I’m going to assume you already know about Hoka’s more under-the-radar Kawana; otherwise, you probably wouldn’t be here. Launched in 2022, the original Kawana arrived with little fanfare and lived on the fringes of Hoka’s headline models like the Clifton, Bondi, Mach and Rincon.
As such, I was surprised when the Kawana 3 landed on my doorstep in early December 2025, ahead of the January 2026 launch. The all-black trainers looked quintessentially Hoka with their streamlined heels and padded tongues, but I wasn’t entirely sure what to use them for.
