My FiveFingers – Vibram, FiveFingers, Toe Shoes, Minimalist Shoes

Day 2 was just as interesting and busy at Outdoor Retailers Winter Market 2012 as opening day. We were able to make our way around to a number of different booths and check out what next year has to offer from companies like injinji, Teva, Adiddas, and even snap a few more pictures of Vibram’s [...]

When Steven Wylie sent us a video of his FiveFinger review via Twitter, we thought it was going to be a typical step-by-step reviews of why FiveFingers are awesome.  What we weren’t expecting was to LOL throughout the review…  this kid is funny: We’ll even give him a pass for his mispronunciation of Vibram and Bikila, mainly [...]

After spending the day walking around the Outdoor Retailer 2012 trade show and talking with a number of different shoe manufacturers, I’ve noticed that Vibram is not only featured in their own booth, but also in the booths of others, including New Balance and Merrell. Additionally, there are a number of hiking boot manufacturers that [...]

Every year some of the largest brands share their upcoming product lines at a few trade shows around the country. One of these major trade shows is Outdoor Retailer Winter Market which is held yearly in Salt Lake City, Utah. We made the trip out this year to get the latest news on upcoming products [...]

Living in a country where being yourself is considered ‘funny enough’ (The Netherlands), I have a great time answering questions about my funny footwear. One of the questions I get asked the most is: “loopt dat nou lekker?” which translates to “does that feel good while running?”  At first I answered this very seriously, but some time [...]

You may have seen the photos we posted a few days ago of MyFiveFingers.com reader Maricel Ivy Pono-Woods wearing FiveFingers while riding an elephant (here and here).  Pretty cool pics.  In my emails back-and-forth with Maricel I learned that she lived in the Philippines, which I thought was cool because I’m half-filipino myself. I began asking [...]

If you had to run to save your life would you be able to? How long would you be able to go?  Could you keep going if those chasing you never got tired?  Think you could survive like Rick Grimmes from the Walking Dead? There is no better way to know for sure than to [...]

After running five half marathons – three in Vibram Sprints – I wanted a bit more of a full-body challenge. I wanted a race that required more than just strong legs and good lungs. I wanted something I’d be proud to finish. Props to Brian Jones, James Schreiner, Michael Wills and Michael Yarnall for running [...]

While wasting time researching on Reddit yesterday, I ran across a post titled “The Most Offensive Shoes Ever”, which featured these beauties to the right.  This figment of the poster’s imagination is a combination of Uggs + Crocs + and Performa Jane FiveFingers. I agree, the shoes are awful. While browsing through the comments of [...]

One of the biggest questions (besides “Are they comfortable?”, or “How do those feel?”, or “Do you really like those?”, and my favorite “You’re not really going to wear those out, are you?”) is “How do you those do in the cold?”   My answer: “Great! If you like having cold feet.” There’s not any [...]