Vibram, How FiveFingers Came To Be - Chris Melton #123

ReWild Yourself

Daniel Vitalis

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2016

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

As an avid barefooter, I’ve tried countless barefooting shoes over the years, but none compare to Vibram FiveFingers. I’ve been a fan of FiveFingers for some time — they have allowed me to develop a foot dexterity, nimbleness and strength that I didn’t know was possible! It was so exciting to get a chance to talk to Vibram’s Director of Sales and Distribution, Chris Melton.

Chris shares the story of Vibram's early beginnings, how FiveFingers came to be, the evolution of some of their most loved models and what we can look forward to from them in the future. Most importantly, he answers every Vibram fan’s burning question: Is it pronounced Vee-bram or Vy-brum?? Whether you’re a loyal Vibram FiveFingers aficionado or a fan of barefooting in general, this show is for you!

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

Daniel answers your questions on:
- His top fabric choices for clothing
- Squirrel hunting
- Rationing animal protein from hunts
Daniel discusses a question on the topic of suicide
Is it Vee-bram or Vy-brum?
A bit about Chris’s background
Why are Vibram soles everywhere?
Vibram’s recent growth
The beginnings of Vibram’s Five Fingers
Barefooting shoes and stylishness
Women and Vibrams
The new Furokshiki shoe and boot
Should you wear socks with Vibrams?
Wearing barefoot shoes in obstacles courses like Tough Mudder
Review of favorite Vibram models
The evolution of Vibram models
The story of the Vibram class action lawsuit
The future of Vibram
Where to find Vibram online

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0:00.0	You're listening to the rewild yourself podcastakens. Your instincts.
0:14.0	Awakens.
0:16.0	Awakens. Awakens.
0:17.0	You're instincts.
0:18.0	Awakens. You're instincts. Welcome back to the Rewild Yourself Podcast. I'm your host Daniel Vitalis.
0:29.7	This is a special edition Friday episode.
0:33.0	Hope you heard Wednesday's show.
0:35.0	Glad to have you back with us.
0:37.0	I'm going to jump right into it.
0:38.1	Today's guest is Chris Melton.
0:40.1	He works over at Vibram, USA, and I have had this love affair with the shoes from Vibram for some time,
0:48.0	particularly the Vibram Five Finger.
0:51.0	Been wearing it since it was first release. You'll hear about my journey with that today in the show.
0:55.0	It was really cool for him to reach out to me and I thought maybe I get him on here because I know a lot of you like those shoes as well or at least are interested in the barefooting idea in the modern
1:03.9	incarnation of the barefooting movement. I thought it'd be cool to hear a little
1:06.7	bit about how it got started over there and what they're doing and how they're
1:10.3	serving the community. I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of mail from people
1:13.8	after this episode saying you know why aren't you wearing leather moccasins or why not
1:19.3	handmade shoes and Vibram's a rubber company and why are you supporting that and all those kind of things and so I just want to address that for a bit here you know I feel like and I talked about this recently it's kind of like you don't hear a lot from people saying hey why are you driving a vehicle you should be you
1:34.1	know walking everywhere you go or you should you know use horsepower or something like that I think a lot of
1:39.8	us understand in the modern world there's certain places where we're just not able to fully
1:45.0	rewild or at least not and still maintain our lifestyle to the degree that we need to
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