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Flex for bending down to get water out of the river for your dog, kneeling down to pound in those tent stakes, and getting through your last mile of your mile weekend hike. We love our fans, and we love seeing you outside. Tag KEEN for a chance to be featured.

Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off. Please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site. Womens Mens Kids Sale. Sign in or Join. Shop by Style. Learn More. Shop Work. Shop By Style. Subscriber Account active since. They were the brain child of Martin Keen, an avid sailor who preferred to wear sandals on deck. He came up with the idea in after growing sick of stubbing his toes while boating.

By , he launched the company and within three years Keen had taken off like mad. And Martin Keen credits the success of that shoe to another one of his inventions. An almost-chair. I had a standing table, but no seat that allowed me to stay standing up longer. So I developed one myself," he told Business Insider. And that allowed me to be creative enough to come up with this idea for Keen," he said. Keen sold his stake in the Keen shoe company six years ago. When he looked around for a new thing to do, he decided to rethink office furniture, in the same way he redesigned the sandal.

Follow these basic steps: Wear your boots inside the house. Walk around the block and around town. Make sure your boots feel good at each stage before upping the distance. Put on a daypack and hit the trail.

Consciously Constructed for Better Adventures Keen sandals feature an anatomically shaped footbed providing solid superior arch support and comfort. Keen shoes and Keen boots feature removable sock liners inserts making them very orthotic friendly.

It refers to the feature where the outsole wraps up and over the toes for extra toe protection. I always buy KEEN boots because of the wide toe box. There was not any problem with odor and it was helpful to stuff newspaper in my boots at the end of each day.

I had happy feet for the whole 35 days on the Camino!! This feature is available across all KEEN collections on selected styles. Today, KEEN has hundreds of shoe and boot offerings. It is a major brand, and its line includes everything from flip-flop sandals to hikers to trail-running shoes. Called CNX , there are 20 models in the line.

We preview the entire CNX line in an article here. With all the colors and variations, there are more than different CNX shoes, including for men, women, and kids. I got a test pair last week. But they were noticeably lighter and more flexible. Diagram shows changes made to CNX shoe line.