33 Facts About The Vans

1. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

2. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

3. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

4. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

5. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

6. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

7. The Vans has sponsored and supported the Warped Tour since 1996.

8. The Vans is an American manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and related apparel, based in Santa Ana, California and owned by VF Corporation.

9. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

10. The Vans continues their ComfyCush series by using it as part of their latest collaboration with San Francisco-based retailer The Darkside Initiative.

11. The Vans have released a collaboration in 2014 with American hip-hop collective, Odd Future, called Vans X Odd Future.

12. The Vans became the title sponsor of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, California in 2014.

13. The Vans has sponsored and supported the Warped Tour for over 20 years.

14. In 1989, many manufacturers of counterfeit The Vans shoes were apprehended by the US and Mexican officials and ordered to cease production.

15. The Vans is an American manufacturer of skateboarding shoes and related apparel, based in Santa Ana, California, owned by VF Corporation.

16. In 2004, The Vans allowed its customers to custom-design styles of slip-on Vans online.

17. The Vans was born, first known as the Van Doren Rubber Company, and its biggest competitors were Randy's, Ked's and Converse.

18. The Vans celebrates 25 years of the Half Cab, the world's most iconic signature skateboarding shoe.

19. The Vans continues to inspire creativity with expansion of its Vans Customs platform.

20. On March 16, 2016, The Vans celebrates 50 years of "Off The Wall" heritage with the launch of The Story of Vans campaign.

21. The Vans pays tribute to this milestone by returning to several original Syndicate collaborators to represent a decade of iconoclastic style and heritage.

22. The Vans releases four band reissues in celebration of the music festival.

23. The Vans implements a live webcast for its Triple Crown of Surfing event.

24. The Vans partnered with truth, Americans for the Arts, and Journeys to help raise awareness about the importance of arts in high schools.

25. The Vans celebrates 20 years of snowboarding heritage with the debut of its retrospective film Twenty Years: Off the Wall, On the Snow, produced in partnership with Mike Hatchett, legendary filmmaker and founder of Standard Films.

26. The Vans celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Half Cab, Steve Caballero's iconic skateboarding style, widely regarded as the most important shoe in the history of skateboarding and skate culture.

27. The Vans continues to forge innovative collaborative efforts through the Vault by Vans line with Vans sneaker combinations with design giant Marc Jacobs and OC up-and-comers Trovata flying off shelves.

28. The Vans creates a new concept in skate street contests with the Vans Downtown Showdown, held in the Universal Studios Back Lot on Labor Day.

29. The Vans introduces weather resistant materials to footwear labeled Mountain Edition for the first time.

30. The Vans Warped Tour contributed 25 cents from every ticket sold to an organization called Hollywood Heart.

31. On July 11, 2016, The Vans Warped Tour announced that Virginia pro-life organization Rock For Life would be one of the vendors on their 41 tour dates.

32. The Vans said because McElfresh had still not been formally charged with any misconduct, he agreed to have him perform.

33. The Vans Warped Tour has turned eco-friendly by using biodiesel for the production buses.