13 Mar VANS 45th Anniversary Bug-In Collector Shoes
Check this out! Rich Kimball recently let it slip that he is having 100, that’s “one-hundred” pair of these awesome VANS “OFF THE WALL” cruisin’ shoes specially manufactured to commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the BUG-IN. If you’ve been around a while you may remember that over the years there were a couple of previous BUG-IN commemorative “OFF THE WALL” tennies. One was the cool Red and White Budweiser design and the other was Truehoff’s blue and yellow with checkers version.
The concept for all the VANS BUG IN shoes is a story in itself. Way back in the early years of Bug In, VANS shoes stepped up and became one of the first major sponsors. And get this, Rich’s wife was a close friend of the Van Dorin family and actually opened a couple of the first VANS stores. Pretty cool, huh.
This latest design is based on the company’s trend setting Low Top “OFF TH WALL” tennis shoe. Design and color scheme are a result of brain storming between VAN’s, Rich and is wife. As you can see the platform is brilliant white with a distinctive yellow band and checkered lower trim. Shoes are wrapped in VANS durable, long lasting black canvas with a bright yellow heel surround sporting the 45th Anniversary BUG-IN logo. The bright yellow inner cushion also sports the logo with added text “The Original Shoes, 1968, Limited 100 Editions.
Bug-In 38 (celebrating 45 years since the first Bug-In) is Sunday April 28th.
Drag Day March 17, 2013 Irwindale, California
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