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| VANS is a top manufacturer
of shoes and apparel targeted at
extreme sport enthusiasts. Founded by Paul Van Doren in 1966, and
originally known as the Van Doren Rubber Company, VANS skate shoes
and sneakers have enjoyed a continuous popularity in the surf and
skate community for 40 years. With the introduction of the Vans Era
shoes to cope with the skateboarding craze in the 1970s, VANS skate
shoes quickly became the footwear of choice among skate enthusiasts. After a near-disaster expansion to include other specialty sports such as baseball and basketball in the 1980s, the VANS shoe company has since successfully diversified to other extreme sports such as snowboarding and BMX bicycle racing. VANS shoes are also popular in the punk rock community as a result of the company sponsored VANS Warped Tour, a punk rock and extreme sports festival that fist began in 1995. Vans' most notable shoe over the years has arguably been the Van slip-ons, introduced in 1979, and mostly responsible for skyrocketing the popularity of VANS shoes nationwide. The casual canvas Vans shoes have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years due to the revival of old school trends. The VANS slip-ons were immortalized by Sean Penn, who played a surfer dude wearing a pair of VANS checkerboard slip-ons, in the 1982 teen flick Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Related Links: Wikipedia, Vans Skate Shoes, Vans Slip-Ons, etc. |
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