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Bill Bowerman, His Wife's Waffle Iron, Nike's Early Days and Birth of the Modern Running Shoe : r/running
High On Desserts - Appropriately enough, they were called the Waffle Trainer. Bill Bowerman was watching his wife use their waffle iron one morning in 1971 when he was suddenly struck by
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Kevin A. Kirby, DPM - First Waffle-Soled Running Shoe: Nike Waffle Trainer Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Blue Ribbon Sports (which later became Nike Shoes) was a long time track coach at the
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