World of Barefoot

PERSISTENTLY HUNTING THE PERSISTENT HUNTERS Galahad’s and Asher’s family have been cobblers for six gene­rations, but on a trip to Namibia looking for the last persistent hunters in the Kalahari, they were introduced to cobblers making hunting sandals adapted...

It sounds impossible. School shoes are, for so many, an intrinsic part of school, from that first moment the new, creaky, stiff black shoes are pulled on to mark the beginning of the new school year. Maybe it’s time to...

Just watch how kids race down a beach or run along the street – their technique is perfect! How kids run: nice upright posture with knees under hips under shoulders lots of short steps – no long strides or landing...

The Swimrun season is in full flow. The Vivo team have attended over 10 races already with the best still to come. ÖTILLÖ, the Swimrun World Championship is approaching. Nicolas Remires, Fanny Danckwardt and a number of other Team Envol...

If you haven’t noticed from all the news recently, this year marks the 50 th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing where a certain Neil Armstrong (not to be confused with Lance, the incredibly fast cyclist) stepped out of...

Prof Dan Lieberman, chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard recently published research in the US science journal, Nature (June 2019), about the effect calluses have on the sensitivity of bare feet. He noticed as he spent...