Whenever we’re selling Xero Shoes at a public event, a few people will come up to our booth, examine our barefoot sandals, and claim (with a strange tone of almost arrogance), “I can’t wear these. I pronate.” Sometimes they’ll pull out the third party endorsement, “My doctor says I pronate.” Or the less-convincing, “The shoeContinue Reading

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Lee Chase developed this variation of one of the tying styles on the Tying page (third from the right). The only thing I’d do differently: Take the end of the lace and put it back through the half hitches to lock it in place. First, a few tying tips and notes: Tying the Figure-8 knot:Continue Reading

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We’re selling Xero Shoes at the Hanuman Yoga & Music Festival in Boulder this weekend and while playing with some Earth Balls, Cindy and I came up with a great foot strengthening game. Whether you’re a barefoot runner or barefoot walker, this is a great game to play Try it! Or come up with aContinue Reading

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Is barefoot running more or less efficient than running in shoes? Who cares?! Barefoot is fun! And we think barefoot is good for you, too. Besides, the recent studies that say barefoot is less efficient are riddled with holes (including that one only showed that “barefoot-style” running was less efficient for people who had noContinue Reading

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Imagine for a moment that you did extensive research into something, only to conclude that you need more research before you could make a meaningful statement about that something. Is that news? I don’t think so. Would any newspaper publish a headline: Scientists discover: We’re not sure yet! Nope. No news is not news. So,Continue Reading

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When Lena and I started Xero Shoes (then, Invisible Shoes) in November 2009, we thought, “Oh, this’ll be a nice little hobby business.” We never anticipated it growing as much as it has, or working as hard as we work After appearing on Shark Tank last night, we’ve been SWAMPED with orders, emails, phone calls.Continue Reading

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We just got the word from ABC and Mark Burnett Productions that our Shark Tank episode is re-airing on Friday, May 31st. Frankly, we’re still reeling from the effects of our original air date in February. We sold over 3,000 pairs of Xero Shoes barefoot sandals after the show aired… and that was in theContinue Reading

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Here’s a fun lacing tip/trick you can use with your Xero Shoes. Basically, it’s making a “lacing loop” out of a small section of our new laces. There are two reasons you may want to do this: 1) It’s a cool decorative element (especially if you use a different color for the loop than youContinue Reading

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Woo-Hoo! Homer loves his Xero Shoes, too!    

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One cool thing you can do with the “extra” lace on your Xero Shoes huaraches sandals is what I like to call “Ah, Knots!” For those of you who are hip to different knot names, you’ll recognize this as just a bunch of half-hitches tied down the length of the toe strap. This idea cameContinue Reading

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