What is Vans?
{{Infobox company | name = Vans | logo = Vans (brand) logo.png | caption = | alt = Vans logo | type = [[Subsidiary]] | defunct = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = [[Apparel]] | genre = | products = {{ubl|[[Clothing]]|[[Fashion accessories]]|[[Footwear]]}} | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | founders = {{ubl|James Van Doren|Paul Van Doren|Gordon C. Lee|Serge D'Elia | Lorena Neira}} | num_employees = | parent = [[VF Corporation|VF Outdoor]] | divisions = | subsid = | foundation = {{start date and age|1966|3|16}} as The Van Doren Rubber Company | location = [[Costa Mesa]], [[California]], [[United States|US]] | locations = | website = {{URL|https://vans.com/}} | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vfc.com/index.php/news/press-releases?nws_id=48E9C0EE-B5BE-2ECF-E040-0A0A580069C5|title=VF Outdoor Completes Acquisition of Eagle Creek, Inc.|access-date=2019-09-20|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094616/http://www.vfc.com/index.php/news/press-releases?nws_id=48E9C0EE-B5BE-2ECF-E040-0A0A580069C5|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} [[File:Vans Old Skool Nautical Blue.gif|thumb|Vans Old Skool Nautical Blue shoe]] '''Vans''' is an [[United States|American]] [[manufacturer]] of [[Skate shoe|skateboarding shoes]]. They also make similar [[apparel]]. They are based in [[Santa Ana, California|Santa Ana]], [[California]]. They are owned by [[VF Corporation]]. The company also [[sponsor]]s [[surfing|surf]], [[snowboarding]], [[BMX]], and [[motocross]] teams.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.vans.com/|work=Vans.com|publisher=Vans, A VF Company|access-date=25 August 2013|date=August 2013}}</ref> Since 1996, the company has been the primary sponsor of the annual Vans [[Warped Tour]] traveling [[roc