sportswear sports equipment founder nicolas mermoud jean luc diard area served worldwide products athletic shoes website www.hokaoneone.com hoka one one is a french manufacturing company that designs and markets generously soled running shoes for distance runners . noted for their light weight and maximal cushioning hoka running shoes are dubbed as maximalist shoes in contrast to minimalist shoes . a display of hoka one one running shoes . the company was founded by nicolas mermoud and jean luc diard 1 both former salomon employees in 2010 . 2 the shoes are named after the maori language phrase meaning flying over the earth . 2 hoka was purchased on april 1 2013 by deckers outdoor the parent company for ugg teva and other footwear brands 3 the company sponsors a variety of professional runners including track and field athletes leonel manzano nicole tully and david torrence . 4 references edit sole man the story behind hoka shoes . competitor.com . retrieved 2014 12 30 . a b megroz gordy december 3 2013 . the clown shoe that s changing minimalist running . outside . retrieved 2014 12 31 . metzler brian april 2 2013 . sole man the story behind hoka shoes . running competitor . retrieved april 9 2016 via competitor.com . hoka one one athletes . retrieved 2016 01 13 . external links edit hoka one one website hoka one one on facebook retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hoka one one & oldid 732619058 categories athletic shoe brandsm ori words and phrases navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 2 august 2016 at 04 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view