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The two shoes that we've selected to show here just happening today. My boss, Rodney
Smith, who I'm a huge fan of, one of my favorite skaters from back in the 80's.
Rodney started Shut in the 80's, started Zoo York in the 90's. Brought Shut back again
in 2006. He has been a huge voice, and a very huge impact on East coast skating and skateboarding
globally. And Vans came to him about a year ago and asked him to design a couple of shoes
for them. Not only did they ask him to design a couple of Vans for them, they asked him
to design the syndicate line.
The syndicate line is one of Vans newer lines. It's a higher end, more limited edition. They
don't have that many accounts. They're not sold at every skate shop. But they are sold
to a lot of the more core, or independent, skate shops that have been doing this for
a long time.This was a great project for Rodney. For him to showcase his skills as far as design
and concept into a skate shoe.
Ever since I've known Rodney, he has never ran anything stock. Anything he's gotten is
rebuilt to his specifications. I think this is the first shoe that he's ever worn straight
out of the box because it is all his specifications. And I've skated in both of these and there
is no better skate shoe out there than this one right here.