Never Catch Pigeons And Eleven More Hard Lessons from Mr Paul Van Doren (2022)

How a hardscrabble shoemaker from New England defied expectations and invented the ultimate Southern California lifestyle brand Vans Paul Van Doren never skateboarded surfed snowboarded or flipped a BMX bike but his simple rubbersoled sneaker from 1966 has been at the heart of the global actionsports movement for half a century This is the candid comedic and occasionally tragic portrait of Paul and his company some of the worldrenowned athletes he inspired and the hard lessons hes learned along the way including why you must NEVER CATCH PIGEONS