Vans Shoes and Vans Clothing

Vans Shoes Inc., originally known as Van Doren Rubber Company, has since 1966 been a Southern California based manufacturer of Vans trainers, Vans skate shoes and other shoe types catering primarily to the active youth market. They market heavily in the surfing and skateboarding areas. In more recent years Vans shoes has marketed additional items such as Vans clothing and Vans skateboarding accessories.

In the 1980s, Vans shoes lost much of its core customer base when the company started producing baseball and football shoes. Vans shoes went public in 1991. Completely international in their presence, Vans clothing has opened retail stores containing large indoor skate parks with the first location opening in 1998 at The Block in Orange County, California. Former locations of Vans skate parks include Ontario Mills, Moorestown Mall, the Plaza at King of Prussia, Carnaby Street in London, and Potomac Mills.

One of the huge feathers in Vans vast cap is their creation of the megalith concert dubbed the 'Vans Warped Tour'. The Vans Shoes warped tour encapsulates everything that Vans is about, and which we all aspire to be part of. It is a touring extreme sports and music festival that Vans Shoes have been thrilling fans at across the globe since 1995. In recent years, the Vans Warped Tour has featured as many as 100 bands per show. As well as music, this tour brings many attractions including a half pipe for skaters and bikers.