Living Barefoot | 2010 April

Archive for April, 2010

Review of the famous Huarache Running Sandal

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 22, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Invisible Shoe Huarache Running Sandal Review By Tina Dubois Minimalist Running Shoe Series Invisible Shoe Huarache Review We are very pleased to review the Invisible Shoe Huarache as the first shoe review in the Living Barefoot Minimalist Running Shoe Series. This shoe is available in a do-it-yourself kit or a custom-made shoe made for you [...]

Adventure in Progress Reviews Feiyue Wushu Shoes

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 18, 2010 ⋅ One comment

First Impressions: Feiyue Wushu Shoes: “ Thanks to the suggestion and financial donation by one of my readers, I recently acquired a pair of Feiyue wushu shoes for review. What are wushu shoes? Wushu is a Chinese word that means martial arts, but it is also the name for a specific martial art (or sport) [...]

Tina on the Boston All-Star Barefoot Running Clinic

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Boston All-Star Barefoot Running Clinic: “This morning’s Vibram FiveFingers All-Star Barefoot Running Clinic at City Sports in Boston was fantastic! There were fittings for VFFs, including some men’s sizes of the new Bikilas. Chris McDougall, Dr. Daniel Lieberman, and Corrado from Milan were the main speakers. The 200+ attendees were split into five groups with [...]

Updated Blogroll and Alternative Footwear

By Tina Dubois ⋅ April 11, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Living Barefoot Blogroll and Alternative Footwear spreadsheets have just been updated. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions for new blogs to add! It’s great to share these wonderful websites with our readers.

New Forum Security Features / Better Forum Registration

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m pleased to announce as part of today’s upgrades the forums have been made more secure. As part of the updates we have also lifted the very time consuming approval process for registrations. As part of previous security measures to stop spamming the forums each user had to be manually activated. Automatic and instant activations [...]

Living Barefoot Community Forums now Includes Feeds!

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m pleased to say as part of our upgrades today, the Living Barefoot Community Forums are now available in three different RSS Feeds! Now you can view the forums in Google Reader, in NewsNetWire, or your favourite online or offline reader!

Site Maintenance

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Everyone, LivingBarefoot.info and its associated services will be undergoing updates and upgrades over the next two days. During this time you may experience intermittent downtime. Some areas of the site, including the forums may be temporarily closed to allow for upgrades during this time. We will send out another update when all upgrades have [...]

One Day Without Shoes Event: Positive for barefoot acceptance?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 8, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

The one day without shoes event is today, April 8th, 2010. Despite what you first might think, this isn’t about barefoot acceptance, but it does get a lot of people out and about without shoes and that seems like a good thing, no matter what the cause. But is it? Discuss….. http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com

Terra Plana Vivo Barefoot Shoes, A Review Of The Oak

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Davis Csonka from Naturally Engineered has written a review of the Vivo Barefoot Oak. Terra Plana Vivo Barefoot Shoes, A Review Of The Oak: “Naturally Engineered 10-03-14 12:49 AM David Csonka Barefoot / Minimalist Footwear shoes terra plana vivo barefoot Not long after I started wearing my Vibram Five Fingers I realized that I needed [...]

Barefoot Chronicles: Be a Part of a World Record Attempt!- Most Barefoot Runners in a Single Race…

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Barefoot Chronicles: Be a Part of a World Record Attempt!- Most Barefoot Runners in a Single Race…: “Be a Part of a World Record Attempt!- Most Barefoot Runners in a Single Race… Guinness just confirmed our attempt to set the World Record for most barefoot runners in a single race!!! The race will be the [...]

Barefoot Running | the journey from shod to barefoot

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Rob from Shodless.com answers some questions about barefoot running: Barefoot Running | the journey from shod to barefoot: “For the next few weeks I’ll be answering questions regarding barefoot running and being barefoot in general. I have about 10 questions already queued up. The plan is to answer one question a day Although each question/answer [...]

http://www.barefootrunners.org/ is in Beta

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The Barefoot Runners Society has launched a new web site an is in beta testing. We are excited to see what they will come up with.

Vivo Barefoot is now available in Kids Sizes

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 7, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Terra Plana as recently released a new line of kids shoes in the Vivo Barefoot line of products. Take a look on the Terra Plana website: http://mytoes.info/t

The Living Barefoot Show Podcast – Episode 11 Released!

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 4, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

The Living Barefoot Show Podcast – Episode 11 Released! We speak to Anna Papij about barefooting in Australia, running in minimalist shoes including Nike Free’s and Vibram FiveFinger. She talks about good barefoot / minimalist running form as well as her thoughts on the Pose method of running. Adam Wik, from MoveFreeShoes tells us about [...]

Review – The Original Sockwa

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Original Sockwa Shoe Review By Tina Dubois We are pleased to review the original version of the Sockwa (new models are due to be released mid-2010) for the Living Barefoot Minimalist Shoe Review Series. The barefoot feel and the lightweight material of these shoes is second to none in the minimalist shoe market. The Sockwa [...]

Living Barefoot Announces: The Worlds First Barefoot Search Engine

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 3, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

The first search engine in the world dedicated to barefooters, barefoot runners, foot health, and minimalist shoe enthusiasts. Barefoot Finder is a custom search engine powered by Google, that searches a select group of web sites (including blogs, databases, forums, and articles) carefully chosen by the Barefoot Finder team and by users like YOU.