Evan Longoria Catches a ball during interview

I'm a big Youtube junkie, today when I was checking out videos I came across this video of Even Longoria who plays for Tampa Bay in the MLB. Evan Longoria was being interviewed during batting practice when a stray ball almost hits the lady interviewing him expect for Evan's crazy fast reactions.

Enjoy
Kenny

Oetzi3300 Shoes History

I am excited here at Lose The Shoes that I will be offering you guys and gals a review of a newer Minimalist shoe company called Oetzi3300 that I recently saw featured at Birthdayshoes.

Being a Police officer and a Barefoot shoe guy I have never been able to combine the two. When I saw the Oetzi3300 Troop Boot I was so excited that where was a minimalistic boot that could work as a Police boot.

Oetzi3300 was started back in 2009 by Ludo Malmoux, and is located in Malibu California.

When I was speaking with Ludo Malmoux he wanted to pass the following messsage to me, It is important that you understand that all our shoes are designed around the shape of your feet and hence have a very natural toe down look. Also all our shoes have a CORKfootbed inside that provide a very natural experience, Cork has anti microbial properties and the footbeds have arch support as well as heel stabilizer... the cork naturally compresses over time and ends up forming to the shape of your feet to become extremely comfortable.

Oetzi shoe

Oetzi3300 is named after the oldest man ever discovered and he had been named Oetzi and they dated him back to 3300 B.C. When they discovered Oetzi is was frozen in ice that preserved his shoes. As you can guess Qetzi was wearing a very minimal shoe not fancy pair of Nike's.

Ludo Malmoux was inspired by Oetzi's minimal shoes and launched his company Oetzi3300 a shoe company Oetzi would have been proud to wear.

I will talk more about the make up of the shoes in my review, but one thing that is pretty neat is that the footbed of the shoes are made from Cork which over time form to the shape of your foot and help them fit better and feel more comfortable, you can read more about the Cork Technology here.

Reebok Realflex Optimal

Hey, I was poking around today and found these cool photos and video based around a pair of Reebok Realflex Optimal shoes.

The video and all related text was in Italian which I don't speak so it was hard to figure out what was going on. I think Reebok is introducing the Realflex to Italy and had a lady dressed in period clothing wearing a pair of Reebok Realflex's lowered from The clock tower in The Piazza San Marco which is the social, religious and political centre of Venice.

The video is worth a view...

OTZ1-Troop Leather Boots

As a Police Officer I wear boots for my job. As a barefoot shoe person and reviewer I have kept my eyes open for a pair of barefoot boots to review for this site.

Tonight I came across a pair of OTZ1-Troop Leather boots that look awesome, they are a barefoot boot that appear like they would be a good Police Boot.

I'm working on getting a pair to review.

Kennyo

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

March 2 is the Birthday of Theodor "Seuss" Geisel, who is one of the most beloved children’s book authors. It would be hard to find a child that hasn't read or hasn't had a Dr. Seuss book read to them.

Here at Lose The Shoes I'll celebrate Dr. Seuss Birthday with a few quotes.

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”    

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”   

“I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!” 
Dr Seuss

 

Kenya Barefoot Running

I was just reading a Question and Answer story in the National Post about runners in Kenya. It's worth a read, you can follow the link in The National Post story here.

One of the possible myths about runners in Kenya is that they all believe in barefoot running, the question is answered below.

Q: Do you believe in the barefoot running technique?
A: No. In fact, after their first races, the ones where they run without shoes because they have no possibility to buy them, whenever they have the possibility of a contract with a shoe company, they immediately start running with shoes.

Happy Running,
Kennyo

Nike Flyknit Racer

 There has been alot of buzz recently about the Nike Flyknit running shoes.  Nike unveiled their new Flyknit during Nike’s “Summer of Innovation” Olympics 2012 preview event, the all-Flyknit upper weighs just 34 grams (1.2 ounces).

The Nike Flyknit is alittle unorthodox by having a knitted upper that makes up this crazy light sneaker.

The full name of the shoes in The Nike Flyknit Racer HTM, If you’re wondering what HTM stands for, it's three names: Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker. Japanese Multi talent, design legend and Nike CEO.

The version that was launched during the Olympics 2012 preview event sports a blue knitted design along the upper, along with touches of green, as well as white on the Nike swoosh and midsole.

Check out the video, you'll learn alittle more about the shoe.