Vans Kyle Walker Pro 'Coral Snake'
Colorway: Black/True White · Style code: VN0A2XSGVFN · Price: $2832 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Vans Kyle Walker Pro 'Pewter' (VN0A2XSG7IW) · Vans Kyle Walker Pro 'Camo' (VN0A2XSGAT4) · Vans Kyle Walker Pro White Sneakers (VN0A2XSGB9M) · Vans Kyle Walker Pro 'Racing Red' (VN0A2XSGSJJ) · Vans Kyle Walker Pro 'Camouflage' (VN0A2XSGU1T)
Kyle Walker joined the Vans skate team in 2013 and was named skater of the year by Thrasher in 2016. Few riders have reached a signature shoe faster, and the pro model that followed was built as working equipment rather than as a tribute: a suede upper with a reinforcement layer fused beneath the panels grip tape destroys first, a padded collar, and a sole tuned to keep board feel while absorbing landings. Coral snake is a banded North American reptile, and the reference here is to the banding rather than to its colours, with the stripes running across the upper as construction rather than as a printed graphic. That is an unusual amount of decoration for a shoe whose entire design argument is durability, and it sits oddly against the plain suede colourways the same model is normally sold in.