The Gamma, reimagined for today
Some trainers get resurrected because a brand wants a quick win, and some come back because the original was worth digging up. The NeoGamma LTR falls into the second camp, reviving the early-2000s Gamma with the same climbing-shoe lines that made it a favourite the first time round. Cut from premium leather and finished with a chunky, canyon-inspired wrap-around outsole, it keeps the bungee lace for quick on and off, as roam-ready for the everyday as it is nostalgic to look at.
- Bungee lace closure for quick on and off
- Chunky, canyon-inspired wrap-around outsole grips varied terrain
- Weight: 354 g
- Stack Height: 23mm heel, 15mm forefoot
- Premium leather upper with archive-inspired stitching that nods to the original Gamma
- 50% recycled rubber outsole
| UK | EU | US | Japan (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 37 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | 38 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | 39 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | 40 | 9 | 26 |
| 8 | 41 | 10 | 26.5 |
- 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.
