Keys Slip-on's by State Footwear in Black Cherry Finish with White Vulc Sole

Spec's

Style: Keys (Slip-On)
Colour: Black Cherry (Deep Maroon)
Size: Men's Size 9 US / 8UK / 42EUR / 27JPN

State Footwear

How’d you come up with the name State?
"There’s a few different levels. One of them has to do with the team riders and the people we want to associate ourselves with. I wanted to work with skateboarders that are in all kinds of regions. We only have 5 guys on the team and none of them are in the same area. I would love to build on that to have a guy in the Midwest, or the UK or Spain. As long as they all get their own little part of it.

The full name is “The Free and Independent State.” That part is pretty literal. It’s the fact that I can go do this on my own; I don’t have to have anyone else doing it with me. The last thing it is, is a jab at the Nikes and adidas of the world because if I’m basing a company based only on the fact that I’m not them, that’s not a recipe for success. I’m not going to hang our failure or success on those brands. They’re always going to be there. I just watched that adidas video yesterday and it was impressive man, what they were able to do. So I tip my hat to something like that, but we’re pretty far from that."

Kevin Furtado - Jenkem Mag