From the campus of NYU to Australia to the world!

The world is a constant commute. Whether you hit the gym after work, spend weeks or weekends out of town, or unlike your favorite rapper, you are one to actually use your shoe boxes for sneakers — not money– the SolePack adds convenience to your daily routine.

Filling a much needed void, the company’s creator, Mike Sala, hit the grind and created a masterpiece. SolePack’s goal is to provide an essential and staple product to people who travel and need to pack an extra pair of kicks. They want to reach the people who appreciate the style and function that the shoe transport bag brings to the table. Its convenience makes that goal easily attainable.

“As the founder and inventor of Solepack, the origins of the bag and company are very personal to me. Our roots began in the late 90′s when I commuted everyday to NYU from Staten Island and was playing in numerous basketball leagues and tournaments throughout the States and Canada. Basketball was my life,” says Sala in a statement about the company’s creation. “On a daily basis, I was a gym to class to gym to class to gym type of guy. One of the biggest things I hated was packing my Bball kicks for the morning commute. Always in a rush, I usually either threw my kicks in my backpack-stinking it up- or carried a separate plastic bag tied around my fingers.”

While on his commute, an epiphany occurred, “I really had one of those moments while traveling over the Verrazano Bridge. I said to myself, ‘There’s gotta be a better way to carry my kicks right on my backpack.’ I looked and looked and there was none! So I made it my mission to develop a better way at that point.”

History in the making, Sala immediately did his research and crafted an incredible product. Because it is based on function, not fashion, SolePack’s SP-1 should and will definitely be around for a long time. “Briefly, storing your kicks on the sides of your backpack is less strain on your back vs having them stuffed in or having them dangle on your pack. I finally came up with some rough prototypes that worked, had the idea patented in 2003 and was officially approved in 2005. The rest was finding the right team to surround my self with, hard work and sacrifice which has led to where we are today.”

-Jamaal Fisher (@jamaalfisher)