1+ week, 3+ day ago  (273+ words) Skating and football once never mixed. "It caused an uproar in the skate world," Lev Tanju, Palace's co-founder, told me of the London skate label's 2012 Umbro collaboration. "Everyone thought [skateboarding and football] should be completely separate." How times change." The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (146+ words) Regular leather Vans sneakers are good. But patent leather skate shoes? They're squeaky-clean. Vans gives the classic Old Skool model the candied treatment, elevating the skate sneaker with luxe patent leather and tasteful colorblocking. Even when dressed up like a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) Vans is on a tear at the moment, seemingly dropping a new, head-turning pack every few days. While not all of them are ideal for actually skating in, they have built out a sizeable lifestyle rotation for the Californian brand,…...