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On March 16, 1966, at 704 E. Broadway, in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren, James Van Doren, and three other partners opened up their first store.The Van Doren Rubber Company was unique in that it manufactured shoes and sold them directly to the public. On that first morning, 12 customers purchased Vans deck shoes, which are now known as Authentic. The shoes that were made earlier that day were ready for pick-up in the afternoon.The company continued to grow into the 1970s. During this period they also produced wool lined canvas and rubber mukluks under contract to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force. 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 due to the non slip bottom making it easier to grip better. In 1966, 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. As the 1980s rolled around, Paul Van Doren began to take a lesser role in the company’s activities. Over this period, Vans started to create shoes for a number of sports from skateboarding, wakeboarding, motor cross, to surfing in an effort to compete with large athletic shoe companies. Vans Slip-Ons gained international attention and appeal when they were worn by Sean Penn in the 1982, iconic youth film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Although Vans core shoes were selling well, the wide range of products that the company now offered had drained the companies’ resources, and with Vans not able to overcome its debt they were forced to file for bankruptcy in 1983.After three years, Vans had paid back all creditors and emerged from bankruptcy. In 1988 Vans original owners sold the company to an investment banking firm. The company has been sold several times since; most recently for $396 million in 2004 to Greensboro, N.C.-based VF Corp. Steve Van Doren, the son of co-founder Paul Van Doren, is still with the company, as is his sister Cheryl and his daughter Kristy. Vans closed their Orange, California factory and began manufacturing footwear overseas in 1994. In 1994, Vans sponsored the Inaugural Triple Crown series which developed into the Vans Triple Crown series. In 1998, Vans opened a 46,000-square-foot (4,300 m2), indoor-outdoor Vans Skate park at the Block in Orange County and in 2002 an enclosed skatepark was opened in the Festival Bay Mall on International Drive in Orlando, Florida. In 2000 and 2001, Forbes recognized Vans as one of "America’s Best Small Companies." In 2004, Vans launched the Vans Customs on their website. This allowed customers to log onto the Vans website and design their own pair of Vans Slip-ons, mid-cuts, orhigh-tops. Nowadays,It allows for the design of custom Era, Slip-On, Old Skool, and 106 Vulcanized shoes.Vans has been the primary sponsor of the Warped Tour music festival since 1995. It also holds the naming rights to BOWL-A-RAMA Bondi, Sydney, Australia, and not San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Ray Barbee(born 5 October 1971) is an American skateboarder from San Jose

, California.He was one of the first skateboarders to bringfreestyle/flatland tricks to street, technical ollie combinations and numerous no comply variations.He is best known for his

no comply's.He had memorable video parts in the Powell Peralta videos "Public Domain" and "Ban This.Barbee also appears in the

video game Skate 2 as a playable skater.In 1991, Barbee left Powell Peralta for The Firm Skateboards (now defunct),

headed by another Powell veteran, Lance Mountain.Barbee has a signature shoe with Vans.

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Tony Alva

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(born September 2, 195Tony Alva (born September 2, 1957)is an American skateboarder most prominently known as one of the original members of Z-Boys skateboarding team.He is considered one of the most in�uential skateboarders of all time.He was born in Santa Monica, California toMexican-American parents.The level of aggression with which Alva skated was in stark contrast to the traditional style of the era which was still basedaround tricks formulated in the 1960s.Alva and the other Z-Boys were among the �rst to bring skating empty pools into the mainstream.In these early days, it was noted that Alva hit the lip so hard thathe caught air, hence Alva is often credited for the �rstrecorded aerials, a frontside air,although Alva himself claimed

that George Orton was the �rst to perform aerials.The same year he was voted 'skateboarder of the year' in Skateboarder Magazine's readers' poll and he set the GuinnessWorld Record for barrel jumping.

Jay Adams

Adams "the original seed."Adams is featured prominently in the award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys and in the 2005 dramatized film account of theZ-Boys origins, Lords of Dogtown.In the movie, he was played by Emile Hirsch,who was praised by critics for his portrayal of the original Z-Boy.

