By Justin on Apr 17, 2009 | In general
This site was created in mid-April 2009 to be a central hub for reviews, pictures, ideas, experiences, activities, and everything else relating to Vibram Five Fingers.
What's the big deal about FiveFingers? Simply put, they are footwear designed to accord with our biological engineering, engineering completed over the course of countless millennia and untold evolutionary iterations.
Vibram Five Fingers are perhaps better understood by describing what they are not rather than what they are: Vibram Five Fingers are not thickly padded, high heeled, motion-controlled shoes that effectively prevent your feet from being feet, which in turn impacts (negatively) your natural walking/running/playing gait. Rather, by being little more than a thin rubber covering on the bottom of your foot (with practically zero arch support or cushioning), Vibram Five Fingers empower you to trod the earth unshod and free — at least, as close to it as you can imagine while still providing minimalistic protection from the concrete jungle of our modern times.
I wish more products fit as harmoniously with our core, animalistic humanity!
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— Justin Owings, April 2009


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