Soft Star Mocs can Improve your Gas Mileage!
Yes - really. Strange but true. "Hypermilers" are groups of people fiendishly devoted to improving their gas mileage - sometimes by 2X simply by changing their driving habits. NPR has a fun audio report you can listen to (click here) where passionate hypermileage devotees to all extremes of rolling through stop signs, avoiding hills, eschewing heat/air conditioning and installing miles-per-gallon meters that are constantly hyper-monitored as they roll along. One extremist, Kent J. of Maryland, even drives with no shoe on his accelerator foot so he can better sense the pedal pressure. Poor Kent could accomplish the same feat (no pun intended) by simply donning a pair of Soft Star mocs... great barefoot feel and "pedal sensing" ... which come winter in Maryland is going to be a BIT more practical! If anyone out there knows Kent, send him our way for a pair of free Soft Stars.
And if pedal-sensing extremism isn't for you- then your Soft Stars can certainly take you places comfortably on foot - the best solution around for high gas prices!
Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in this blog are those of individual workshop elves, and do not necessarily represent those of www.SoftStarShoes.com
Trish has been an entrepreneur, marketer and maker ever since she crushed her first lemonade stand at age five. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, she spent many summers running barefoot with her sisters. These early memories later inspired her to build a brand which embraced the joy and freedom of childhood with the health and science of minimal footwear.
Trish relishes evolving the company to grow stronger and more competitive with each passing year. She is a frequent expert panelist for both e-commerce and entrepreneurship conferences. Trish enjoys spending time with her family, dogs and ducks on their property in Oregon and loves the proximity to both surf and snow. She has a background in Engineering Physics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.