(born February 3, 1961) is an American skateboarder most prominently known as one of the original membersof Z-Boys skateboarding team. He is considered one ofthe most influential skateboarders of all time.He was born in Venice, California. As a teenager in themid-1970s, he was a member of the original Zephyr skateboard team and of the Zephyr surf team alongwith Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta.According to BonesBrigade founder Stacy Peralta, Adams "may not be thegreatest skater of all time, but I can say without fear of being wrong that he is clearly the archetype of modern-day skateboarding." Craig Stecyk dubbed

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Stacy Peralta

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was born in Venice, California and is of Mexican-American descent. Stacy attended and graduated from Venice High School in 1975. At age 15, he began competing with the Z-Boys, a group sponsored by the surf shop "Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions". His second sponsor was "Gordon and Smith".Peralta can lay claim to the invention of the frontside lip to fakie, although this was on the rolled-over lip of skatepark bowls—it took the young Alan Losi to take it to the coping at the Upland Pipeline skatepark. To help skaters ride this maneuver in, Stacy came up with a device called a "lapper" which was essentially a tough polyethylene flap that bolted to the front of the board's rear truck. These are rarely seen nowadays. Part of his gear line also designed the first "mini-ripper" skateboard.

Christian Hosoi

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( born October 5, 1967)is an American professional skateboarder. He is also known by the nicknames Christ and Holmes.Hosoi started skating at seven or eight years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as his idols.His father, Ivan "Pops" Hosoi became the managerof the Marina Del Rey Skatepark, and Christian quit school and spent his time there where he quickly developed his emerging talent. In 1979, as anamateur, Hosoi was sponsored by Powell Peralta.He left Powell Peralta a year later when they wouldn't allow him to turn professional and joined Dogtown Skateboards. After Dogtown went outof business shortly thereafter, he turned pro at the age of 14 with Sims Skateboards.

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Dustin Dollin

(born on 26 June 1980 in Ballina, Australia) is a professional skateboarder.He also has his own shoe line with Vans.He is featured in the Tony Hawk video games Tony Hawk'sProject 8, Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, and Tony Hawk: Ride.

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Anthony Van Englen

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was born in San Diego, California. He went pro with Alien Workshop as his deck sponsor in 1999 at the age of 21.His first full video part was in the 411VM "Best of 5"Issue. The second part was in The DC Video; After he was filmed in parts for Alien Workshop's Photosynthesisto the song Search and Destroy by Iggy Pop and TheStooges. Van Engelen was sponsored by DC Shoes, but in December 2005 he quit that team to join Vans.In July 2009 he was named by Transworld Magazine "Best Video Part" for Mindfield Alien Workshop, "Best Team" Alien Workshop.His sponsors includeVans, Vans Apparel, Alien Workshop, Independent Trucks,and Spitfire.

Keegan SauderKeegan Sauder is a professional skateboarder from Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. He can be seen in skateboard videossuch as Momentum Por Favour, Zero Strange World, & North; a skateboard video showcasing Canadian professional skateboarders.He is good friends with fellow professional skateboarder Rick McCrank.Other hobbies include riding motorcycles. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Goeff Rowley

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(born June 6, 1976), is a professional skateboarder.Rowley has had a signature line of shoes with Vans footwear since 1999 when his first vulcanized pro model was produced,helping start the current vulcanized revolution andre-introducing a whole new generation to the benefits andfunctional superiority of the vulcanized process.In 1999 Rowley performed a 50/50 grind on the Staples center ledge in Los Angeles for his first Vans ad and the photographicimage shot by Dan Harold Sturt gainedhim much recognition and helped push the boundaries of modern streetskateboarding.

Omar Hassan

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is a professional skateboarder from Costa Mesa, California. He has competed in numerous competitions, including the X Games.

Tony Trujillo

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sponsor, Anti-Hero, turning pro for them at age 16.Vans gave Trujillo his own signature shoe line and put Tony in two commercials shot by Stacy Peralta to advertise the shoe.

(born August 23, 1982 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American skateboarder. He is noted for his love for Heavy metal music, as well as his aggressive skating style.Trujillo grew up on a farm with 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land and started skating at the age of 7.A neighbor had ramps in his barn and often invited Tony to skate there.Trujillo started competing in skate contests when he was 12 in the California Amateur Skateboard League, winning one at the age of 12 and placing in numerous others.At the age of 14, Trujillo obtained his first

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Curren Caples

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Curren Caples is an American skateboarder. He was born in Ventura, California, USA, on January 10, 1996.In 2010, at age 14, he competed in his first summer X-Games, where he finished fourth in the Skateboard Park event.

Alex Perelson

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Alex Perelson (born December 5, 1990, San Diego, California) is a professionalskateboarder living in San Diego. Perelson began vert skateboarding in 1999 and turned professional in 2005.

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