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British/Irish Saxophonist, Bassoonist, Composer and Arranger. Queens Park Rangers Season Ticket Holder, Qualified Teacher, Atheist, Barefooter and occasional Political Activist.

Saturday 21 June 2014

Take part in a new Barefoot Q&A Video series. If you go barefoot more often than most people you are invited to join in.

A year ago I put together a video Q&A on my Youtube channel featuring a few members of a facebook offshoot of the Society for Barefoot Living.

For those of you who didn't see it or would like to see it again, it's here:






I'm now going to put together another one and this time I'm opening it up to any barefooter willing to join in. It'll be the same format as before - barefooters answering questions to their cameras and recording a bit of video of themselves in a barefoot activity of their choice which I'll edit together once I've received it all.

All you need to do to participate is video yourself answering the questions (try to keep the camera in landscape) and also some footage of you going about any activity you like (however extreme or mundane - as long as it's away from your own home) barefoot. Answer as many or as few as you like and feel free to add anything else you'd like to include.

If you'd prefer to speak in a language other than English that's fine. Just send me a transcript of what you're saying so I can add subtitles. If it's not French or Italian though I may need a bit of help translating it.

Here are the questions:

1) Tell us a bit about how you got into going barefoot, how long you've been doing it, and what you thought of the Q&A from last year.

2) How was the winter where you live? Did you enjoy it and are you looking forward to the summer? If you live in the Southern hemisphere swap summer and winter over.

3)What barefoot activities do you like to do the most?

4)What do you dislike doing barefoot but still do anyway?

5) Can you give an example of any barefoot difficulty you've recently overcome, and how you did it? Either a social or a physical one.

6) Is there something you haven't yet done barefoot that is a manageable short-term target for you?

7) How popular do you feel barefooting is becoming and do you foresee a time where you live when it might be common enough that no-one will be surprised by it any more?

8) Have you had any particularly unusual reactions or witty banter from people you encounter while barefoot?

9) What's your take on the story with Vibrams being found out over their false claims that their shoes are the same as going barefoot?

10) Is there anyone you would say who is an inspiration to you with respect to going barefoot in a society where so few people do.

Once you've recorded all the video footage you can get it to me via wetransfer, dropbox, google drive or any other method you prefer and I'll edit it all together as before.

Every barefooter is welcome to take part, so if you want to prod someone else you know, go ahead. All you need to do to be in it, is record your video and let me know you're doing it. Let's set a soft deadline for  11:59pm (BST) on Friday 4th July

If you don't already know how best to get in touch with me - find me on twitter under the name @saxbend - the same as my youtube channel.