Golite Footwear line scrapped.
April 16, 2008 – 5:22 pm by ryanc… And to think I had just reviewed these things.
This always seems to happen to me. I find a product (shoes, specifically) and then it inevitably gets cancelled or replaced by something else. In this case Timberland, who manufactured the shoes for Golite, has decided to put a halt to the entire line. Who knows the real reasons why — I venture that they didn’t sell like hotcakes and might have been too ahead of their time, but this is just my guess.
What was strange about the whole thing was that I had just recieved an email from the folks over at ProLite Gear that they had received their shipment of the new Spring ‘08 models of the Golite Footware line. They even have a promotional web page up for it. Not two days later did we hear about the demise of Golite Footwear as a whole from Backcountry.com.
So, being such a fan of the shoes and wanting to know what was really going on, I contacted the customer support people over at ProLite Gear and I got the information I needed from Lesie (re-printed with her permission):
Ryan,
We were just informed of this a few days ago. It is unfortunate that these shoes
will no longer be produced. I had some spike tails that I liked quite a bit,
and now own a pair of the versa force shoes. I highly recommend these if you
are looking at buying a new pair.The good news is they will still be available for the spring and timberland
will still provide customer service for the Golite Shoes. The models we have
available are the new spring models which seem to be even better than last
years models.Leslie
Customer Service
ProLite Gear
So, if you are a fan of these awesome shoes like myself, head over to ProLite Gear and order a pair (or several) of the updated models. Soon, you won’t be able to at all.
