Vans history: Edge Radio interview with Steve Van Doren

Posted on April 05, 2012 in Toms shoes

It was in the early 60s when Paul Van Doren took a blue, Hawaiian print shirt from Duke Kahanamoku during a surf contest in Huntington Beach and made a pair of shoes with the print - presenting the surf legend with what would become of one the first pair of custom Vans ever made.They...

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Vans Shoes - Achievable Generation - tensixtycreative.com

Posted on March 13, 2012 in Vans shoes

It began in March 16, 1966, when Paul Van Doren, who then owned a manufacturing rubber, arrange a shoe store, shoes vans with three other partners, hence the name VAN'S

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Vans Running Shoes

Posted on March 07, 2012 in Payless shoes stores

Already in the 1970 Paul Van Doren creator enters the stiff competition from professional trainers to create models of vans running shoes for basketball, baseball and even wrestling. In 1983 several of its models achieved a great acceptance in ...

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Vans Running Shoes

Posted on February 29, 2012 in Payless shoes stores

Already in the 1970 Paul Van Doren creator enters the stiff competition from professional trainers to create models of vans running for basketball, baseball and even wrestling. In 1983 several of its models achieved a great acceptance in ...

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Legacy: James Van Doren, 1939-2011

Posted on January 28, 2012 in Payless shoes stores

The Vans Boys James Van Doren with his three sons (from left), Mark Ericand James Jr., at a Vans factory in 1983.' In 1966, Van Doren co-founded Vans, a company that makes skater shoes. It wasn't long before this cool California brand became a cultural icon. James Van Doren, machinist and tinkerer, concocted the gummy crepe soles that skateboarders love. With that, he launched a brand that ...

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Chapman University Is Launching A Program That Offers Funding, Mentorship To Local Startup Companies

Posted on December 08, 2011 in Payless shoes stores

In 1966, the Van Doren brothers started selling shoes in Anaheim. Their small operation boomed and now Vans shoes are a worldwide icon. About eight years after the Van Dorens opened shop, Jay Lo

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Jim Van Doren, co-founder of Vans, dies at 72

Posted on December 04, 2011 in Payless shoes stores

According to Vans.com, James Van Doren, the co-founder of Vans Shoes, passed away on October 12 after a long illness. Van Doren, 72, was responsible for the construction of the first soles for Vans shoe, including Vans' iconic waffle sole design, which remains a staple under the feet of many professional BMXers and skateboarders over thirty years after being introduced in the Anaheim, Calif ...

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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsCo-creator of iconic skateboarders' Vans shoe dies

Posted on November 14, 2011 in Shoes.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent skateboarding culture that was sweeping Southern California in the 1960s.

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Co-founder of Vans shoes dies

Posted on November 13, 2011 in Toms shoes

James Van Doren, co-founder of the Orange County-based casual shoe company Vans Inc., died Oct. 12 following a long illness. He was 72.Van Doren worked at a shoe company in his native Massachusetts, but in 1964 he and his brother Paul came to...

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Vans Shoes Co-Founder James Van Doren Dies at 72

Posted on November 13, 2011 in Crocs shoes

Vans shoes co-founder James Van Doren dies in Southern California at 72

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Vans shoes co-founder James Van Doren dies at 72

Posted on November 11, 2011 in Payless shoes stores

Vans shoes co-founder James Van Doren has died in Southern California at 72. The Van Doren Rubber Co.'s canvas deck shoes became favorites of the burgeoning skateboard culture because of sticky rubber soles that helped skaters grip their boards.

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Vans Shoes Designer James Van Doren Dies; Footwear Became National Fad After 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'

Posted on November 11, 2011 in Toms shoes

THR Staff Sean Penn wore a black-and-white checkerboard pair in his breakout role as Spicoli in the 1982 movie. read more

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James Van Doren, whose Vans shoe company helped launch a skateboard revolution, dies at 72

Posted on November 10, 2011 in Shoes.com

LOS ANGELES — The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent skateboarding culture that was sweeping Southern California in the 1960s. They were cheap and they came in a variety of distinct designs that seemed to shout, “Cool California dude,” as soon as you put on a pair. Read full article >>

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Co-creator of iconic skateboarders' Vans shoe dies

Posted on November 10, 2011 in Cheap shoes

LOS ANGELES - The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to...

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James Van Doren, whose Vans shoe company helped launch a skateboard revolution, dies at 72

Posted on November 10, 2011 in Merrill shoes

LOS ANGELES - The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent skateboarding culture that was sweeping Southern California in the 1960s.

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Vans shoe founder James Van Doren, 72

Posted on November 09, 2011 in Cheap shoes

LOS ANGELES – The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent skateboarding culture that was sweeping Southern California in the 1960s.

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The Man Who Created Vans Shoes is Dead [Rip]

Posted on November 09, 2011 in Toms shoes

# rip Vans, makers of the ubiquitous skater-culture sneaker, has lost its founding father. James Van Doren (pictured, right) died on Oct. 12th at age 72 at his home in Fullerton, Ca. The cause was cancer. The company began as the Van Doren Rubber Company, maker of rubber-soled canvas leisure shoes for the casually stylish California man. The classic Vans slip-on, made iconic by Sean Penn in Fast ...

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Vans shoes co-founder dies at 72

Posted on November 09, 2011 in Shoes

Vans shoes co-founder James Van Doren has died in Southern California at 72.

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Co-creator of iconic skateboarders' Vans shoe dies

Posted on November 08, 2011 in Ballet shoes

The shoes James Van Doren and his brother cooked up in their family rubber factory turned out to be the perfect fit for the nascent skateboarding culture that was sweeping Southern California in the 1960s.

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Co-founder of Vans shoes dies at 72

Posted on November 08, 2011 in Vans shoes

FULLERTON, Calif., Nov. 3 (UPI) -- James Van Doren, co-founder of the Vans shoe company, has died at his home in Fullerton, Calif., after a long illness, his family said. He was 72.

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