A WORD
FROM THE FOUNDER

I have been dreaming about Ultimate specific cleats for years. Since 2015, I have been assembling an enthusiastic team of experts to make this dream a reality: to create a cleat that combines the knowledge of high-end sporting footwear with the demands and joys of Ultimate.

Our extensive research and development process has created a product of which we are immensely proud. We hope you enjoy wearing them as much as we enjoyed making them.

Expertise

Community

Social Care

At TOKAY we want to do things right. That’s why we always strive for the best quality through the rigorous application of expertise. Part of that expertise is supplied by our community: our team of experts as well as many ultimate players world wide. Their input and support have helped to make this project a reality.

We strive to make ourselves and our community proud. In keeping with our shared values, we therefore seek to work in a socially responsible manner at all times. We use environmental friendly materials and are always looking for ways to lower our footprint.

ROBIN

Founder

Leading energy of the project, Robin likes to craft, talk, run behind a Frisbee and have beers. Formerly an engineer in the sports industry, he is now 100% commited to TOKAY, to make our sport better.

Tokay Flight ultimate frisbee cleats in light grey and black

ROHAN

Biomechanical Advisor

In addition to having a PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, he loves tournament weekends and high-fiving random strangers.

ANTOINE

Concept Design Guru

Having a coffee” with Antoine takes at least 2 hours if you start talking about shoes.

Quentin

Rockstar Photographer

Founder of Focus, the French magazine on ultimate, and journalist at Get Horizontal.

TROPIKAY

Mascot Extraordinaire

Total party animal.

TOKAY PROCESS

Winter ’15

The Spark

Sharing beers with friends is always valuable, and you always come up with great ideas. Once in a while you even make them a reality. That is how TOKAY was born.

Spring ‘16

The Actual Start

The spring was spent in research mode: how to make shoes, a strong brand, a business plan, and, most importantly, discovering what ultimate players are looking for in their cleats.

Summer ’16

Initial Design

We based our initial design on community input and spent the summer gathering feedback at tournaments.

Autumn ’16

First Achievements

The autumn was full of firsts: we launched the blog and website, held our first contest, and produced the first prototype.

Winter ’16

Kickstarting

The winter was awesome. We launched the Kickstarter campaign and it was a huge success with backers across 5 continents!

Winter ’17

More Prototypes

We welcomed the second and third prototype to the family.

Spring ‘17

Fitting Tests

We spent the spring on product development, making technical decisions based on fitting tests we ran (literally!) with the third and fourth prototypes.

Summer ’17

Final Changes

This was a very busy summer with the arrival of the fifth prototype (complete with 3D printed outsole), further feedback, team growth, and final changes before commercial production.