The History of Skate Shoes

Foto: Erk From Merck

Namhafte Skater wie Tony Hawk, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Eric Koston und die Macher der Skateschuhe, z.B. Steve van Doren (Vans), Pierre André Senizergues (Entnies Gründer), Kevin Imamura (Nike) usw. plaudern ein wenig aus dem Nähkästchen, über die Entstehungsgeschichte des Skateschuhs. Das komplette Interview gibt es bei Complex. (via Nerdcore)

Van Doren: The very first skater we actually signed for a contract was Stacy Peralta—we were paying him $300 a month. Tony was a character. We would pay him, and the next six months he was in Vans, and all of a sudden you’d see him in Nikes; he was on and off all the time.

Koston: etnies got really big. I feel like every skater was wearing a navy
shoe with white shoelaces.

Peralta: It’s unfortunate to see companies like Nike who have bought their way into skateboarding instead of paying their dues. They suck the value out of sports by throwing around money the way they do.

Tony Hawk: The biggest issue with Chuck Taylors is that you would burn through the side doing ollies right away, and through the toes doing kneeslides.