2 years work, job done? No way! When we tested these boots to be waterproof especially to Australian standards, they simply flew off the machine like a balloon.
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Two brands are better than one (2002-2010)
Jan and I revisited the two brand strategy ourselves, not fans of long-winded names we launched GRUBS® and positioned the brand in the higher end sporting market from £90-£150. I approached Vibram® who had just begun making their outsoles in a third-party factory in China. They only had one sole called ‘multi-sport’ which had a Moulded EVA midsole and rubber outsole, we chose this to create the worlds first rubber boot with a Vibram sole.
Fell backwards into the Muck (2000-2003)
“Dad, my toes are cold” little Abi, just turned four chimed up! “Mine too!” big sister added. “Bethany’s cold too!” they sang in chorus. Jan and I soldiered on pretending we hadn’t heard them. 30 minutes later we had given up and sat warming cold toes in front of the fire!