Hi Justin,Today i went to a radio station invited to talk about the segway tours I give around Barcelona, when they saw the Ksos they were so intrigued by them that I had to explain on air what they where and why I am wearing them.I took a few pi…
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Justin Owings is a deadlifting dad of three, working from Atlanta. When he's not chasing his three kids around, you'll find him trying to understand systems, risk, and human behavior.
This is interesting — an open letter from Jim Weber, CEO of Brooks, on barefoot running. If you have a second, go read it. Here’s a clip from his letter:Let’s call a spade a spade. We make running shoes: High-quality, biomechanically mapped,…
Review: Vibram Five Fingers “Sprint” at Give Me Back My Five Bucks [Sprint]:So it works for most of what it was designed to do. Whether you can get used to them in terms of looks and fit, is up to you. For me personally I’m not ready to give up on my reg…
Shaun writes: “Sitting at the edge of the world! I love them. VFFs are the only type of shoes I own. form the office to the mountain they are the shoes.”That top shot looks downright scary! Way to rock the Treks!
Courtney sent in the above photos from a recent cross country race she ran in her black KSO FiveFingers. Courtney’s been running in here KSOs since the fall. I can’t help but notice Courtney’s resolve in the leftmost picture of the collage as she bound…
I got this note yesterday from my buddy Ryan out in Arizona — as you can see from the photos above, Ryan is wearing his Classic Five Fingers to the office with his suit slacks!Hey Justin, Happy New Year. Well, I finally did it – I work in…
Bit of a delay in posting last week’s latest reviews — I was out of town. FiveFingers After Six Months at Not Buff, Not Brilliant [KSO]:Third — they are still useful for other applications. I wear these for Krav Maga classes and other condi…
A day or two back, a facebook photo from a FiveFingers fan in Finland surfaced that appeared to be showing off the upcoming and yet-to-be released-but-eagerly-anticipated Five Fingers Bikila (Here’s the photo of Ville’s Bikila-clad feet). Wendy alerted…
Review of the Vibram Five Fingers KSO Trek leather barefoot toe shoes for hiking and trail running. Complete with photos and discussion of design, sizing, and performance and where to buy.
On behalf of Laura, photoed above, Chris writes:Here’s Laura in her Slate/Palm Sprints after five and a half hours of snowshoeing. For the record her boyfriend earned many brownie points with this birthday gift to her. She was quite pleased that…