The Classic Slip-Ons need no one to sing their praises; they have become such a part of skate culture and contemporary style, effortlessly proving their iconoclastic relevance from the skate spot to the big screen and every walk of life around the globe. Their popularity comes from unmatched quality, and they have hence become a big time influence on our Off The Wall efforts to innovate, every step of the way.
Originally released as a mid-top version of the classic Vans Caballero high-top, the Half Cab was created in direct response to the demands of a new generation of skateboarders changing the game and taking skateboarding back out into the streets after the vert-riding heyday of the 1980s. "In '91, I noticed that a lot of street skaters were cutting my shoe halfway down and wearing them that way," Steve Caballero remembers. "So in '92, I gave Vans the idea to make a lower cut shoe and call it the Half Cab."
