Get ready to wiggle your toes and feel the ground beneath you: barefoot shoes are back!

Nearly 15 years after the wave of barefoot running shoes peaked and crashed, barefoot shoes are starting to comeback in new iterations.

Friend of the pod Erica Zazo, recently covered the category and reviewed multiple styles of barefoot shoes for CNN and she's back on the show today to tell us about her favorites.

And since going barefoot is the perfect way to hang out in Hawaii, Gear & Beer Cicerone Justin Housman made today's pairing: a multipack of brews from Kona Brewing. That's why he gets paid the big bucks folks.

GEAR & BEER!

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A common interest among the human powered outdoor crowd: Fly Fishing!

Getting into a new activity can be intimidating especially when you want to try fly fishing but you've been watching A River Runs Through It for your entire life and you think you need go full Brad Pitt in order to make it happen.

Today on Gear & Beer we're here to help!

Justin was the stereotypical fly fishing newbie back in the day: a generally outdoorsy person who wanted to give fly fishing a try. So today he recounts his fly fishing journey to Colin and highlights the gear you'll want to get in order to get going.

And because fall is a great time to go fly fishing in Justin's native northern California, he and Colin crack open a couple Sierra Nevada Oktoberfests. Because what pairs better with fishing than an ice cold beer? Absolutely nothing.

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Sleeping in your car used to be a dirtbag necessity and time honored tradition.

But these days sleeping in your car usually means thousands of dollars spent on a vehicle or creating a bulky wood platform that's a pain to move around and takes up all your space.

Enter the Hideaway from Pacific Adventure Works! A modular and adjustable sleeping platform perfect for wherever you want to put it. It's the gear we're talking about on this episode of Gear & Beer as Colin & Justin are joined by Pacific Adventure Works founder Reed Frick to learn the origin of this category changing piece of gear.

And you can't have Gear without the Beer. The pairings for this episode? Reed and Justin crack open a couple of Lagunitas Daytime IPA's while Colin enjoys a 10 Barrel Juicy Drama.

Because what beats a great IPA before crashing in the back of your truck? Absolutely nothing.

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