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What is being said about Soft Star and our unique shoes.
Donald Buraglio is a busy guy. In between running ultras, writing columns and analyzing the latest minimal footwear (ours included), he took National Geographic writer Stuart Thorton on a tour of his Caramel Valley trails to discuss his passion for endurance running. Happily for us, Donald was sporting the latest pair of Moc3 prototypes. Thorton dubbed Donald “Moccasin Man” … […]
We were tickled this week to learn we are featured in Michael Sandler’s top selling book: Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth. Michael and co-author Jessica Lee were kind enough to send the Elves our very own autographed copy – very cool. Michael also has a […]
We were tickled to have NPR journalist Laura McClandlish stop by our shop to write a radio feature on Soft Star Shoes. The story was part of an Oregon KLCC radio series on “Jobs and Economy”. You can click here to read the feature. There is also a nice video with pictures of our workshop […]
Due out next week is a new book by Dr. Craig Richards and Thomas Hollowell which covers the rationale and techniques for both barefoot running and running with minimal footwear. We were excited to learn that Soft Star RunAmocs are included in their reviews of minimal footwear and given 10 out of “10 Toes”! Dr. […]
The Brazilian based running magazine, Contra Relogic, did a review of minimal running shoes including the RunAmoc LITE. Luckily Elf Val comes from Brazil so could translate the Portuguese for us! According to Val, the feedback was very positive and once the reviewer got over how the shoes look (he said they look like something […]
The November issue of The Oprah Magazine is now out. The “Adam Says” feature on page 90 introduces the concept of barefoot running. One of the minimal running shoes pictured is a custom Soft Star RunAmoc in lime green and ultra blue. When asked for samples, the Elves included custom pairs for both Oprah and […]
Soft Star Shoes were recommended in the March 2010 Parents Magazine as a good shoe that mimics barefoot walking. The Goody Bag feature reads: “The theory that going sans kicks is healthiest for feet was popularized when runners ditched their sneakers and found they ran faster and got fewer injuries. Now this way of thinking […]
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