来自香港的8FIVE2滑板店最近再次与Vans品牌推出了合作款产品：限量240对Vans Syndicate系列 Versa Mid，

香港本地资讯媒体Hypebeast也是针对这次合作推出了特写，邀请了8FIVE2滑板店铺老板Brian Siswojo做了简单

文字访谈。感兴趣的朋友可以阅读下方的具体内容。

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After your first collaboration with Vans back in 2009, what did you want to do differently this time around?

This time we decided to take vulcanized, cupsole-looking shoes and totally deconstruct them. We chose to use black canvas with a white leather toe cap since we believe it’s something that you don’t see a lot of in Vans’ footwear collections.

09年的时候852第一次与Vans合作推出了 Chukka Low产品，这一次的合作设计你希望会有哪些新的不一样的设计？

这一次的设计我们完全颠覆了传统Vans鞋在结构上的处理，我们依然选择了硫化材质鞋底，但是在鞋底的外观上却运用了

杯状底工艺设计。黑色的帆布作为鞋身，辅以白色皮质鞋头包围，之所以做如此决定是因为我们坚信这样的设计在传统的

Vans鞋产品线上比较少见。

And why did you pick the Versa Mid “S”?

Well, we had originally decided on the Versa but I really wanted it to be deconstructed; no padding, just straight canvas shoes. So Jay Potocar (Syndicate Director) suggested that we do the Versa Mid ‘S’. I didn’t even know it was going to be a Syndicate collaboration until we received the shoes. No joke. We’re so honored and surprised, thank you to Jay Potocar and the crew at Vans USA for sure.

那么你为什么会选择Syndicate系列Versa中帮鞋型呢？

一开始我们打算选择滑板系列Versa低帮，但是我一直希望这款产品在鞋款式结构上可以有别于常规的Vans鞋型设计。

没有海绵保护垫，简简单单的就是一款帆布鞋，所以负责Vans Syndicate支线的总监Jay Potocar建议我尝试Versa Mid ‘S’，

在开始的时候我真的没想到这款合作产品会归于Syndicate系列，直到我收到了实物才意识到这点，这是真的，我一点也没和

你开玩笑。我也是感到无比荣幸可以得到Syndicate产品线的优待，太让我们惊喜了，谢谢你Jay Potocar，以那些远在美国

总部的产品设计团队。

Can you describe the design or theme of the shoe?

We just wanted to do something that was simple but yet still different from the rest of Vans’ footwear. So we designed a shoe that easily matches your day to day outfit, allowing you to rock them when you you’re just cruising around town with your skateboard but also so you can look fifteen percent better wearing them out with your date at night.

你能描绘一下这次合作鞋款的的设计或是主题吗？

我们只是想推出一双款式简单，但是和市场上所见的大部分Vans产品相比又觉得有些不简单的产品。我们设计的鞋款可以

让你轻松搭配日常着装，你可以穿着它滑板，也可以穿着它夜出赴约，而且看上去效果不错。

The Versa Mid “S” embodies a vulcanized aesthetic with a cupsole construction, but at the end of the day…cupsole vs. vulcanized?

Let’s put it this way, vulcanized is perfect for the first 10 days but then it dies out and the soles flatten. Cupsole, on the other hand, can be rocked for months and still feel comfortable. But I love footwear so much that I really just like them all.

Versa Mid “S” 融合了硫化底美学与杯状底结构，但是到最后………你觉得硫化底和杯状底哪个会更好呢？

让我们这么比吧，硫化底的鞋在最初的10天里穿起来感觉是非常不错，但是之后它的脚感就会越来越差，鞋底

也会渐渐磨平。杯状底呢，可以耐磨很长时间，就算穿了几个月时间，脚感也依旧舒服。我很喜欢各种footwear，

这两种鞋底的鞋款我真的都喜欢。

You’ve taken it upon yourself to advance the sport of skateboarding, what are your thoughts on the role you’ve taken?

I’ve been skateboarding since 1988 and it’s become a part of my life. When I started out back in 1988 there weren’t very many skateboarders around so I always wanted all of my friends or the people that I knew to start skateboarding so they could really get to know the best positive addiction known to men. It’s just organic how it all happened. I’m so blessed and lucky to have the opportunity to be the president of AHKSA (All Hong Kong Skateboards Association) and together with our crew (Warren, Lee Hawk, etc.) we push skateboarding to another level and try to work closely with the Hong Kong government so that future skateboarders can have it easier here.

身兼推动滑板运动发展的重任，你是怎么看自己所扮演的这个角色的呢？

我从1988年开始滑板，一直到现在，滑板早已经成为我生命中的一部分了。回到1988年的时候，当我开

始滑板的时候，我总是尽力劝说并拉拢当时我身边所有认识的朋友们，希望他们也开始玩滑板，因为我想

让他们知道什么是对男人们而言最有积极意义的瘾头。今天所有的一切都是顺其自然发展的结果，非常幸

运我能成为All Hong Kong Skateboards Association（全香港滑板协会）的主席，和我的好朋友们Warren,

Lee Hawk,等等一起推动香港的滑板发展到一个新的台阶，我们也紧密的与香港政府合作，争取为将来一代的

滑手们提供更好的滑板环境和条件。

With China becoming increasingly big into action sports, how will this spillover into the rest of the region?

Right now, we’ve just started to work closely with skateboarders in China but Warren and I are in the process of something big for skateboarding in Asia. Wait and see.

随着中国的action sports市场越来越成熟，蛋糕越来越大，这对周边地区的辐射影响会是怎样呢？

虽然目前为止我们刚刚才开始与中国的的滑手们展开合作，但是我和Warren正在进行着一项对亚洲滑板来说

意义重大的工作，等着瞧吧！

source: hypebeast