Skate Shoes
Vans Women's Pumps With Zip Detail
£24.99
Vans Girl's Trainer With Floral Stripe
£29.99
Rip Curl Men's Surf Footwear
£44.99
Vans Women's Apple Design Boots
£39.99
Black Rip Curl Boy's Trainers
£29.99
Animal Women's Skate Trainers
£34.99
Jo Parkinson Signature Kustom Trainers
£39.99
Vans Classic Checkerboard
£23.00
Cute Puppies Vans Slip Ons
£19.99
Reef Ladies Canvas Shoes
£19.99
Men's Surf Trainers
£29.99
Vans Classic Sk8 Bombskulls
£24.99
Skate Shoes
In the early 1970s the skateboarding craze hit the USA. Skateboarding took off in California, the heart of America's surfing culture. Shoe manufacturing companies such as Vans worked closely with skateboarders and began to produce cool skate shoes designed for the half pipe. With the improved grip of the waffle sole, skate tricks such as the aerial, the invert and the ollie came into their own. Skaters now needed improved foot protection to help prevent foot, ankle, and heel injuries. This came in the form of advances in the skate shoes' cupsole construction, greater support, better cushioning, and padded shoe tongues.
Skate Shoe Grip Technology
Skate companies such as Vans continue to improve the design and technology of the skate shoe. Vans' latest development, boardfeel, continues to mimic the original Vans vulcanised grip and further improves the skate shoe's support and cushioning with an advanced cupsole construction. This is achieved by combining lasting, tuned rubber compounds and thinner cupsoles with superior cushioning materials.
Stocked Skateboard Footwear
Shred Head offers boardriders ladies and men's skate trainers in various styles and colours, including Vans skate trainers from the Vans Classic range, Quiksilver skate shoes, Rip Curl skateboarding trainers, and Element skateboarding shoes.