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Patrick slides and sleds in KSO Treks and then goes “snowfooting”

Above, a wintry update by way of photos from Patrick (forums @linuxracr | blogged previously) who is enjoying his KSO Treks (and bare feet) during a random snow in Dallas, as well as going down an ice slide:As it doesn’t snow much in Dallas, Texas, I w…

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Jason KSO Trek Trail-Running in Austin

Jason (birthdayshoes forum member jcarneytx) recently posted a few photos showing off his Five Fingers KSO Treks in action on Ken’s Trail in Austin, Texas. Gotta love the mid-air photos — you’re looking might nimble there, Jason!

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Eric’s first trail run in KSO 5 Fingers in Houston

Justin – Love the site. Got my V5s for christmas after my wife wouldn’t let me open them for weeks. I’d been running barefoot in the gym on the indoor track for a few weeks getting ready. Took them out for a 5K on Christmas day, came back with the…

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Travis hikes Loan Peak in Northern Utah (11K feet up) in his KSO FiveFingers

Justin, Having been an admirer of birthdayshoes.com for some time, I finally found a VFF pic from this summer that I wanted to share. On the 4th of July 2009, my brother and I hiked Lone Peak in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. At 11,253 fee…

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Seret runs a Marathon in VFF Sprints and Surfs Mud while trail running in her KSOs!

Hi Justin I can’t believe it’s almost eight months since I first bought my KSOs. In that time I’ve completed two marathons. One in June (which I ran in my old trainers) and one in December in my new Sprints! My finish time improved by 30 minutes.…

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You don’t say! “Running Shoes May Cause Damage to Knees, Hips and Ankles”

A new study that measured and compared stresses on the joints of the leg (knees, hips, and ankles) for women runners in shod and barefoot running indicates that “running shoes exerted more stress on these joints compared to running barefoot or walking in…

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Channing Tatum runs in KSO Treks (via TMZ.com)

Recent G.I. Joe, She’s the Man, and Stop-Loss star Channing Tatum has been spotted wearing KSO Trek Five Fingers while on his way to workout. TMZ had a video segment titled “If the shoe fits” on the VFF-sighting that aired on television on January 1…

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Anthropological perspective on the barefoot-is-better meme from Greg Downey

Greg Downey, an anthropologist in Australia, wrote an exhaustive blog post on Neuroanthropology.net titled Lose your shoes: Is barefoot better? back in late July 2009 that has just recently come to my attention.The post covers topics ranging from how…

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Cody and Daryl Wall-Climb in FiveFingers

Cody checks in from Washington with his latest “vff adventure.” This time, he brought along a fellow VFFer, Daryl:hey its cody, i have some more pictures for you of my friend and i going free climbing in everett at vertical world! so check it out! w…

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Christopher McDougall on Barefoot Running in Parade

If you didn’t catch it, there was a short article by Christopher McDougall titled Is It Better To Be Barefoot that hit Parade magazine yesterday (link). McDougall continues to bring barefoot running to the masses by sounding the alert that heavily padde…