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Barefoot Planet Launches New Store and Designs
It’s that time of the year again! Days are getting longer, temperatures are rising and we’re all getting ready to start enjoying the warm ground under our bare feet.
To celebrate the arrival spring, Barefoot Planet is opening a new online store, showcasing some great brand new designs, as well as updated versions of previous favourites.
As part of the spring launch, the store is featuring a new apparel supplier, which is offering much better quality and prices than before.
Great additions to the family are 3 designs especially geared for Barefoot Runners.
See the entire apparel collection at the usual URL barefootplanetstore.com
Stay tuned for some upcoming specials and promotions to be announced in the following weeks!
Minimalist Footwear Review:
Leming Ancestral Footwear
Leming Ancestral Footwear is a relatively new player in the minimalist footwear landscape but they are already well recognized in most barefooting and minimalist circles. The company started as Stem Footwear, and they just changed the name to Leming Ancestral Footwear, as of March 1st, 2012. It was founded by Pennsylvania native, and accomplished athlete, Andrew Rademacher who, after being frustrated with traditional footwear, decided to design what he calls: “the shoe that has been missing from humankind”.
I’ve had the chance to wear a pair of Leming shoes (Earth Brown) for the last couple of weeks and I must admit, I’ve been positively impressed with these shoes from the moment I got them delivered in the mail. From the packaging to the manufacturing quality, I can see that Andrew has put a lot of energy into designing a good product.
Barefooting in the First Snow Fall in Toronto this Season
I can’t really say I am an accomplished “winter barefooter” by any account since I’m very much a summer type of guy through and through. However, living in Toronto, Canada, I must endure long and cold winters every year. And, every year, I do at least a minimum amount of barefooting outside to keep both my sanity and my feet in some sort of a decent shape for when the warmer weather comes.
We had our first significant snow fall last night and throughout the day today so I decided I had to go out for a few minutes and enjoy some of the white stuff before it gets all hard, slippery and dirty.
I took two videos with my cellphone and I thought I’d share them here – please excuse the poor lighting on the first video, since it was taken last night at about 1 am. The Sound is not the greatest either – I’m still figuring things out with this new phone.
In both cases the temperature was about -5°C with a windchill factor of about -12°C. Overall, the experience felt good; my only wish is that I could do longer barefoot outings in the winter. I guess, like anything else, I need to get used to it and build some tolerance as I go.
Here are the videos, I hope you enjoy them:
Dec. 6, 2010 – 1:30 am
Dec. 6, 2010 – 2:45 pm
Keep ‘em bare, keep ‘em happy.
Barefoot Moe
Bare Feet v. ‘Barefoot’ Shoes: The BIG Difference
I’ve got a bone to pick with some people. When barefoot running, Vibram Fivefingers (VFF) and other minimalist shoes became so popular, the lexicon used to describe how we cover — or don’t cover — our feet became muddied. Search Twitter or read news articles about the phenomenon, and you hear people talking about “barefoot shoes” or how they are loving running “barefoot” with their VFFs.
As confusing as it is to call something barefoot when it’s obviously not, the issue gets even worse when people tell their friends, “Wearing (fill in the blank minimalist footwear) is just like being barefoot.” Those of us who subscribe to fully bare feet are often asked, “Why not just wear flip flops? Isn’t it the same?” My answer to both of those questions: “No, it’s not the same.”And let me give an example why…
Don’t Get Cold Feet About Bare Feet As Cooler Months Approach
Many people are open to the idea of going without shoes in the summertime, but get “cold feet” about the idea of baring their feet in the fall and winter months. It’s true that we humans would typically prefer to be warm instead of cold. That said, there are still ways that you can get yourself — and your feet — more comfortable with the idea of going without shoes as the days get shorter.
Among questions regarding broken glass or fungal infections, another concern that we barefooters regularly hear about is cold feet. “Don’t your feet get cold?,” one person may ask. Another may state, “I’d like to go barefoot more often, but I can’t stand for my feet to get cold,” or “My feet get cold really easily.”
