Archive for the ‘Bare Feet and Society’ Category

One of the most frustrating things for me as a barefooter is that so many of the claims criticizing barefoot activity are made without the critics giving any thought to what they are actually saying. I know that the following observations are a bit snarky and pointed, but they’re worth thinking about:

Lots of people have told me that they successfully went barefoot “all the time” as a kid, playing on rocks and gravel, in dirt, and around all kinds of dangerous things. Then they insinuate that the flat, smooth surfaces of the adult world (e.g. concrete, asphalt, tile, linolium and carpet) are too dangerous for going barefoot.

Hmm…

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This has been around for a while but it remains current for all of us barefooters. Hope we can all be inspired by it.

video courtesy of bar-fuss.net

Sixteen-year-old Bien explains how life was different in the Philippines, in particular, the way he played basketball.

This has been around the net for a few months but I thought it’d be interesting to share anyway:

Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman has ditched his trainers and started running barefoot. His research shows that barefoot runners, who tend to land on their fore-foot, generate less impact shock than runners in sports shoes who land heel first. This makes barefoot running comfortable and could minimize running-related injuries. Read more here and find the original research here

It was so nice to see James performing barefoot on the Final 5 last week. I only wish it would have been more obvious that he wasn’t wearing shoes during his performance.