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Vibram FiveFingers Deal Alert: The "HookUp:" $50 gets you $100 of Merch

Vibram FiveFingers Deal Alert: The "HookUp:" $50 gets you $100 of Merch

There's a new deal out—one that ends after December 19th—that lets you spend $50 to get $100 worth of anything on VibramFiveFingers.com. Taking advantage simply requires creating an account and forking over the $50 to purchase the deal. This gets you…

Tune Footwear Tassle Loafer Barefoot Shoes First Look

Tune Footwear Tassle Loafer Barefoot Shoes First Look

Tune Footwear has officially launched! Their dressy loafer-style barefoot shoes are now available for sale via TuneFootwear.com for $99. We previewed Tune Footwear back in late July of this year but that was prior to having seen the final product.…

Kickstart Altum's Barefoot Dress Shoes

Kickstart Altum's Barefoot Dress Shoes

Some of you may have heard early rumblings about another initiative to bring suit- or slacks-ready barefoot shoes — no, I'm not talking about Primal Professionals or Tune Footwear's just arrived loafers (Surprise! Tune's are for sale now! Stay "t…

Running a 255km Jungle Marathon in Spyridon FiveFingers

Running a 255km Jungle Marathon in Spyridon FiveFingers

I have just completed the 2012 Jungle marathon in Brazil, and in doing have become the first person ever to take part in and finish this grueling event wearing a pair of Vibram Fivefingers. With the help of a pair of Spyridons I even managed to finish t…

New Balance Minimus 40% Off!

New Balance Minimus 40% Off!

Flash sale outdoor gear site LeftLane Sports has just launched a flash sale of New Balance shoes, including Minimus Zeros and MT10s (the leather ones reviewed here). The sale has the shoes at 40% off (so about $65 for Zero Trails or Roads or $70 or $60…

Baptised by Mud in FiveFingers KomodoSport

How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Baptised by Mud in FiveFingers KomodoSport

I recently got a note from Shuhong, a BirthdayShoes reader and runner from Malaysia. Shuhong's story is one of slow and steady transition to minimalist shoes, ultimately switching over to KomodoSport Vibram FiveFingers. Here's Shuhong's story: Gr…

Vivo Barefoot Gobi Boot Review

Vivo Barefoot Gobi Boot Review

With the success of Vivo Barefoot's ultra-popular "Ra" comes the release of a Ra-like ankle high leather boot called the Gobi. Vivo shot me a pair of these Gobis to test out, and I'm happy to oblige ? these boots are comfortable, make my feet happy, an…

Vapor Glove Merrell Barefoot Initial Review

Vapor Glove Merrell Barefoot Initial Review

Merrell Barefoot is bringing to market an incredible minimalist/barefoot shoe in 2013. It’s called the Vapor Glove and when I first pulled the sample pair out of the box Merrell sent me, I thought “Whoa” followed immediately by “Finally!” Quite sim…

Review Merrell Barefoot Flux Glove for Kids, Toddlers

Review Merrell Barefoot Flux Glove for Kids, Toddlers

My three year old Avi has had a couple months to test out the Merrell Barefoot Flux Gloves for Infants and Toddlers* — she's worn them almost exclusively (even setting aside her custom kid's "la-laches" — huaraches by Xero Shoes). Merrell provide…

Vibram FiveFingers Lontra Initial Review

Vibram FiveFingers Lontra Initial Review

The Lontra could be described as a 'roid-raging KSO — outfitted with the most aggressive 4mm rubber, "lightly cleated" "Trek" outsole + 4mm EVA midsole and a wholly new water-resistant, tri-layered upper that's topped off with a very aggressive ankle cuff to seriously keep stuff out. That's how I'd

Initial Review Vibram FiveFingers Speed XC

Initial Review Vibram FiveFingers Speed XC

The Vibram FiveFingers Speed XC started hitting retailers two weeks ago. I got my pair only a few days back and have been scrambling trying to clobber together an initial review of them. At $140 a pair, the Speed XC isn't cheap. It's $10 more tha…

Vivos, Vibrams, Inov-8s—Discounted up to 65% off!

Vivos, Vibrams, Inov-8s—Discounted up to 65% off!

I'll make this as short and sweet as possible. I've been alerted to a handful of sales that could save you some cash on Vibram FiveFingers, Vivo Barefoots, and Inov-8s. The thing is, they're going on at different retailers, so you might have to hop ar…