Paul Van Doren, co-founder of the Vans company whose iconic Southern California sneakers were beloved by skateboarders and became an international success, has died. “But I didn’t have any money in the cash register, so I gave her the shoes,” Van Doren said. Van Doren's son, Steve Van Doren, said his father's acumen helped make the business a success. “My dad was a systems guy,” Steve Van Doren told the Los Angeles Times in 2009. And here’s a company listening to them, backing them, and making shoes for them," Van Doren told Los Angeles Magazine.

Source: Stuff May 08, 2021 02:26 UTC