Tag: minimal shoe

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We’re excited to announce the arrival of the newest barefoot-like shoe from Feelmax. Launching in Europe in June 2009. Feelmax is a great Finnish driven by their mission to bring natural (barefoot-like) products to us all. Thanks Feelmax! Watch our site (barefootrunner.com) for a full review on this updated Feelmax…

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.)…

Review, originally posted 2007-09-07 (Revised 2008-04-09) on tjespter.com Style: Men’s & women’s Sample Size: EU44 / UK10 / US10.5 Design: Vibram (Italy) Country of production: Unknown Weight per shoe*: 175 gr. (6.17 oz.) Thickness of sole*: 4 mm. (0.15748 in. – measured at the front foot) Upper material: Abrasion-resistant stretch…

Winter (Barefoot) Running

Image courtesy: I live in Florida. The extent of ‘winter’ here is… well, there isn’t. While living in Calgary, Canada however (see pic above) I had the pleasure of running through many winter seasons. For those not familiar with Alberta winters, they’re known to last a good 7 months with….

I don’t know why, but I was expecting something truly amazing with the release of ECCO’s new BIOM shoe. How could I not? Their thebiomproject website shouted “everything you know about shoes is wrong”. Although just a few weeks back they changed their copy to, well, better reflect the final…