At long last, we can all sleep again. Eric Koston will be wearing Nike SB. And so ends perhaps the most hyped drama in human history. While we are sure that Mr. Koston will enjoy his time with the Swoosh, we are disappointed that he elected to not don the true footwear of champions: barefoot.

The newly published “Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen” by Christopher McDougall exposes the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico who have for centuries have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. One of their secretes: go barefoot.

AGoodReed asks, “Could the shoe-less style benefit skaters?”

In all likelihood though, skateboarding barefoot is probably a terrible idea. In addition to scraping flesh over griptape, the lack of lucrative footwear sponsorships isn’t too appealing. Perhaps an athlete’s foot spray endorsement?