Posts Tagged ‘sandals’
My Take on Minimalist Footwear
From left to right: Hand-made Huaraches, Vibram FiveFingers Sprint, Vivo Barefoot Runners.
In recent years, there has been quite a bit of development of the so-called “minimalist footwear”. While the definition of minimalist footwear tends to vary from user to user and from manufacturer to manufacturer, basically, any type of footwear that is designed to simulate, as close as possible, the experience of going barefooted by still providing an acceptable amount of insulation and protection from the environment (at least part, usually the soles) can fall into the category of “minimalist”.
No Shoes? No Problem!
… According to the Globe and Mail…
The Globe and Mail, one of the main national Canadian newspapers published a nice – overall positive – article on barefooting entitled: “No Shoes, No Problem!”; featuring yours truly, along a couple of more Canadian fellow barefooters from Windsor, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Please read it here: http://bit.ly/lWTBF
Keep ‘em Bare!
Barefoot Moe
About Barefooting
People’s reactions are so funny whey they see me barefoot on the streets. I find it especially amusing when I get introduced to someone and they don’t realize I am barefooted until after a few minutes into the conversation.
Today for instance, Gary and I were walking on the street after we had dinner at a downtown pub. I, of course, took my sandals off as soon as we stepped back into the street, ditched into my cargo pocket and started walking barefoot. After a few minutes, we bumped into our friend Willie, who was with 2 other friends. We got introduced and we started chatting. After a few minutes, one of Willie’s friends finally noticed I was barefoot. His face was priceles 
Then, they all started telling me about all the “bad things” I could step on and how they could never do it, and all the horrible diseases I will acquire… I, of course, had no option but giggle and tell them that I would be OK and that I haven’t died in the last 15 years of doing this.
