If you haven’t heard by now, all-around pro dude and swaggy skate world mainstay (We mean it! He’s so swaggy!) Curren Caples has a new pro shoe out with Vans. It’s clearly an updated take on classic Vans vulcanized sole stylings, but like…how do you even upgrade a classic? Well, there’s one guy to ask: Curren himself. Listen to our conversation above ⬆️, some key takeaways (yeah, that’s business speak BECAUSE WE MEAN BUSINESS WITH THIS ONE!) below ⬇️:
“I definitely need a lot of board feel. When I started skateboarding, I didn't wear shoes for the first year.”
“I kept looking at this drawing that Claude did, and I was like, ‘Dude, I have to see a sample of them.’”
“…just figure out the panels and stuff where my feet are in these certain areas. try to have no sort of panels meet up in these spots.”
“I tried to implement every little bit of those three models of shoes (Era, Skate Slip-On, Old Skool) and put it all into one. I actually like the way they skate better than slip-ons.”
