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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.

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…

Vibram FiveFingers Komodo Sport Review

Vibram FiveFingers Komodo Sport Review

Sprinting, Cutting, Weight Lifting and How the KomodoSport Stacks Up Against Other FiveFingers (KomodoSport vs. KSO, Bikila, TrekSport)BirthdayShoes first reported on the Vibram FiveFingers KomodoSport (say that five times fast!) in Fall of 2010 with o…

Saucony Hattori Review

Saucony Hattori Review

Saucony HattoriThe Saucony Hattori is a very minimalist running shoe expected to be available from Saucony on May 15th. Other retailers may have them as soon as May 1st. Saucony sent us a pre-release pair of the Hattoris to test, so I did a 4 mile ru…

Nike Zoom Waffle Racer VI Review

Nike Zoom Waffle Racer VI Review

Only a few months back, lightweight racing flats were one of the few non toe shoe options for barefoot minimalist runners. Though they still may have a place as a transitional shoe, the recently released Merrell Barefoot and the New Balance NB Minimus li…

New Balance NB Minimus Trail Photos and Video

New Balance NB Minimus Trail Photos and Video

We've reviewed the New Balance Minimus Trail already, but I got my feet into a pair of the dark grey (I might call them black) and neon yellow New Balance NB Minimus Trails recently and figured I'd do a little video overview and snap some photos to share…

Review Fila Skele-Toes - Four Toed Shoes

Review Fila Skele-Toes - Four Toed Shoes

A few weeks back we took a sneak peak at a new brand of toe shoes—as in, not Vibram Five Fingers—they're the Fila "Skele-toes." Comet Shoes hooked me up with a pair to examine, review, and share with BirthdayShoes readers, so that's what I'l…