Asher Clark of Vivobarefoot

<p>Welcome to episode twenty-three of the <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/">Low Tide Boyz, a Swimrun Podcast!</a></p><p>On this week’s show, we have Asher Clark, the Co-founder of <a href="https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us">Vivobarefoot</a>. We will be talking about the origin story of the company and do deep dive into the new <a href="https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/mens/outdoor/esc-tempest-mens">Vivobarefoot ECS Tempest Swimrun shoe</a>. (We also talked about surfing, which is awesome!) More on that later in the show.</p><p>We added another thing to the list of “things the Low Tide Boyz are doing” with the first <a href="https://www.triathlete.com/training/the-greatest-thing-about-swimrun-spoiler-its-the-partner-part/">swimrun column at Triathlete Magainze</a>! Be sure to give it a read and share it with your networks. </p><p>Training is about to get a kick in the pants as it appears that pools are starting to open and open water swims are now fully allowed at our usual spot. RIP to our shoulders! We also just dropped our <a href="https://lowtideboyz.com/gear-reviews/ark-sports-keel-swimrun-pull-buoy-review">ARK Keel Swimrun Pull Buoy Review, </a>so be sure to check that out as well. </p><p>We wanted to give a shout out this week to Helene from Sweden. She has been sending kind words and feedback along since the very beginning. Thanks for the support Helene!</p><p>Now for this week’s interview. We’re stoked to get to chat with Asher of Vivobarefoot. If you’re not familiar with Vivobarefoot, they are a minimalist shoe company and are a staple in the Swimrun space. The company was started in 2010 with a simple idea to make shoes that allow feet to do their thing and, in effect, respect human movement.</p><p>We chatted about the origins of the company and the simple/profound idea that feet should be allowed to unleash their natural potential and the shoe should be as minimal as possible and be as sustainable as possible by using a few materials as possible. Vivobarefoot had the goal of being sustainable since the b