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A First Look at the TREK outsole

OPENING SCENE: Helsinki store. Kalle is on the phone to Ludo in Malibu. A pair of new STURGIS boots on the counter. He picks one up and turns it over.

KALLE: “Ludo. I can’t stop looking at this sole.”

LUDO: “The TREK. Natural rubber. Lugs all the way round the edge.”

KALLE: “And it’s still soft.”

LUDO: “That’s what I like about them. They look tough, but they’re still VIBAe.”

KALLE: “Ice, slush, sleet, snow, and whatever fresh disaster Finnish weather comes up with next. You just walk… I mean TREK!”

LUDO: “Works here too. Snowy slopes. Bike trails. Hiking up the canyon. Up and down, they just hold on.”

KALLE: “On a boot named after the biggest motorcycle rally in the world.”

LUDO: “And it’s almost here.”

KALLE: “Almost. Excited to see how it will sell.”

KALLE: “So. The HELSINKI Shearling.”

LUDO: “Should we?”

KALLE: “Winter boot. Yes, let’s TREK it too!”

LUDO: “Done.”

KALLE: “That was easy.”

LUDO: “We've been doing this for six years. Either we're getting good at this or we've completely lost our minds.”

KALLE: “Why not both?”

The STURGIS is on its way.

HELSINKI Shearling a bit later.

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