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The write up on that Scott Kane Low Cab is hilarious. "Modern masterpiece." "Superior performance" (over the Half Cab).
Pretty sure it's from that lot of shoes vans did that were modernised (for the time) cupsoles of the classics before they were ready to just call it and just sell the classics as their main line. Ave had the era, dollin the no skool instead of old skool, Rowley slims were the sports, TNT had a slip on. Guess they had to make up something so people would think they were better than the ogs
Aves first handful of pro models were beefed up classics, no?
Yeah the AV-Era. Cupsole vans era with wider laces and padded tongue. What's funny is his last shoe on DC was the same shoe but thin and vulc and the reason he left DC was apparently because he didn't like chunky cupsoles and wanted thin vulcs
I still have pairs of the No Skool (worn for work only), TNT Slip on (Thrasher SOTY - unused in the box) and a few others from that time and the cup sole was so soft and thin it was still less overall than the vulc DC shoe they released, which we had at work and most others bought and wore to death at that time. Such a trip down memory lane, but as much as they were beefed up Vans models they were still super soft, thin and no where near as long lasting as the main line of DC or other brands at the time. I think that is why I did like the Vans so much more, because I don't jump down stuff, but just wanted a comfortable shoe for everything, which I could wear to work, then skate in as well and not have to worry about changing shoes.
Most of them had the thinner insole though too, which I usually swapped out for a thicker one and could wear them all day and not have issues.