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New Balance’s NewSKY Minimus Recycled Shoes Review

New Balance recently released a new shoe built on the Minimus platform — specifically the New Balance Minimus Life/Wellness sole. It’s called the newSKY. What makes the newSKY interesting as a shoe is less the fact that it has a minimal amount…

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CrossFitter’s Guide to Barefoot or Minimalist Shoes

I’m a CrossFit instructor and gym manager in Thousand Oaks, CA at Live Train Play CrossFit and as such I am hard on my shoes. Some days I will be on my feet for a large portion of 14 to 15 hours. Throughout any given day I teach six classes, do a couple personal training sessions, and frequently do two to three of my own workouts. I’ve been wearing minimal shoes for years now, and I am still struggling to figure out what shoes work best for the life of a CrossFitter.

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Waterproofing the Bormio FiveFingers

My Whiskey/Tan Bormio Left & Black Bormio Right.

I love my Bormio FiveFingers. They have rocketed to the top as my most used pair of Vibram Five Fingers. A little background I work as a Real Estate Photographer in Washington State. I need a sh…

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Adidas Toe Shoes: AdiPure Trainer Review

Adidas shook the minimalist footwear/”barefoot shoes”/five toe shoe world a couple months back with the announcement that they would be releasing their own take on toe shoes called the Adidas Adipure Trainer come Fall 2011 (some time in November is the…

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An Infantryman’s Leave: Dunes and Mountain Trekking in Foot Fingers

Hello fellow “foot fingers” I would just like share what I did in my FiveFingers while I was on block leave.

The first picture (Bham) is just me in my home town Birmingham, Alabama playing around at a mini golf course “Roll Tide”.

My second pictur…

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Women’s KomodoSport Vibram FiveFingers Review

As soon as I put one foot into the Vibram FiveFingers KomodoSports I knew they were going to be good. They are designed to be an all purpose running/cross training VFF. I’ve been hiking, trail running, and doing Crossfit in them for two months now and…

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VIVO BAREFOOT SALE (Yes, another one!)

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I’ve got news: The Clymb has select VIVO BAREFOOTS on sale today up to 60% off (If that link doesn’t work for you, read on: you need an invite to access the sale!).

VIVO BAREFOOTs on sale means you get…

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VIVO BAREFOOTS up to 50% off (Again!)

If you’ll recall a few weeks back TheClymb, which is a flash sale/group buying membership-only site, featured a sale on VIVO BAREFOOTS where you could get Evos, Neos, Jazz, Venus, and more on sale at up to 50% off (or more). It was a sweet deal on “the…

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KSO Kids FiveFingers Review

“They feel like I have a toe massage … well not when I first got them, they stung a little when I first got them.”

And we’ll end the review with Alex demonstrating a punt in his KSO Kids FiveFingers:

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Teva Zilch on Sale (50% off)!

If you happen to have been after a pair of minimalist sandals and either live in a reasonably warm climate or don’t mind cool feet (or getting some use out of these now and a lot more use in about 6 months), then here’s a sweet deal: you can get a pair…