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Black KSO's standing on hail after a freak hail storm in Pittstown, New Jersey, and I wanted to wear my KSOs and Sandals.

I wear sandals pretty much 24/7 since I hate shoes, and living in south Florida makes that easy to get away with. I was ecstatic to find an alternative to my beloved sandals. Sadly they are not very comfortable if you try and wear both, but it did provide the girlfriend with a good laugh. I wear my VFF mainly for running now, and on the occasional chilly days. They also came in handy while in new jersey where the weather was colder then I liked and sandals were not a very warm option. I love my VFF KSO's.

Sunday I played my first game of ultimate in a few months. I have been coaching cross country and transitioned to running exclusivly in my FiveFinger Sprints. Throughout the week I was looking forward to my minimal shoe debut in my favorite sport.

First point we received the pull. 6'5" Mike (and very fast to boot) was covering me. I slowed to get him off balance and then hopped up on my newly enhanced toes and burned him for a deep enzone catch.

VFFs: 1 — Tall fast dude: 0

Unfortunatly as you might guess the Sprints couldn't hang with cutting on the defensive side of things. I could keep up and stop the long routes but no good covering handlers.

After the first few points I switched to my adidas football cleats and promptly cleated myself in my heavyfooted clumsiness.

Hello

I just got back from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and really enjoyed my Vibram FiveFingers KSOs (Blue Camo) on Bearfence and Whiteoak Canyon! They were great to do some light rock climbing and to chill out with on the top of a mountain. They also performed really well on the trails and gave me a perspective on hiking that I had never had before.

Jon
Philly, Pennsylvania

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Here are two pics of my dog (Jack) and me (David) with friends at an alpine lake in eastern Oregon. We had hiked 16 miles to get to this point and I did it in my VFF KSO's with Injinji socks. Even though the trail was rather rugged during some sections, consisting of golf ball to softball sized rock shale for a good 6 miles, they held up well and really made me aware of my foot placement.

Cheers,

David Henry
Baker City, Oregon

Hi Justin,

Love your site!

I thought I'd pitch in with a couple of pictures of VFF during my recent Fiji trip. I am from Melbourne Australia and I haven't seen anyone else wearing VFF here yet. I have had [mine] for 3 or so weeks and have been wearing them almost everyday (situation permitting). I have only had a handful of people asking about them. Funny the only person who knew of them and asked was an American lady in Fiji who came up to me after seeing I had them on and asked about them. I didn't have to explain the whole barefoot thing as she was already looking into it.

I have always had trouble being barefoot as I grew up in Hong Kong where culturally you just do not go barefoot. Indoors I was either in carpeted environment, or wearing clunky rubber slippers, or both! When I first came to Australia and saw how other kids were able to walk barefoot on gravel, I was amazed and to this day, I still can't even stand on gravel without pain.

VFFs have been very liberating and I am really enjoying them. I wore them during my whole trip to Fiji (only 4 days). Only time I took them off was when snorkeling, sleeping and during the wedding I was attending.

Anyway, just felt like rambling and good luck with the site.

Cheers

Kevin