When Central High School art teacher Cheryl Burchett told her students they could participate in the Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest, she got instant buy-in. “We were picked, and we are one of ...

Dos Pueblos High School made it to the finals of the Vans Shoe Design Contest in 2011, and this year a team of 12 juniors and seniors are right back at it. The Santa Barbara school has reached the ...

Skaters adopted the thick-soled, rugged canvas shoes for their rubbery grip. Actor Sean Penn famously wore a pair of checkerboard slip-ons in the movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” A kid in ...

IN THE EARLY ‘70s, skateboarders were the renegades, the badasses of the sporting world, with their innovative moves, creative vernacular, and even their unusual practice spots. Because designated ...