Collaborations aren't anything new. Back in 1983, when California's Camp Snoopy opened, they worked with Vans to make special editions of their shoes using custom-made prints. '76 saw the Vans Era entering the empty pools to respectfully capitalise on the craze for skaters rocking the simple, affordable canvas creations the brand popularized. Lifting from the Authentic's (44's) clean looks, a decade on, it was time to make some minor, but necessary performance tweaks, with some extra padding and