We start off tonight’s episode with Bill spilling half his Belching Beaver x Deftones “Phantom Bride” IPA while opening it, which sparked a quick discussion about everyone’s favorite Deftones song, while Bill cleaned up his spill. Then a quick discussion on what hats we were wearing.
Shoe releases for this week include the wild and out of left field, Vault Boot Skoot LX, and we give our “Old Head” opinions on it. Blends and Born-Free are back again for 2021, but the details are still vague. Blends posted up a teaser, then took it down, then put up another one. Rumors are that it’s the same shoe as last year, but we will know soon. We went down the list of past Born-Free Vans. The SE Bikes collab release was a little messy, and needed to be addressed.
Following up with last week’s collaboration episode, and our wish to see a The Hundreds shoe, Eddie reached out to Bobby Hundreds, and we got a surprising, and definitely not expected response in regards to that. Basically, we’ll probably never see a Vans x TH shoe. We talk about Tony Hawk’s new edgy collab with Liquid Death, as well as his Vert Alert skate jam in Utah.
More Old Head talk, but we assure you that “This Ain’t Nike Talk”. We are confused about eBay’s TopStar sneaker buying program, and we want answers! Bill had a conference call with the Vans Family team, and wasn’t allowed to say much, but did confirm that there will be another #31DAYSOFVANS shoe for next year. We talk about our wishes of possibly a Vans-hosted gathering for the wrap-up as well. That segued nicely into a topic about Vans accessories and merch, and Bill shared a few of his pieces, including the latest Vans Fam luggage tag, the vintage Vans POGS, a Vans x Civilist espresso cup and saucer, and an unreleased Greg Hunt promo postcard book from Vans Syndicate. Whether they were from the Vans Family program, through friends and family, officially released, or not. We will make this a regular recurring topic. We’ve been collecting this shit for years.
Lastly, we give a shout-out to our boy Scotty D, and his episode of “Meet the Vans Fam” with Clayton @wearingwaffles. We learned a lot of stuff we never knew about Scotty, and we’ve been friends for over 10 years lol. We also give major props to Clayton, for doing something original, and staying authentic. He definitely passes the vibe check and is invited to the cook-out!
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