An article of footwear with a pivot portion including a plurality of flex grooves is disclosed. The plurality of flex grooves provides increased flexibility in different portions of a sole of the article. In addition, a periphery of the sole includes sole pods to increase the traction on the periphe
An article of footwear with a pivot portion including a plurality of flex grooves is disclosed. The plurality of flex grooves provides increased flexibility in different portions of a sole of the article. In addition, a periphery of the sole includes sole pods to increase the traction on the periphery of the sole.
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1. An article of footwear, comprising: a sole including a central portion, a peripheral portion disposed outwards from the central portion, a heel portion, and a forefoot portion having a toe portion, wherein the central portion and the peripheral portion each overlap with the forefoot portion;a piv
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An article of footwear, comprising: a sole including a central portion, a peripheral portion disposed outwards from the central portion, a heel portion, and a forefoot portion having a toe portion, wherein the central portion and the peripheral portion each overlap with the forefoot portion;a pivot portion disposed on the central portion;a plurality of flex grooves extending in a radial direction from the pivot portion;wherein the plurality of flex grooves is configured to facilitate bending of the central portion and the peripheral portion;the plurality of flex grooves including a longitudinal flex groove having a first longitudinal flex groove portion and a second longitudinal flex groove portion, wherein the first longitudinal flex groove portion extends from the pivot portion toward an edge of the toe portion and terminates before reaching the edge of the toe portion and the second longitudinal flex groove portion extends from the pivot portion to the heel portion along the central portion;the plurality of flex grooves including at least one peripheral flex groove disposed only on the peripheral portion; and a plurality of sole pods disposed on a bottom surface of the sole, wherein at least one sole pod of the plurality of sole pods is disposed over at least one peripheral flex groove and includes at least one pod flex groove, the at least one pod flex groove being aligned with the at least one peripheral flex groove such that the at least one peripheral flex groove is exposed through the at least one pod flex groove. 2. The article of footwear according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of flex grooves includes a lateral flex groove that is perpendicular to the longitudinal flex groove. 3. The article of footwear according to claim 2, wherein the lateral flex groove includes a first lateral flex groove portion extending from the pivot portion to a medial edge of the sole and a second lateral flex groove portion extending from the pivot portion to a lateral edge of the sole. 4. The article of footwear according to claim 3, wherein the longitudinal flex groove extends over a substantial majority of the length of the sole and wherein the location of the longitudinal flex groove corresponds to a centerline of the sole. 5. The article of footwear according to claim 4, wherein the at least one peripheral flex groove includes four peripheral flex grooves disposed only on the peripheral portion of the sole and wherein each of the four peripheral flex grooves is disposed between two of the first longitudinal flex groove portion, the second longitudinal flex groove portion, the first lateral flex groove portion, and the second lateral flex groove portion. 6. The article of footwear according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of sole pods are disposed on the peripheral portion of the sole. 7. The article of footwear according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of sole pods includes a first sole pod, a second sole pod, and a third sole pod, disposed on the toe portion, a lateral portion, and a medial portion, respectively. 8. The article of footwear according to claim 7, wherein the first sole pod and the third sole pod are separated by the first lateral flex groove portion and wherein the second sole pod and the third sole pod are separated by the first lateral flex groove portion. 9. The article of footwear according to claim 8, wherein the pivot portion has a first coefficient of friction that is substantially less than a second coefficient of friction of the plurality of sole pods. 10. An article of footwear, comprising: a sole including a bottom surface having a central portion and a peripheral portion disposed outwards from the central portion;a pivot portion disposed on the central portion;the bottom surface including a plurality of sole flex grooves extending in a radial direction from the pivot portion;a plurality of sole pods disposed on the peripheral portion, the plurality of sole pods partially surrounding the pivot portion, wherein the plurality of sole pods are separated from each other by at least one sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves; at least one sole pod of the plurality of sole pods disposed over a first sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves and including a first pod flex groove that is aligned with the first sole flex groove, wherein the first sole flex groove is exposed through the first pod flex groove;the pivot portion having a first coefficient of friction and the plurality of sole pods having a second coefficient of friction; andwherein the first coefficient of friction is substantially less than the second coefficient of friction. 11. The article of footwear according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of sole pods includes at least three sole pods including a first sole pod, a second sole pod, and a third sole pod disposed on a toe portion, lateral portion, and medial portion of the peripheral portion, respectively. 12. The article of footwear according to claim 11, wherein the first sole pod and the third sole pod are separated by a second sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves. 13. The article of footwear according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of sole pods includes a heel sole pod disposed on the peripheral portion in a heel portion of the sole and wherein the heel sole pod provides substantially continuous traction on the peripheral portion in the heel portion. 14. The article of footwear according to claim 13, wherein the first sole pod and the second sole pod are separated by a third sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves. 15. The article of footwear according to claim 14, wherein the second sole pod is disposed over a fourth sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves, the second sole pod having a second pod flex groove that is aligned with the fourth sole flex groove. 16. The article of footwear according to claim 15, wherein the third sole pod is disposed over a fifth sole flex groove of the plurality of sole flex grooves, the third sole pod having a third pod flex groove that is aligned with the fifth sole flex groove. 17. The article of footwear according to claim 10, wherein the pivot portion has a height that causes the pivot portion to be raised above the bottom surface.
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