x-socks, walking socks for womenOkay, ladies, it’s time to stop borrowing your boyfriend’s/father’s/brother’s for hiking and walking (or even worse, just buying the men’s socks to start with because they always seem cushier…).

These X-socks are specifically designed for you. Some of the high-tech features are duckbill-shaped foot guards to protect the entire toe and instep area and Lambertz-Nichols Achilles tendon protectors to guard that sensitive area beneath the ankle. Special air-flow channel systems ventilate the sole of the foot, and a heel protector is supposed to keep you from getting blisters.

You can get X-socks that are designed for Nordic walking, power walking, running, skiing, golf, or trekking (I’m not sure how trekking is different from walking, but I’ll take the manufacturer’s word for it). More information at the company’s site:

X-socks

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