For Xero Shoes, we have a relatively high-tech manufacturing process, especially for our Z-Trail sandals, which have a three-layer FeelLite sole. The high-tech materials let us make something ultra-ultra-lightweight, incredibly, incredibly flexible so it lets you have natural foot movement, but is still really protective, really durable, and really comfortable. We bond three layers together. […]
Are hiking sandals or Xero Shoes safe for toddlers? The answer is both yes and no-ish. The Yes is based on looking at how toddlers walk and run. They’re using their feet naturally. They run with amazingly perfect form almost all the time until you start putting them in shoes. So to let them continue […]
If you have wide feet, I have good news for you. Xero Shoes are designed to work for the way human feet are shaped. They’re designed based on the shape of feet. A foot doesn’t get pointy near the toes, which is what most shoes are designed to do. Xero Shoes let your toes spread […]
Flat feet are not the problem people like to think they are. When I was in high school, I was a gymnast. I became an all-American gymnast. And I’ll never forget going to one of the first sports medicine physicians in the world, who looked at my really flat feet and said, “You can’t be […]
First of all, think about the comparison between hiking sandals and, say, hiking boots or trail-running shoes or shoes that you would wear for going on a hike. If you’re in boots or shoes and you get those things wet, it’s going to take forever for them to dry out. In fact, it can really, […]
This is not a simple question because people use all of our products for everything from taking a walk to going shopping to hanging out in an urban jungle like New York City to climbing mountain trails to running a 256K race across Madagascar over dirt and mud and streams and rocks and everything in […]
If you’re looking for the best sports sandal or hiking sandals, you’ve got to think about the history of this type of sandal. It was 1982 when Teva was invented and 1989 when Chaco was invented, and in the 25-30 years since those two things happened, those products have become synonymous with the hiking sandal. […]
This is a style question. My wife and the co-founder of Xero Shoes, Lena Phoenix, had really mixed feelings when we came out last year with our Z-Trek sandals and this year with our Z-Trail sandals because they’re sport-sandal you can easily wear socks. 😉 If it’s cold you can just wear a good pair […]
Here’s where you can get Xero Shoes: Here on our site From Xero Shoes dealers around the world (more added every week) On our Amazon store Buying hiking sandals is not hard anymore. It used to be when they first invented the idea of sandals for hiking. You could only find them in speciality outdoor […]
Some people think that if you’re going to go hiking or climbing, you need a pair of hiking boots. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, let me tell you a fun story: When I first moved to Colorado in 1993 from New York City, I had gotten invited to go on […]
