VANS is to skateboarding shoes as Aunt Jemima is to breakfast. Launching in 1966 as a custom rubber soled deck shoes, the company has multiple brazen lines all in a kaleidoscope of colours and patterns. Not only are VANS shoes known for their key rubber waffle soles for skateboarding in (Authentics, Half Cab, Chukka Boots) the shoes have become popular mainstay in any sneaker sporting soul (Slip – On, Zapato Del Barco, KVD, Lo Pro, Canvas Era).

California-based, VANS has everything from skate to street to snow. Famous for their skate shoes and apparel, VANS also has an amazing line of snowboarding boots and outerwear. In the pics to the right: check out the technology of the BOA lacing system combined with decades of understanding skateshoes and ollies (Cirro, Veil, Kira, Aura).

Sample Sale Thursday to Saturday in Toronto. Come to Adelaide and Bathurst, first south street on the East side of Bathurst off Adelaide. Its quite hidden, look for the big shoe or the tent out front.