prowess of an NBA superstar can sell anything? Or athletic shoes built around the belief that better fit and technology mean better performance?
We prefer the latter; that's why we adhere to a unique "Endorsed By No One?" philosophy. Instead of paying celebrities to tell you how great our products are, we invest in research, design, and domestic manufacturing and let our products speak for themselves. By adhering to this philosophy, we are able to celebrate the true stars: every day athletes who choose New Balance footwear and apparel because they fit and because they perform.
This is off the New Balance website. "Endorsed by No One," what a load of crap. KK might not be a "celebrity", but he and all the other Team New Balance members are endorsing their gear. Maybe KK does it for free...maybe he just really likes the NB shoes.
yeah, all those new balance tracksters- muchero, matt downin, more kenyans- im sure they love those new balance spikes. i bet theyre comfortable at 8 oz.
don't pretend that you did not see Jearl Miles on the website.
NB backed Khannouchi long before he was American. And there were a few black South Africans at the 2001 BAA Boston Marathon wearing the NB logo.
But the company's promotional angle is the made in America etc etc. so we should expect their "human-billboard" efforts to be commensurately concentrated.
what is funny about the made in America, is that most are only assembled in America. the components of the shoes are made overseas, and then brought over to the US to be put together. I guess there are certain stipulations they had to meet in order to be able to put that made in USA logo on their product, but i know the entire thing is not made in the US
If they were entirely made in the USA they'd cost $400 per pair.