Tonight’s episode jumps off with our first ever guest on the show, our Vans brother, Dave Metcalf aka @nu_dav. He shared his awesome experience with SE Bikes, after having his Vans PK Ripper order cancelled, which ended up with a personal call from Perry Kramer (Mr. PK Ripper, himself), confirming that he will be taken care of. You gotta listen to the whole story. We then have Dave show and tell a few of his Vans accessories , which included an entire set of Vans Vault x Taka Hayashi “Skate Monkey” decks, and a few other rare and obscure Vans pieces you just have to see.
We discuss the latest shoe drops, including the Vault x Taka Hayashi Amzn Trl V3 LX, a new hiking boot, that gives us some heavy 90’s outdoorsy inspiration. Another Taka joint to show up, is the TH Epoch Racer LX, inspired by 70’s auto racing. The Anaheim Factory collection flies in under the radar with a Pendleton pack, featuring two Sk8-Hi Reissue DX’s, and two Authentic 44 DX’s, in a Beach Boys plaid, and a Royal Stewart Tartan plaid colorway. We also get a little history lesson from the Twitch livestream chat, by way of Todd, on the reference to the Beach Boys plaid name. The Andrew Reynolds Skate pack has been pushed back, but we still talked about how dope it is, and Joey went on a little tangent about what Andrew Reynolds meant to him as a kid.
Some of our recent pickups were discussed. Mainly, thanks to the homie Julio Duran, who while at Born Free, discovered that Blends were selling a few pairs of their Padres and Angels Vans, from the Vault x MLB collection from over 10 years ago, alongside the Born Free Vans. He reached out to Joey, and Bill, and they both secured something from that shocking surprise. Eddie shared his Supreme x Public Enemy Black Sk8-Hi’s, and Vault Mickey Authentics. Bill’s recent pickups were the jjjjound black Sk8-Mids, and a sample pair of Raising Cane’s Old Skools.
We never really mention the “clown callouts” here on our summary, but there was a good one this week from eBay. A seller had listed a pair of Slip-Ons, supposedly worn by Kid Rock, but there is absolutely no provenance to the shoe. The photos are crudely cropped, and the kicker was the price being set at $420.69. Secretly, we think it’s Joey’s listing. We were dying.
Lastly, we close out the show with a nice find for our listeners. There’s a sale going on, and there are deals to be had, from a certain retailer out of Miami. They got Taka’s, and Bedwins for $60, amongst some other steals. Listen in and find out.
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