My slip-ons were worn clear through, so I picked up some new kicks, some grey Vans Spawn. They were on clearance, which was a good motivator. I hate being a walking, talking stereotype: Vans, motorcycles, flannels and plaid, flat caps, hipster this and that. I'm certainly not quite as bad as others, but still fit the bill. I could say, "I've been doing it before it was cool," but meh. What's the point anymore? Wear what you like. Do what you like. "Hipster" has lost all meaning. I complained about jocks in high school, frat boys in college, I think at 30+ it's time to hang up the complaining hat. I'm already destined to be a curmudgeonly old man. Unless they are one of those super, annoying hipsters. You know what I'm talking about...
To be honest I wouldn't be caught in Vans 10-15 years ago. And definitely not DC. I was all hardcore "support the shoe companies that support BMX." Vans were junk, in my opinion, and not good for BMX. And they didn't want bmxers in their skate parks. And
F DC. At the time DC wanted nothing to do with BMX. Wow... what a tangent...
What I don't like is having to buy my shoes at the same place as all the giggling 14 year olds. And at least I wasn't the 30-something getting the Yo-Gabba-Gabba Vans. Now, let me buy my shoes and this flannel off the clearance rack and I'm out of here...
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I'm a little older than you but I started wearing Vans through BMX. A friend and I had "sponsorship" deals where we'd get a couple of pairs of shoes a year. The idea was you'd custom order a pair that matched your racing gear but eventually we'd just put together the craziest sh*t we could think of. Not being in California regular non-BMXers would give us crap. "Why do you wear those retarded boat shoes?!" Then 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' came out and everyone that called us dorks then had a pair. It's OK, girls still thought we were dorks for spending every waking moment riding stupid little bikes.
Am I bitter BMXer's are now rockstars? A little. Am I a curmudgeon? Get the f$%k off my lawn!
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