Hoka’s rise was built on running shoes, but 2026 has made it increasingly difficult to describe the brand as just a running company.
Over the past six months, we’ve watched it push deeper into hiking, completely rethink some of its most important road shoes and continue refining the maximalist formula that helped reshape modern footwear.
Whether it was the long-awaited Clifton Pro, a lighter and more polished Skyward X 2, the value-packed Mach 7 or the trail-to-hiking evolution represented by the new Mafate Hike, each release revealed a slightly different side of where the brand is headed.
Now that we’re halfway through the year, it felt like the right time to look back. Below, we’ve rounded up the most notable Hoka launches we’ve covered so far in 2026—a running report card that we’ll continue updating as the brand rolls out more shoes and gear in the months ahead.
The Best New Hoka Releases of 2026 (Jan – July)
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