BirthdayShoes
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?
Vibram FiveFingers opened my eyes to minimalist shoe running and ever since, I’ve been on a quest to find the best balance of lightweight protection and comfort without sacrificing flexibility and ground feel. After VFFs…
Photo Gallery — Men’s KomodoSport LS FiveFingersPhoto Gallery — Women’s KomodoSport LS FiveFingersSneak Peak!
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…
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…
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 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.
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…
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…
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,…