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The Vans company was started by Paul Van Doren in Southern California with his partners, Jim Van Doren, Gordy Lee and Serge D'Elia. Their opening day in Anaheim, California was March 15, 1966 but they had only three styles and only display shoes. The racks were stacked with empty boxes to make it look like a full shoe store. A few customers came into the Vans store that day and picked the shoes they wanted but since none were made they had to come back later to pick them up as they needed to be made. When the customers came back in the afternoon to get their shoes they needed change but Paul nor Gordy hadn't thought of this and they didn't have any change to give them so they just gave them the shoes and asked them to come back the next day to pay for them. All the customers showed up the next day to pay for their shoes. The first vans shoe had the traditional waffle pattern sole. Then in 1976 skate boarders and skaters started wearing Vans shoes and wanted other colors on them. In march 19 1976 Vans produced their classic vans authentic shoes. That shoe was designed by professional skaters Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. Now Vans footwear features more than 60 styles from the vans classic deck shoes, slip-ons, skate highs skateboard shoes, snowboard boots and also now vans sandals. And they are carried in over 190 company-owned stores and many independent shoe stores.

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