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Barefoot Shoes

Barefoot shoes are minimalist footwear designed to let feet move naturally, as if unshod. With a wide toe box, flexible soles, and zero-drop design, they allow toes to spread, flex, and feel the ground. Lightweight and sensitive to terrain, they support the foot’s strength and resilience without restrictive support, ideal for walking, running, or casual use.

Women's KomodoSport LS FiveFingers Review

Women's KomodoSport LS FiveFingers Review

My experience with VFF:It was about three years ago when I purchased my first pair of VFFs. It wasn’t love at first step (or sight) with my Sprints, but the more I wore them, the more I fell in love. After conditioning my legs and body to run in them…

Trek LS Vibram FiveFingers Review

Trek LS Vibram FiveFingers Review

For Fall 2011 comes the all leather Vibram FiveFingers Trek LS, a five toed shoe for men that pushes footwear trends to new levels of insanity: toe shoes for everyday wear? Wearing FiveFingers in a business casual setting? Five toed shoes as fashion-forward footwear? Toe shoes for the modern man?

KomodoSport LS Vibram FiveFingers Review

KomodoSport LS Vibram FiveFingers Review

Photo Gallery — Men's KomodoSport LS FiveFingersPhoto Gallery — Women's KomodoSport LS FiveFingersSneak Peak!

Teva Nilch Review (Barefoot/Minimalist Shoes)

Teva Nilch Review (Barefoot/Minimalist Shoes)

When I first saw the Teva Nilch on the Teva website I immediately thought of Terra Plana’s Vivo Barefoot line, and Justin's review of the NB MINIMUS Life. Though the Nilch are sold as "water booties" these looked simple and nice enough to pass as a nice…

Unshoes Wokova Minimalist Sandals Initial Review

Unshoes Wokova Minimalist Sandals Initial Review

Minimalist Sandals Like Huaraches, But Simpler to Put On (That Remind Me of Minimalist Chacos) I recently learned of (another) new minimalist footwear company that is making a splash on the "barefoot shoes" (or sandals in this case!) scene: Unshoes Mi…

Vivo Barefoot Achilles Review (Minimalist Sandals)

Vivo Barefoot Achilles Review (Minimalist Sandals)

Guest review by James SavageI have been running in homemade 4mm-thick soled huaraches for eight months now and enjoying them very much, but I'm always on the lookout for something even better. I was intrigued when I learned Vivobarefoot would be rel…

Teva Zilch Barefoot/Minimalist Sandals

Teva Zilch Barefoot/Minimalist Sandals

Teva is coming around and meeting me somewhere in the middle with their release of the Teva Zilch sandals. While I love my huaraches, I'm still willing to experiment so I purchased a pair of Zilch sandals to see how they perform as running sandals.

Vibram FiveFingers Speed For Sale in the U.S.!

Vibram FiveFingers Speed For Sale in the U.S.!

The FiveFingers Speed is Coming to the U.S. any day now!Hallelujah!The Vibram FiveFingers Speed a.k.a. the retro-styled, laced-up, limited-release Vibram toe shoes are finally about to be available at large, here in the United States, for purchas…

Soft Star RunAmoc Dash Review (Barefoot Running Shoes)

Soft Star RunAmoc Dash Review (Barefoot Running Shoes)

Two weeks ago, I won second place in the 35K division of the Santa Barbara Endurance Race, wearing Soft Star’s new minimalist running moccasin, the RunAmoc Dash, scheduled to be released near Memorial Day. [Insert “Intro.jpg” photo here, titled “Soft…

Lems Shoes Barefoot Shoes - Initial Review

Lems Shoes Barefoot Shoes - Initial Review

How did you get into minimalist footwear? In Feb 2009 I was talking with a friend after he read the article "You Walk Wrong" and he explained something to me that I had never heard or understood in my entire life up until that point. He explained tha…

Vibram FiveFingers Bikila and Sprint Long-Term Review

Vibram FiveFingers Bikila and Sprint Long-Term Review

1,250 miles later: VFF Sprints & BikilasOver the last two racing seasons, I’ve used Vibram Five Fingers Sprints and Bikilas in training and racing a number of events ranging from 5K running races and sprint triathlons to half marathons, marathons,…

Injinji Low Cut "No Show" Lightweight Toe Socks for Toe Shoes Review

Injinji Low Cut "No Show" Lightweight Toe Socks for Toe Shoes Review

Injinji Toe SocksThe new No-Show Performance Lightweight Toesock from Injinji will be available starting in May. Similar socks, previously known as the “Micro Liner", came in a crew and mini-crew lengths.The TestInjinji sent me a pair and I dec…