Barefoot Hiking Shoes and Boots

Hiking is a huge part of outdoor life in Australia, and there's a huge range of barefoot hiking shoe options for those of us who love the outdoor barefoot experience.

How Barefoot Hiking Shoes Change Your Hiking Experience

Our feet have been evolving and adapting to nature for literally millions of years (3.5 million and counting), but it's only in the last few decades we began to radically cushion them for almost every conceivable sporting activity.

When you remove all the unnatural support of traditional sports footwear, your entire posture changes, causing all of the long muscle chains in the body to adapt and return to the natural gait of your ancestors.

What Are the Benefits of Barefoot Hiking Shoes?

Here are just some of the potential benefits of specially designed barefoot hiking shoes:

1. Strengthen muscles: Gradually strengthen the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your ankles and feet over time by promoting and encouraging natural foot movement.
2. Improve balance: Improve your balance with practice and regular use on rough, uneven ground.
3. Prevent injury: Reduce and potentially prevent injury in your feet and ankles after a period of gradual adaptation to progressively build resilience in the muscles of the lower leg and foot.
4. All-weather hiking: Hike rugged trails in all weathers with all the advantages of a barefoot shoe.
5. Look amazing: Look freaking awesome with hiking shoes that will make your friends sick with envy!

What Makes a Barefoot Hiking Shoe Different from Other Hiking Shoes?

It’s a great question, and here are just some of the crucial differences:

• The sole of a barefoot shoe is far thinner than a regular shoe while still offering rugged protection.
• The thinner sole can make your feet stronger, more flexible, and less prone to injury over time, even when you are wearing your regular shoes.
• Durable materials protect the sole of your foot from potential injury during unprotected barefoot walking.
• Barefoot shoes have a zero-drop design, meaning there is no difference in height between the heel, arch, and toe of your foot.
• The zero-drop sole forces the muscles of your lower leg, ankle, and foot to take more load, become stronger, and potentially improve your balance.
• High-quality materials form a barrier between the weather and your feet, whether it's a wet, overcast winter's day or a hot Australian summer.
• Did we mention that all the brands we stock are so gorgeous that random strangers will beg to take selfies with you?

Check out even more benefits of the barefoot shoe experience here.

Ready to Hit the Trail for a True Barefoot Hiking Experience?

Check out our entire range of barefoot hiking footwear from top barefoot shoe brands like Vivobarefoot, Xero shoes or Belenka below. Pick your shoe, choose a colour and size, and we'll rush it to you faster than a barefoot hike up your favourite mountain route.

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