Welcome to Xero Shoes!
We're super excited to bring you a fantastic range of adventure sandals from Xero Shoes - the Z Trail for both kids and adults. Designed to offer foot freedom and a barefoot, minimalist shoe experience, we've tested the Xero Z-Trails out on our own feet over the last couple of years and rate them extremely highly.
Xero Shoes are committed to making environmentally intelligent footwear for the barefoot/minimalist shoe market. As a company they focus on minimal designs, using renewable materials where possible with low energy manufacturing, to create footwear that endures and offers people foot health and freedom.
All Xero Shoes have a 5,000 mile warranty on their soles (that's 8,000 km in the metric system). The Z-Trail Sandals use nylon webbing made from recycled plastic bottles.
From a wearer's perspective, you can expect the Z-Trails to provide good ground protection, while allowing your feet to flex naturally on the terrain as if you're barefoot. We love this for kids who need footwear that let their growing feet stay agile and strong. If you're new to the barefoot shoe experience, we would recommend the Z-Trails as a good, affordable place to start. As you wear the sandals over time, you'll find your foot muscles (especially the arches) will strengthen and your toes will have better range of motion.
These sandals are suitable for most adventure terrains - the beach, tramps in the bush, regular old footpaths, rocky dirt tracks, probably even snow if you're really game?! Though we don't recommend that...
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