Comments on: Shoe Shortage in Australia

By: Darcy

Darcy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:49:49 +0000

Ahhhhh- reminds me of The Onion. On the other hand, barefoot is very liberating. And far more convenient. In my home town, we are near the beach and there’s hardly any gum or broken glass, so i would regularly go bare foot. But now that I’ve moved to uni, there seems to be broken glass every two meters – so frustrating! Not just because I can’t stroll around bare feet, but also because there’s rubbish everywhere!

By: Barefoot Hiker

Barefoot Hiker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:16:49 +0000

Going barefoot is much better for the feet in most cases than excessive reliance on shoes. Once the soles are thickened, bare feet have both a layer of tough yet pliable protection against potential hazards while also refining the sense of touch in the soles that provides sensory feedback one simply cannot get inside shoes.

As for the hygienic issues, think about what you can smell, not just what you can see: Feet that are bare throughout the day have absolutely no odor and only a little surface dirt, which can be more readily cleaned than fungi-friendly “shoe feet.”

Feet encased in shoes all day have living bacteria and provide an ideal breeding ground for fungi. Bare feet get air and light and grow stronger through exercise; feet in shoes get stinky and weak.

So I say … “Good for the barefoot-by-choice” people of Australia and everywhere else!

For an article on the benefits of barefoot hiking, click on the words “barefoot hiker” above.

By: BeersandBeans

BeersandBeans — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:20:32 +0000

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By: BeersandBeans

BeersandBeans — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:17:08 +0000

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By: Vi

Vi — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:30:13 +0000

First time I saw barefoot guy in gas station somewhere in South of US. It was a little bit strange at that time, but in Australia and New Zealand somehow you totally don’t care about it.

By: Brooke Schoenman

Brooke Schoenman — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:24:00 +0000

hahaha, i was wondering if you'd find this… hehe I don't know how you do it man

By: Tim Groeneveld

Tim Groeneveld — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:14:00 +0000

That sounds like me.

By: Beach Bum

Beach Bum — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:30:08 +0000

Anyone remember the late 1960s and early 1970s in the USA? Our ‘behavior’ was like that too. Young people, mostly young women, were going barefoot everywhere on nice summer days. I used to see them in supermarkets, malls, any public place. Even New York City had it’s fair share of people going barefoot in he streets and shopping. The only difference is that it went out of style in the US during the 1980s, but apparently it did not in Australia and New Zealand. And no, it’s not illegal in the US. That is one of those ‘urban myths’. Those “shirts and shoes required” signs are just the store owner’s preference, and first started appearing during the late 1960s to keep hippies out, who were considered unpatriotic, since they were against the Vietnam war.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:25:59 +0000

Yo Brooke! Haahahaha. Walking around without shoes is gross. I am 100% shoe friendly. Although I will admit I dislike a full shoe but I am a flip flop whore.

In fact I am going home to MA for a month and I just realized yesterday I have no real shoes to take with me. I will have to snag a pair of my moms shoes when i get there – the horror!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:14:55 +0000

Barefoot Ken…I should probably run upstairs and check, but I think that might be the same guy from the book Born to Run. It talks a lot about running barefoot and learning to run better and how more injuries occur from expensive shoes than cheapos. Check it out. Cool post, bee tee double-u.