Is your city being overun by a onslaught of Vans?

[SC kid]

Vans kinda always just been around

All old pics

Wale

 

[ScroogeMcBuckz]

Those pics are more from the new wave. Authentics, halfcabs, eras and sk8 hi's had a run before around the pack/cool kids/jerkin era.

 

[ryda421]

this is what happens when an individual stays in one area for the majority of his life and feels his area is the center of the universe. therefore, any phenomena he sees that is not the norm, the individual's mind is perplexed. this thread just proves that it is important to travel and get outside of your comfort zone. god knows ninjarat needs that in order for him to understand he is not always right and what he thinks is not the general consensus. but i doubt op will take that into consideration.

 

[ahat]

In b4 millenial comes to fend for ninja

 

[ninjahood]

NY 12 years late, I thought they were trendsetters?

certain folks out here just appropriating cali vibes and never seen a board before..its basically da poooor mans SB era

my point is unlike da SB era (which can be tracked to Pro b models catching fire wit collectors & supreme) , or even da decade old jerk era where u can pinpoint where da interest got garnered...

in 2017 I don't see what ostensibly kick off this run of sk8 Hi's wit da youth/broads in NYC...im receptive to hear ya theories/hypothesis

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

Stop speaking for all of nyc please

 

[isco]

Vans kinda always just been around

All old pics

Wale

What shoes are Kanye wearing..gonna buy them now...























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Jk

 

[ScroogeMcBuckz]

It is the celeb effect tho. All these celebs living in LA soaked up the Cali culture and started dressing themselves and their kids in vans and it trickled down to the masses.

 

[yomari]

Half cabs probably vans best shoe IMO. More cozy than old skools and authentics don't have enough shoe for me.

 

[shogun]

Not outside and it looks too plain.

Plain is why people like them and why they look great with a lot of casual clothes. Someone mentioned before but they're also good because there aren't big logos like a swoosh or three stripes.

What I hate is how my authentics and old skools came with laces that were way too long. They were old pairs so I dunno if it's still like that. The laces on my veggie tans seem good.

 

[ninjahood]

Half cabs probably vans best shoe IMO. More cozy than old skools and authentics don't have enough shoe for me.

might be it...

does da Kardashian klan sport em?

 

[Mr.Guy]

Ive been wearing Vans since I was 2. I can't even count the number of pairs of vans I've had throughout my life. I guess it's a Cali thing.

 

[unkn0wn]

Vans have always been popular in SoCal but Old Skools have been extra hyped

 

[sharpshooter718]

Vans arent new to NYC either... the whole punk rock /goth boys use to rock them heavy in the 90s. One of my homies wore jncos and vans...

 

[Mr.Guy]

True

 

[wavycrocket]

certain folks out here just appropriating cali vibes and never seen a board before..its basically da poooor mans SB era

my point is unlike da SB era (which can be tracked to Pro b models catching fire wit collectors & supreme) , or even da decade old jerk era where u can pinpoint where da interest got garnered...

in 2017 I don't see what ostensibly kick off this run of sk8 Hi's wit da youth/broads in NYC...im receptive to hear ya theories/hypothesis

Again...."influencers" and "Collabs" kicked them off.

Jerry Lorenzo and FOG in early 2016
Supreme X Vans
PacSun becoming "cool" again.

Those 3 things are HUGE in the rise of vans.

Bieber was pushing those FOG Vans with joggers with the side zips or ripped denim with side zips HAAAARD all through 2016. It kinda trickled from the high end....to regular everyday vans.

The FOG ones were a pacsun partnered shoe. Now, Pacsun sells all of the "stylish" vans. Got me in he door.

 

[tay1]

That so call rise in vans happened 10+ years ago. Y'all give celebs too much credit.

 

[ScroogeMcBuckz]

The old beat ya feet movement in DC 08-09 was mostly done in vans or NB's it's nothing new to the east coast unless you weren't paying attention.

 

[doublemesh96]

Daaaaaaaaamn Daniel...FBI keep bringin them all white vans through

 

[TURBO UNO]

SoCal native here and I just now got my first pair of Vans a few months ago.

$20 at the Outlet

 

[nawghtyhare]

SoCal native here and I just now got my first pair of Vans a few months ago.

$20 at the Outlet

dodgers are TRASH

all about the giants brah

 

[nawghtyhare]

That so call rise in vans happened 10+ years ago. Y'all gove celebs too much credit.

exactly

 

[ahat]

You from oakland but rock with the giants?

 

[nawghtyhare]

certain folks out here just appropriating cali vibes and never seen a board before..its basically da poooor mans SB era

my point is unlike da SB era (which can be tracked to Pro b models catching fire wit collectors & supreme) , or even da decade old jerk era where u can pinpoint where da interest got garnered...

in 2017 I don't see what ostensibly kick off this run of sk8 Hi's wit da youth/broads in NYC...im receptive to hear ya theories/hypothesis

real talk
maybe the price
while at the same time
vans can kinda go with anything

 

[nawghtyhare]

You from oakland but rock with the giants?

born and raised in sf
live in oakland
sf to oakland is just a 5 minute train ride under the bay