Tag: barefoot shoes

We’re very excited that the long-anticipated SKORA Running shoes are finally coming to fruition. You can pre-order your very own pair of BASE or FORM shoes. Visit SKORARunning.com to get the full story behind these fantastic minimalist shoes. We here at BarefootRunner.com have been lucky enough to test a few…

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Image courtesy Remember when you were a kid? You raced around the playground or the yard for hours at a time, somehow managing not to hurt yourself despite your lack of $150 running shoes and custom-made $400 orthotic inserts. There’s a growing sense in many quarters that your childhood impulse…

Read: Part I Technology That Is Not Technology We’ve been indoctrinated to believe that when running shoe companies develop new “advanced” materials (without real scientific evidence proving their benefit) that these advancements are better for us. They still call it “technology”, but do not let you be fooled. When shoe companies…

Photo Credit: luiginter Original post on tjepster.com May 2008 | Edited by BarefootRunner.com with author’s permission. Humans have been barefoot for several million years (~2 million actually). It means that our bare feet have the ability to carry us around on all kinds of surfaces – hard ones as well…

Review: Water/Aqua Shoes

Review, originally posted 2007-08-31 (Revised: 2008-05-05) on tjespter.com Style: Men’s & women’s Sample Size: EU44 / UK10 / US10.5 Other names: Surf shoe, bathing shoe, aqua shoe Design: Nika Holding GmbH (Germany) Country of production: Unknown Weight per shoe*: 130 gr. (4.59 oz.) (blue model) – 224 gr. (7.90 oz.)…

Soft Star Shoes Review, originally posted 2008-06-18 on tjepster.com Style: Men’s & women’s Sample Size: EU43 / UK9 / US10 Design: Soft Star Shoes (USA) Country of production: USA Weight per shoe*: 165 gr. (5.82 oz.) Thickness of sole*: 6 mm. (0.236 in.) Upper material: Leather Insole: Sheepskin Outsole: Leather…

Review: Feelmax Panka

Feelmax Panka (Leather) Review, originally posted 2007-10-01 (Revised 2007-10-08) on tjespter.com Style: Men’s & women’s Sample Size: EU44 / UK10 / US10.5 Design: Feelmax (Finland) Country of production: Thailand Weight per shoe*: 120 gr. (4.23 oz) Thickness of sole*: 1 mm. (0.03937 in.) Upper material: Black (cow) leather and breathable…

We’re excited to announce that our site will be the new home of the amazingly well written in-depth minimal shoe reviews by Tue Jepsen. Tue’s website Tjepster.com was a fantastic resource for barefoot and shod runners alike. We couldn’t be happier to bring his invaluable insight and attention to detail…