If you have ever heard of skateboarding, then you have no doubt heard of Vans Shoes. Founded in 1966 by Paul Van Doren withhis partners Jim Van Doren
clearance new era hats, Gordy Lee and Serge D'Elia, the first shoes were designed with a diamond pattern over the entire sole. A decade later skateboarders and skaters began to wear their shoes and looked for different colours. This evolved into first Vans Era shoes which is still sold today.
Today, Vans shoes feature over 70 styles; ranging from slip-ons and performance based skateboard shoes build for high durability and strength. Vans product range also covers many extreme sports including snowboarding
apparel as well as skateboarding and beach wear.
Two of the most featured Vans Shoes is the Era shoe and the Vans Slip-on. Released in a bright array of colours and patterns, these shops are still as popular today as they were when originally made.
Other standout shoes in the range include the Vans Authentic shoes and the 106 Vulcanized shoes which is an organic canvas skate shoe with rubber soles and canvas lining. A die-cut polyurethane sockliner and arch cookie provide added support for any skater who wants to ride hard.
Quality and durability are the trademarks of the brand, which are designed to be used rather than just worn. Vans maintain their brand's reputation by ensuring their products are designed to be relevant to the sport and market as much as possible. Such shoes are constructed to high quality standards and so will take all the falls and scraps that skateboarding and snowboarding throw at you. Van's sponsors many of the leading competitors in the X sports who actually help in designing this superior footwear.
Nike Free does not think so; and neither should you. Read on to find out why this concerns every one of us, our health and a good deal of wasted money. This is not a story of the Nike Free shoe; its about our freedom and growth.It has been a really long time since a major shoemaker has stepped forward and acknowledged that the human foot is the perfect running, walking machine.Hence, a good shoe should be simple and that allows this perfect machine to execute flawlessly, rather than attempt to take over Natures function.This is the core concept of the Nike Free line of shoes. Shoes that both mimic and allow the foot its freedom to get things done - in this case, walking, jogging and running.Nonetheless, detractors argue that the lack of structural support and cushioning undermines the shoes ability to be a serious running shoe. The experts are spewing out terms like Stress Fracture, Calf Injury, Knee Injuries, Plantar Fasciitis.
The Footwear Market & You In the footwear industry, structural support and cushioning are considered the benchmarks of shoe superiority. The more features a shoe has; the more acclaim it will receive and, coincidentally, the more expensive it will cost.Do we, as consumers, really need all that expensive support and cushioning?Is it really better for us?For centuries across civilizations, shoes were only worn as status symbols by aristocrats; while the common folk went about barefooted.The very people
Bowling As a Sport and Wearing the Right Shoes_6373, who walked the most and ran the most, went about their daily lives barefooted!Obviously, shoes did not come about as an invention because our feet failed; it came as an invention of luxury and ego.In the centuries that have gone by, our feet still maintain this same powerful ability. Today, we have barefoot marathon runners across the world and complete communities of tribal people who live barefooted.