Fifty years of Torker called for something more than a frame reissue. We reached out to Vans — a brand with its own deep roots in Southern California and action sports — and together we built a shoe worthy of the anniversary. Every detail connects back to Torker's history: the colours, the sole, the gusset tribute, and the signatures inside.
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What's in the Box
This is the Vans BMX Old Skool — not the standard version. Torker and Vans spec'd this build from the ground up with BMX in mind. The result is a shoe that performs on a bike and looks right in the pits.
Why This Shoe, Why Now?
Torker was born in Fullerton, California in 1976. The Johnson family — Steve, John, Doug, and Doris — built one of the most important BMX brands of the original era out of a small precision metal shop. Eight years of production. In those eight years, their riders won the first IBMXF World Pro Championship, the 1979 national team title, and their manufacturing line produced the world's first purpose-built freestyle BMX frame.
That's the history we're carrying into the 50th year.
The Connection
Vans has had roots in BMX going back to the same era. When we approached them about a 50th anniversary collab, the fit was immediate. Black and yellow are Torker's colors — and they're the colors of this shoe. That's not a coincidence. That's the right partner for the right moment.
Bill Ryan — who had a Torker co-sponsorship in the early 1980s before founding Supercross BMX in 1989 — re-acquired the Torker trademark and relaunched the brand in 2022. The 2026 50th anniversary is the first major milestone since the relaunch, and this shoe is part of marking it properly.
Chrome Eyelet
A single chrome eyelet — a direct nod to Torker's iconic Fish Eye Gusset and the chrome frame finishes the brand was known for throughout the Fullerton era.
Skinwall coloured Sole
As with old BMX tires, it was Black Tread and a Skinwall side like your old Comp II's or Comp III's, these Torker Edition Vans celebrate that, where we tried to color match the Sole to the color of an old Skinwall BMX tire, and with the OLD Skool Vans style, you have the Black Foxing, with the Skinwall color showing up on the side underneath. If these don't scream Old School BMX to you, then nothing will.
Custom Torker / Vans Box
Yellow box. Black panels. TORKER and VANS co-branded on every face. The Torker MX badge on each end. Collector's packaging for a collector's shoe.
Van Doren Label on the Heel
The original Vans founding family mark — connecting this shoe back to where both Vans and Torker came from. Southern California. Built by people who rode.
The Signatures Inside
The Pop Cush insole is signed by the Torker factory riders who made the brand what it was. These aren't random names. These are the riders who put Torker on the map — on the gate, on the track, and in the pages of BMX Action.
Each rider submitted their actual signature to be printed directly on the Pop Cush sock liner. Reproduced from the real thing — every name on that insole is the genuine article.