In the early 2000's a shoe was introduced to the world and was an instant classic. A burgeoning relatively unknown skater by the name of Geoff Rowley burst into the scene. The shoe that he created, the XLT was hands down better than any skate shoe that's ever been made. To This Day.

In the years that have followed other popular shoe companies have jumped on the opportunity to re release popular shoes, namely DC and Globe. You've got to ask yourself, VANS; why do we keep shoveling out garbage on the hopes it'll become a good shoe when we've already done the impossible, 20 years ago? So instead of releasing a shoe that's classic y'all went and released a cash grab knock off.

How about some of the executives go and look on ebay and see how much folks are asking for an original pair and think to yourselves 'hey, maybe we should bring this shoe back', because if you don't see the obvious financial gain from re-releasing a shoe that's so desirable than you're just a garbage company that only cares about dollars. But I mean, this is a corporarion.

In closing: VANS stop with the knocks offs, bring back the original XLT's. You have the molds, you've made it before, now make it again.