Cal-Flip
The Cal-Flip was invented and patented by Pete Donoho (Horseshoe Pete) in the mid-1980s,and was the first shoe specifically designed for the flip pitch. Pete was a top flip player in the Western U.S. and he wanted a shoe that would land "cleats own", giving him the same gripping and stopping advantages as turn throwers have from the specially designed cleats on a pitching shoe. Working closely with the foundry, Pete designed and manufactured a premium shoe that was perfectly balanced for the flip pitch, as well as reversing the grabbing cleats from the thumb cleat to give the flip pitcher the same advantage that the turn pitchers have enjoyed for years, the ringers stay on!
His invention, the Cal-Flip Horseshoe (named after his home state of California), put flip players and turn players back on even ground-- It was a revolution in the horseshoe world at the time and it totally legitimized the flip style of pitching for the first time. Soon after the Cal-Flip went on the market, World Champion Sue Snyder flipped her way to victory using the Cal-Flip. Although Pete passed away in 1995, his legend lives on as his shoe is still pitched in championships all over the country!
WD says: We are proud to be in cooperation with the Donoho family on production of this premium shoe. It's an honor to carry on the tradition that "Horseshoe Pete" and his Cal-Flip horseshoe established in the horseshoe world. The Cal-Flip has always been recognized as the standard in the flip shoe industry and we hope to keep it that way.
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