The upgrade your feet notice
Meet the Hurricane XLT3: Teva’s adventure-ready sandal, rebuilt with the kind of upgrades you feel by lunchtime. The first win is comfort — a cushy, textured topsole that makes long days easier, plus a padded heel that keeps rubbing firmly off the agenda. Then there’s the fit: quick-dry straps and Teva’s Universal Strapping System give you three points of adjustability to properly lock things in, and FuseLock™ adds a tougher, more dependable closure that won’t give up when the terrain gets scrappy. Underfoot, a stabilising nylon shank helps on uneven ground, while an updated Spider Rubber® Endure outsole and lug pattern deliver confidence-inspiring grip. It’s the sort of sandal you can hike in, swim in, and still wear straight to the pub — no costume change required.
- Quick-dry straps made from 100% REPREVE® recycled plastic
- Universal Strapping System with 3 points of adjustability
- FuseLock™ hook-and-loop for a stronger, more secure closure
- Cushioned, textured topsole with extra EVA for step-in comfort
- Padded heel for all-day wear
- Nylon shank for stability on uneven terrain
- Updated Spider Rubber® Endure outsole and lug pattern for improved traction
- 30% recycled EVA in the midsole
- 30% recycled rubber outsole
- 100% REPREVE® recycled polyester straps
- 30% recycled EVA in midsole
- 30% Recycled Rubber Outsole
| UK | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | 40.5 | 42 | 43 | 44.5 | 45.5 | 47 |
- Recycled Materials: Since converting 100% of their iconic straps to recycled plastic in 2020 — using REPREVE® recycled polyester fibre sourced from used plastic bottles — Teva has kept more than 24 million plastic bottles out of landfill, and has been recognised on the Textile Exchange Leader Board for their use of recycled polyester
- Reducing environmental impact: Teva has reduced water usage by 33% per pair since 2019 and is targeting a 45% reduction by 2030, while also working to minimise packaging waste — with over 84% of their packaging materials now recyclable, and recycled paper efforts having saved over 401,000 trees in the last six years
Teva started the way all good outdoor inventions do: with someone getting properly fed up. Back in the early ’80s, Grand Canyon river guide Mark Thatcher watched people “make do” with soggy trainers that turned into bricks, or flip-flops that vanished the second the water got lively. So he improvised — strapping a simple system onto a sandal so it would actually stay on your foot.
That scrappy fix became the Original Sport Sandal, and Teva’s been refining the “strap in and go” idea ever since — secure, fully adjustable fits, light-on-your-feet comfort, and that rare kind of versatility that works just as well on a riverside scramble as it does on a campsite coffee run. Teva’s a leader because they never forgot the brief: freedom, without the faff.
And it’s not just nostalgia doing the heavy lifting. Teva has turned its signature webbing into a real sustainability lever — repurposing the equivalent of 119 million+ plastic bottles to date, partnering with Leave No Trace to help protect the places we play, and pushing measurable improvements behind the scenes. In other words: the same brand that figured out how to keep sandals on in moving water is still working on how to keep Earth’s playgrounds open.
