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Colourful Bootsies To Keep Your Feetsies Warm

6:00PM January 6, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Last year, a certain reporter was told to go “photograph the weather”. He spent hours out in a disgusting, slushy snowstorm with inappropriate footwear. Don’t end up in the same predicament and get caught stomping around in the weather unprepared like this poor frozen-toed fool. More »

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Nikes Fit For The Desert

6:00AM July 5, 2011 | Casey Chan

Nike Sportswear, my favourite arm of the shoe giant, has released these shoes that use plain Nikes and re-purpose them as desert boots. From the colour, to the rubber sole, it’s a perfect combo of outdoors smarts with flawless street style. [NSW via Acquire Mag]

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Vibram Five Finger Boots For Cold Weather

6:40AM January 29, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Those ridiculous-miraculous-awesome-awful Vibrams shoes are growing up over the bodies of their fanboys like a symbiotic organism. Their cold-weather boots – FiveFingers Cervinia – now reach half up your leg. I can’t wait for them to create a full-body Dune stillsuit. More »

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Lifechanger: The Unofficial Shoe Of Gizmodo

3:00AM December 21, 2010 | Joe Brown

Biddle’s got the classics, GoreTex-ified. Mascari has ‘em in brown, (iconoclast), and I’ve got the tall fleecey ones – I hate getting cold ankles. Blam might order a pair. I’m talking about the L.L.Bean Boot: the accidental, unofficial shoe of Gizmodo. More »

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How They Found And Killed The World’s Bloodiest Narcoterrorist

9:40AM September 25, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This Thursday, Mono Jojoy was killed in his secret jungle base. He was the military boss of narcoterrorist group FARC, responsible for the deaths and kidnappings of thousands of people in Colombia. Caught and killed thanks to a boot. More »

These Mobile Phone-Charging Boots Will Never Exist

1:38AM June 8, 2010 | Adam Frucci

UK mobile phone carrier Orange always puts out a publicity-garnering concept device before the Glastonbury Festival to drum up chatter about its sponsorship. This year’s? Mobile phone-charging Wellies. More »

Columbia’s Heated Bugathermo Boots Aren’t Really So Hot

7:40AM February 10, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Outside spent two months wearing Columbia’s $US250 lithium-ion-packing heater boots through snow. Unfortunately, the promise of toasty winter feet is little more than a promise. More »

Boots With Reversible Cleats Keep You Off Failblog

9:00AM January 12, 2010 | Sean Fallon

This is a really fantastic idea – boots with a set of reversible cleats on the foot and heel that can prevent slips on snow and ice. When you are heading indoors, just flip it over to hide the steel studs. More »

Columbia Bugathermo Boots Keep Your Feet Toasty With Batteries

3:00AM October 6, 2009 | Adam Frucci

These boots will keep your feet extra warm, as they use built-in rechargeable batteries to heat them up for 4-8 hours straight. More »

You Too Can Own John Connor’s Robot-Stomping Boots

2:40AM May 12, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Are you trying lead a resistance against a race of homicidal machines? Well, you need the proper footwear. When John Conner stomps Terminator faces, he wears the Oakley S.I. Assault Boots.

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