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by Brian Patterson on Jun 24, 2011
It seems like, on a near daily basis, we receive questions via email, Twitter, and Facebook on how to keep FiveFingers clean, how to wash them, how to remove stenches from them, etc. For example… There are many, many different ways to keep your FiveFingers clean. Rather than us tell you what we think, [...]
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by Brian Patterson on Jun 08, 2011
We’re happy to announce that Sharon from Milwaukee is the latest winner in the MyFiveFingers.com Year Long Giveaway sponsored by River Sports. For those of you who don’t know, we are giving away a free pair of FiveFingers each month. Entering is easy and can be done via Twitter, Facebook, your own website, etc. For [...]
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by Brian Patterson on Jun 07, 2011
We recently met the Rugged Maniac team and quickly hit it off. For those of you not familiar with the Rugged Maniac, here is how they describe themselves: Rugged Maniac was designed with the assistance of Navy SEALs for maniacs who want a challenge. Those who push their limits know themselves in a way those [...]
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by Brian Patterson on May 19, 2011
If you are Sergey Brin, one of the founders of a small company called Google, the answer is simple: FiveFingers. Sergey had been spotted wearing FiveFingers as early as November of 2009, so we definintely give him credit for wearing them before they were even sorta mainstream. Here are a couple of pictures we’ve gathered [...]
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by Brian Patterson on May 18, 2011
A pair of Vibram FiveFingers made a brief appearance last night on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Nich Schrank from Centreville, VA jumped from the ground onto a ball elevated on a platform. We actually saw this video a few weeks ago on Youtube, but its even cooler when he’s on Leno doing it. [...]
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by Brian Patterson on May 18, 2011
Our friend on Twitter, @billiewilma, sent us this great picture she took yesterday when she saw The Wiggles live! Notice the blue and purple Wiggles, Anthony and Jeff , are wearing FiveFingers. We love seeing celebrities and other public figures in FiveFingers, Josh Duhamel for instance, and we’ll be posting a couple more sightings we’ve gathered this [...]
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by Brian Patterson on May 16, 2011
Under the guise of “Looking Good While Getting in Shape”, FiveFingers get a nice feature on Fox News (video below). They speak with a writer from Details Magazine who talks about the hot trend this year being lightweight running shoes that look great. Of FiveFingers, he says, “You can use them in the gym, you [...]
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by Brian Patterson on May 05, 2011
Merrell is a shoe and apparell company that specializes in high quality outdoor-wear. About a year ago, Merrell and Vibram announced a new shoe line, the “Merrell Barefoot Collection” that would consist of ultra comfortable shoes for trail running and causal wear, and they would all be sporting a Vibram sole. In February 2011 that [...]
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by Brian Patterson on Apr 06, 2011
Disclaimer: This is a very long post about chronic pain relief in general, and the Egoscue method specifically. Grab a drink and a snack, give it a read, and let us know your thoughts in the comments. For the last 16 months, I’ve embarked on a part-time medical voyage to battle some nagging patellar (knee) [...]
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by Brian Patterson on Feb 22, 2011
Our friend on Twitter, @alfonsaur, tweeted us the sad pic below, asking if we had any advice on how to go about fixing a small burn hole on the FiveFingers big toe. We told @alfonsaur that we’d pose the question to our super-smart community, so we ask you: How would you repair these FiveFingers? Duct [...]
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