What follows is a guest review by a new blogger for BirthdayShoes — Alex! Alex has been testing out Vibram’s KSO Kids FiveFingers for the past month or two and despite some adjustment (the “stinging”) now would recommend them to his friends. Photos, video review by Alex (best review in months!), more after the jump!

At present (and they might go fast), they’ve got sizes 9 – 12 (including all half sizes), 13, and 14. I’m a size 10.5 in most shoes and also a size 10.5 in the Zilch, so these run “true to size” in my experience. If you recall, James reviewed the Zilch on BirthdayShoes a few [...]

They flew a slew of us bloggers, runners, and otherwise up to NYC and put us up in a hotel for the weekend simply to bend our ear for a few hours about where all this is going. Thank you, Merrell, and major props to Emily and Craig (And everyone else who made it happen).

The latest official news (You can spy some images of the NB Minimus Zero Trail and Road in this previous post) the NB Minimus Zero line is being released today from New Balance, and the subject is sole patterns from wear tested pairs of their Minimus line — and how those wear patterns were the [...]

This past week I hiked with my wife and some of my family to the top of Mt. Leconte in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. I wore my VFF KSO’s for the whole 12 mile round trip with my Merrell Trail Gloves strapped to my backpack as my backup shoes. =) Other than some [...]

Last year I wore normal shoes and my feet were killing me by the end of day three. This time, it made such a difference to wear my Speeds!! On a side note, its great that even the USNC from the HALO universe are embracing civilians and barefooting it on HALO.

One thing is that the toe separation is very important because toes become atrophied by being in ordinary shoes. I used to have strong independent use of all my toes to grip boulders and such, but after a few years in shoes I discovered—to my horror—that my little toes could barely be moved independently anymore: [...]

When I first opened the box I grinned at the design. We’ve got simple, clean lines, no flashy distractions or garish colors, and a cool contrast from the upper to the sole. I actually said out loud “I dig it.” But would my initial impression of them stand up to further scrutiny? Find out after [...]