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THE PERFECT HUT FOOTWEAR DOESN’T EXIS…

In 2005 I travelled to Annapolis in the US as team manager of the New Zealand women’s lacrosse team for the world cup. On arrival, looking at how the other teams were kitted out, I saw something horrific, something I’d never seen before: Crocs.

The entire US team wore Crocs as their uniform shoes – blue-red-white with the American flag made especially for them. We Kiwis stared in

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