Vans Half Cab (Calf Hair)

Vans Checkerboard - starring a checkerboard! Slip-Ons, Old Skooly, Sk8-Hi and other well-known and time-tested silhouettes in a checkerboard design. The roots of the use of this pattern on Vans date back to the late 70s when Steve Van Doren, son of founder Paul, noticed skaters colouring the white soles of the Slip-Ons with black marker to create that aforementioned checkered design. As with many other Vans models, the Checkerboard collection is based on the skate pop culture of the last century. The Checkerboards definitely became legendary after 1982, hand in hand with the premiere of the movie Golden Times at Ridgemont High, where they were worn by the film's main character, played by Sean Penn. Their clever two-tone design also makes them much easier to match with your outfit, so pick yours up here at Footshop!

Half is half, and Cab in this case is not a taxi, but a shortening of the surname Caballero, the legendary skateboarder. He had his own model of the popular Vans Caballero ankle sneaker, which at some point skateboarders started cutting off the top part and taping the slit with duct tape, because skateboarding had moved from the pool to the street by then and the high ankle was getting in the way of the foot. The slit sneaker was used until Steve Caballero decided to respond to the new trend and partnered with Vans to launch a sneaker simply called the Half Cab.