Feet With Built In Support

New Technology in Ankle support, Arch support, Flat Feet and High Arches

Do you need arch support? Ankle support? If so, try the newest product on the market today, YOUR FEET! New and improved for 2022 with built-in arch support and ankle support! You’ve tried everything else — shoes, orthotics, inserts — now try YOUR FEET! Their flexible construction with almost 1/4 of all the bones and […]

Stand Up Paddle Board with Xero Shoes

Stand Up Paddle Boarding Sandals

Some people love the feeling of sand between their toes. Others. Not so much. Same thing with stand up paddle boarding. Some love to SUP bare footed. Others want a bit of protection, especially if they’re somewhere that they have to jump off onto a less-than-ideal surface (think coral, or rocks, or ewwy-gooey things 😉 […]

Xero Shoes Sponsors the Warrior Hike

For the second year, Xero Shoes is a proud sponsor of Warrior Hike. What, you may ask, is Warrior Hike? Well, I can’t explain it better than what it says on their website: In 1948, Earl Shaffer told a friend he was going to “walk off the war” to work out the sights, sounds, and losses […]

Sandals for Barefoot Running? KWGN Investigates.

Vicky Evans from KWGN came out to our new office to check out Xero Shoes. What did she think? Watch the video and find out… While Vicky emphasized barefoot running, people enjoy Xero Shoes for, well, anything you can imagine doing in a sandal… and things you would NEVER do in a flip flop: A […]

GOSHEN Movie Trailer – Watch it here!

As many of you know, Xero Shoes were inspired by the Tarahumara of Mexico. First, we were inspired by their story of running enjoyably and injury-free into their 70s and beyond. Then we were inspired by the fact that they ran barefoot or in huaraches — sandals they made out of scraps of tire and […]

TrailMax Ultra Running Sandal

Introducing the new TrailMax running sandal. The USA-made sports sandal ingeniously combines the benefits of zero-drop, barefoot footwear with jaw-dropping 65 mm (5.26 inch) of dense, anti-memory foam rubber in the sole for maximum cushioning support. The TrailMax weighs less than the Hoka but boasts more than twice the stack height. According to Boulder-based TrailMax’s […]

Xero Shoes Slashes Weight and Bulk out of Sport Sandals with New Z-Trek

(Broomfield, CO) March 9, 2015 – For decades, sports sandals like Chaco, Teva, and Keen have been de rigeur for outdoor enthusiasts. Their downside? A brick-like weight and stiffness, with a suitcase-filling thickness. The new Amuri Z-Trek, by Colorado-based Xero Shoes, eliminates to 70% of the weight and almost all of the bulk of the […]

Paleo Diet + Barefoot Running = ?

Are you on the Paleo diet, or curious about it? Many people who discover paleo — and I’m neither endorsing it or bashing it in this article — move past the diet and into the “lifestyle,” looking to move and live more like our hominid ancestors. And, not surprisingly, one way to recapture our movement […]

Barefoot Lies and Footwear Fallacies

Okay, you know the drill by now… the media likes to say “the barefoot running movement is over!” They cite the sudden increase increase in sales of “maximalist shoes” as proof. But, is it true? Well, first, I’ll tell you that sales may be lower for “minimalist shoes,” but that’s because fewer companies are making […]

Our BIGGEST SALE EVER on barefoot sandals

SAVE UP TO 75% on Xero Shoes products! Why do I look crazy? Wait until you see the prices during our sale!  We’re having the biggest sale we’ve ever had — and probably the biggest sale we ever WILL have. Between now and December 7th, you can save HUGE on almost everything we sell (see […]