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1. A footwear device comprising:
a sole, the sole comprising a heel portion, a bottom surface, an outer edge and an inner edge, the footwear device being defined by a plurality of regions between the outer edge and the inner edge; an opening disposed in a bottom surface of the heel portion, a vertically disposed bore within the heel portion, the vertically disposed bore extending from the opening, a shock absorber comprising a bottom surface and having a relaxed state and a compressed state, the shock absorber being at least partially disposed within the bore, the shock absorber extending below the bottom surface of the heel portion when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state; wherein at least a first portion of the bottom surface of the shock absorber defines a first of the plurality of regions; wherein an area on the bottom surface of the heel portion surrounding the shock absorber defines a second of the plurality of regions; and wherein a second portion of the bottom surface of the shock absorber defines a third of the plurality of regions, the second portion being farther from the inner edge and the outer edge than the first portion. |