Did anything weird happen to Tenaya??

I'm curious if any major corporate lifecycle events happened to Tenaya in the last year or so?

I completely fell in love with Tenaya shoes about a year and a half ago -- especially the Tenaya Oasi's.  I've never in 15+ years of rock climbing preferred another shoe as much over my prior shoe -- and have worn the Oasi's since.  It's been a very common occurrence since for other Tenaya wearers to see my shoes and comment how they also loved their Tenaya's to an insane degree -- in a noticeably more passionate way than I've ever experienced prior.

I was also a fan of how they marketed their shoes -- with narrow vs wide fit labeling instead of men vs women -- some dudes have narrow feet and some women wide, removing the gender labeling seems obvious to me even while being innovative ...

A few months ago tho -- I needed a new pair and went to my local climbing gym and all the Tenaya shoe models they have in stock have changed.  They are male/female branded and they look almost exactly like (highly non-innovative imo) evolv shoes -- material choices, shape, and construction seem to have entirely changed and for the worse in all their current lineup that was available in store ... I didn't even try them on because when I expressed disappointment the gym said they could put in an order for the Oasi's and it was that obvious to me that new shoes are a regression.

The order finally came but it took two+ months ... has me wondering if all their (old?) good shoes have been discontinued -- and if so -- why the hell would they do that ...?

As far as I know, they still make all the same shoes as a couple years ago, they just added the Mastia which my daughter really likes.

Are you talking about models such as the Ra being the regression? I don’t think these are new, they are just not a part of Tenaya’s super aggressive shoe lineup. I have not climbed in these specifically but have climbed in many other flat/simple shoes which definitely have their place. For vertical face climbs and some slabs, this category of shoes is great.

Of these shoes 

https://tenaya.net/en/climbing-shoes

The gym only carried the shoes in the balance pro and step up lineup -- and maybe they also had the tarifa's ... only the very traditional shoe designs ... rei I saw also carries Tenaya's now but also with a similarly limited selection ...

Combined with 2-3 months lead time to get the Oasi's prompted me to wonder if their other shoes have stopped being produced ...

N Cohen wrote:

Of these shoes 

https://tenaya.net/en/climbing-shoes

The gym only carried the shoes in the balance pro and step up lineup -- and maybe they also had the tarifa's ... only the very traditional shoe designs ... rei I saw also carries Tenaya's now but also with a similarly limited selection ...

Combined with 2-3 months lead time to get the Oasi's prompted me to wonder if their other shoes have stopped being produced ...

Lead time is/was due to Covid wrecking havok on the supply chain. Another one of Tenayas major focuses is to source material as locally as possible. That puts them in a less insulated positon to the impacts of the pandemic. 

Brick and mortar shops are going to carry best sellers rather than niche options. Tenaya has a sensitive/soft lineup of shoes. That doesn't jive well with the durability expectations of newer climbers (majority). What you're seeing is the reflection of that truth.