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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Bill Bowerman, His Wife's Waffle Iron, Nike's Early Days and Birth of the Modern Running Shoe : r/running
![Darren Rovell on Twitter: "First Nike sole was made from a waffle maker, so waffle maker at Nike HQ now looks like this (H/T @dont_blink1) http://t.co/jN62RHoed1" / Twitter Darren Rovell on Twitter: "First Nike sole was made from a waffle maker, so waffle maker at Nike HQ now looks like this (H/T @dont_blink1) http://t.co/jN62RHoed1" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIOrgmwWIAAKtpR.jpg:large)