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Guarantee vans does not give a single fuck about him…
NB# or LRAB need to swoop before cariuma work out that they could market the hell out of him!
NB# is a good shout and makes too much sense.
@rothdigga get my man into some 420s, vans is sleeping on his vegan ass
Samaria had a vegan colorway too I think.
she did, unfortunately it had poor distribution/ didn’t get much love … kinda like the 420 actually! Anyway, Lay on #NB would even be better than Lay on LRAB imho
He’s been skating in a thicker cupsole with a big padded insole why would he go to a company that makes thin vulcs only?
LRAB is about to drop cupsoles and new insoles, I’ll put money on them offering a vegan option. NB# 420 would fit the bill nicely too and would suit his style imho
Ya I guess I can’t see someone signing a contract in hopes of a product that doesn’t exist yet especially since skating a non vegan shoe isn’t a non issue for him.
Also: controversial opinion but I think every pro needs at least 1 non cool sponsor that provides a bank roll to make it as a pro.
It's pretty obvious that Ryan doesn't care about his shoe sponsor providing him with vegan shoes or not. Vans does make several vegan options (both in the skate line and across the other classics and surf lines) and the dude doesn't skate them.
“shoe sponsor” is a big call, I’m guessing flow bro at best… what vegan model do they currently have in their skate line other than one color way of Lizzie’s shoe? It’s clear vans doesn’t give a single shit about that demographic anymore.
I’m guessing he does care (or at the very least *did* care at some point) because of his Etnies shoe and my other wild guess is that he currently won’t wear anything soletech because of bad blood.
Last time I talked to him, he said he was having a “shoe crisis”. Either way, pretty sure vans won’t ever put him on officially… so he’s ripe for the picking/ swooping