if he say's you can get these at vibramfivefingers.com it's not payed. He's just giving out who makes em cause nobody fucking knows. I can say that cause I've been asked about em too many fucking times already. I have the same makes as he does and I've had to tell people also exactly where to get em. Vibram ain't payin him, I guarantee it. And even if they are, it's cause he approached them after figuring out how awesome they were to squat/deadlift in. Again, nobody's going to get under that kind of weight and basically put his "livelihood" on the line for some unknown company with some weird looking toesock like shoe. Just ain't happenin. But you may be right, they may comp him some free vibes who knows...I would certainly hope they do.