Do You Love Skateboarding

Vans' shoe styles, such as Chukka, ERA, Mountain Edition, Slip-on and Old Skool were all well-known shoes of Vans, and they have been introduced by SK8-HI&OLD SKOOL. SK8-Hi; however, is always the first choice for people if they intend to purchase Vans. There born the SK8-Hi, and it was all because of the skateboard culture. What is more; SK8-Hi was designed for people who love skateboarding at the beginning. And then it was preferred by harajuku brands, so they came to cooperate with Vans in particular, and such SK8-Hi was introduced into the fashion world. OLD SKOOL was a low barrel shoe style, which was super retro. Respectiely along with SK8-HI; it has been the champion in the skateboard market of low and high tubes. Its distinctive place has been highlighted by its fashionable matching colors.
Anti-Hero, Alien Workshop and Baker currently are three top enterprises of skateboarding. Moreover, they keep on supporting skateboarding in the environment that looks like a battlefield. VANS and these three enterprises have jointly sponsored some professional skateboard players, and the joint shoes have been introduced together. These special shoe styles not only can show each professional player's individual style, but also can endow it with different spirits because of each professional player's personality and individual style at the same time. This is going to make the joint shoe style be more shinning.
In 1966, which was a age with lots of world youth, VANS was set up in America. Four people called Paul Van Doreen, Jim Van Doreen, Serge Delia as well as Gordy Lee set up the brand of VANS. They were not content to give sudden huge profit to retailers when production was resold transferred to them at that time, and as a result in Anaheim, California, the first store was established particularly for selling their own products. The jewel grain was the pattern of the first pair of VANS shoes. And soon afterwards, Paul added the straight line pattern to the soles, which made the soles more affixed so as to prevent slipping. In addition, a lot of motorcycle riders also liked to put it on due to its strong stability on soles.
It was a craze of skateboarding breakout in 1976. Paul, at that time, was required by Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta these two people who love skateboarding to produce a pair of bi-colorable skateboarding shoes for them. VANS turned out to be a brand exclusively for skateboarders from that time on. In 1982, there was a popular comedy called "Fast Times at Ridge Mont High", and Sean Penn played the role of Jeff Spicoli who was a skateboard expert in the film. In the film, he has worn the VANS shoes, so VANS brand became more popular. After three years, the signature shoes called Slip-On that of VANS officially born, and it was popular all over California.