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We have an ongoing dilemma at our workshop because we’re never quite sure how to describe our shoes. For almost three decades we’ve simply said we make minimal shoes for children, but the barefoot running craze of recent years has introduced a whole new world of nomenclature with terms like “barefoot shoes,” “minimalist shoes,” ‘transition […]

This Cinco de Mayo, you’re encouraged to kick off your shoes and run like a child! The Barefoot Runners Society (BRS) announced its 3rd annual International Barefoot Running Day to take place on May 5, 2013. Held on the first Sunday in May, Barefoot Running Day is a grassroots, inclusive effort to promote barefoot/minimalist running […]

In a recent blog post about Barefoot Pioneers, we recognized some of the people who stood up against popular opinion to show the world the benefits of natural foot function and the dangers of restrictive, inhibiting shoes. One of the pioneers we mentioned, Dr. Simon J. Wikler, seems to be lesser known than the rest. […]

Walking Lesson We’re big fans of Michael Sandler at Soft Star. We met the barefoot guru and his wife, Jessica Lee, shortly after they released their first book, Barefoot Running, in 2011. Several members of our staff befriended the happy couple after attending one of their touring workshops, and they visited our Soft Star workshop […]

The Moc3 Barefoot Running “Sock” Yes, we’re a shoe company, but we’re a shoe company that believes barefoot is best. We think your bare feet are already the perfect design for walking and running and any shoes that inhibit their natural function with “motion control technology” will only hold you back. We also understand that […]

In my recent interview with Tim Norwood, sales monkey for Luna Sandals, I spoke to him as he was heading down to Mexico with Barefoot Ted to run the 50-mile Ultramarathon Caballo Blanco. The race, formerly called the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon, was made famous by Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run. The book documented Caballo Blanco’s […]