• Morgen bandana
• Suede Leather black parts
  White canvas bandana
  Smooth leather white vans stripe

• Uppers are off-white canvas with black suede

• Sides have red leather detail stripes

Collar is padded
Bottomsole is red rubber

Uppers are canvas with polka dots in bright peach, coffee brown, and light blue
Edging in coffee brown with white stitching
Three velcro straps
Toe and outsole both in white rubber

Uppers are suede with a cushioned collar
Red/black checkerboard pattern
White rubber foxing and red rubber outsole
White and black laces included

Uppers are checkered canvas with black suede accents

Interior is pink canvas
Top of shoes can be folded back
Shoe measures about 9 inches from top to floor

Black canvas and suede mid tops
White stitching on uppers
White leather stripe detail on sides

Vans Chukka lace-up deck shoes. Pieced suede upper with side canvas panels. Heavily padded tongue and collar. Vans side label. Vulcanized rubber midsole. Rubber Vans "Off the Wall" heel badge. Gum rubber waffle outsole. Imported.

C1rca Lopez 50 skate shoes. Soft, breathable lining. Upper features reinforced layering materials. Genuine vulcanized construction. Latex heel cushion. Elastic tongue straps. C1rca's "Good Times" label woven on tongue. Padded tongue and collar. C1rca logo embroidered at back of collar. Rubber C1rca heel badge. "Committed to Skateboarding" screened on midsole. Rubber outsole stamped with C1rca logos. Imported.

Vans is stoked to be apart of the newest Tony Hawk: RIDE game just released on Wii, PS3 and 360! To celebrate, we are giving you the chance to shred with RIDE'S motion sensing skateboard on your Wii system. Be sure to check out Vans Team riders Dustin Dollin, Christian Hosoi, Alex Olson, Cara Beth Burnside, Dustin’s No Skool Tre Black/Slimeball SMU that is unlockable in the game with the cheat code, all the sweet Vans gear in the skate shop and even the Vans Downtown Showdown level.

Skateboarders who liked Vans rugged make-up and sticky sole were seen sporting Vans all over Southern California in the early 1970s. In 1975, the Vans #95, known today as the Era was designed by Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. With a padded collar and different color combinations the Era became the shoe of choice for a generation of skateboarders. In 1979, Vans introduced the #44 shoe, and with the help of skateboarders and BMX riders the Vans Slip-On became all the rage in Southern California. By the end of the 1970s, Vans had 70 stores in California and sold through dealers both nationally and internationally

Vans Partners With Freedom Surf Series

Posted Jan 18, 2010 11:35 AM by i am vans

Here in Southern California, Vans is proud to partner with Surf Ride in the $100K Freedom Surf Series kicking off January 23 at Seaside Reef in Encinitas.

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Supercross Season Brings A Crazy Night To Phoenix

Posted Jan 18, 2010 10:50 AM by i am vans

Congratulations again to Vans and Monster Energy Pro-Circuit Kawasaki rider Jake Weimer for his second win in Phoenix over the weekend. Jake is also in first place in the Supercross Lites West Point Standings. In the 450 class, Ryan Villopoto scores a second place finish after some drama goes down on the track. The season heads back to California for Anaheim 2, where things might get a little muddy.

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Winter Dew Tour Arrives In Utah This Weekend

Posted Jan 15, 2010 12:40 PM by i am vans

The Wendy's Invitational, stop two of the Winter Dew Tour hits Snowbasin, Utah this weekend. Look out for Vans team riders Hana Beaman, Andreas Wiig, Eric Willett and Nick Poohachoff going for victory. Check it out airing live on NBC throughout the weekend and you can be front and center for the show.

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More Bands Joining Vans Warped Tour!

Posted Jan 15, 2010 11:40 AM by i am vans

The Vans Warped Tour already has tons of bands on board to rock the stage in your city, but we've added more! We know you just can't get enough. See who'll be joining us this summer on the road.

The first Vans shoes had a diamond pattern in the sole, but they discovered that it would crack along the ball of the outsole. Vertical lines were then added to the ball area to make it stronger, a design which is now Vans' proprietary waffle sole.

In 1976, skateboarders began wearing Vans shoes. On March 19, 1976, Vans came out with the first Vans Era in red/blue, designed by pro skaters Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. Over the next few years, many different color combinations were introduced into the Vans line. The Slip-on was added in 1979 in a multitude of color combinations, and it quickly became the craze of Southern California.

That craze spread across the nation when Jeff Spicoli, a California surfer dude in the hit movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", wore a pair of Vans checkerboard slip-ons.


By the early 1980s, Vans had become a successful and profitable company. Paul Van Doren decided to step back and take a lighter role. The new administration started increasing the Vans line into new territory. All of these new designs required a different type of manufacturing process that other shoe companies were doing in Asia. Vans tried to do it in the United States where labor was much more expensive. Naturally, this had an unfortunate effect on the company.

The bank that was financing Vans called its note, but Vans did not have the money to pay. They filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In December of 1986, Vans came out of Chapter 11 and once again became a stable and profitable company.