Promar.
Out of curiosity stemming from last week's Salman Agah post, this week will be a look at what pro shoes Vans was selling from 1997 to 1999. Omar was holding it down on Formula One and generally ripping up everything in 1998. He had been on Vans for a while so a pro shoe was warranted. The designs were more in line with what other shoe companies were doing at the time and featured cupsoles with well padded uppers. It's interesting to note the classic Vans wave has been toned down and moved to the tongue. There has also been the borrowing of elements from DC and DVS with the heel tab and lace loops. Van was still making their classics, but they were also pushing a more technical line of skate shoes.
Chris Ortiz snapped the photograph.
Thrasher - January 1998 Volume 18 Number 1
2 comments:
Reminds me of the team Eś shoes of that time that no one is asking for a re-launch of (ethalon, sonata etc)
If it didn't have the logo on the tongue, I would never have thought this was a Vans shoe. This was a time for me where I hated that shoes became bigger and puffier, which meant less board feel and longer break-in time.
--Rikku Markka
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