#315 - Steve Van Doren

The Nine Club With Chris Roberts

Steve Van Doren discusses his dad working for another shoe brand prior to starting Vans, starting to work at Vans when he was 12 years old, where the Vans side stripe came from, working with Tony Alva and other skaters to develop the first Vans skate shoe, Vans appearance in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, the Vans Warped Tour, having to file a chapter 11 in 1984 then selling the company in 1988, Rowley's Staple Center statue, VF Corp coming into the picture in 2004, The origins of the waffle sole and much more!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Steve Van Doren

00:00:58 How they named Vans shoes back in the day

00:02:45 Starting working at Vans when he was 12 years old

00:05:47 Steve's dad working for another shoe brand prior to starting Vans

00:08:31 How Vans was created

00:10:53 Where the Vans side stripe came from

00:14:11 Working with Tony Alva and other skaters to develop the first Vans skate shoe

00:28:01 Vans appearance in the movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High

00:34:11 Having to file a chapter 11 in 1984

00:39:45 Selling the company in 1988

00:44:40 BBQ'ing and being the face of Vans

00:48:22 The Vans Warped Tour

01:00:11 Building the block skatepark in Orange

01:04:59 What happened with the Combi Pool?

01:08:20 How Steve felt when his dad sold Vans

01:15:38 All the great Vans events

01:23:29 Vans involved with the Olympics?

01:27:29 The Bones Brigade reunion

01:30:31 Bringing a plexi glass ramp to Catalina to be on the Today Show

01:30:58 Steve Caballero's signature shoes

01:33:24 Geoff Rowely's signature shoes

01:36:27 Rowley's Staple Center statue

01:42:07 VF Corp coming into the picture in 2004

01:48:11 The damn Daniel moment

01:50:11 The MLB pitcher that wears vans

01:56:49 Ave's new shoe release

02:03:07 Retirement?

02:06:39 Steve and waffles

02:09:36 The origins of the waffle sole

02:17:50 Steve's charity work

02:27:55 Being inducted into the skate hall of fame

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