“Did you know it doesnt matter how you throw your Vans they will land facing up?” asked Twitter user @Ibelievthehype tweeted on March 2.Two days and 64k retweets later, everyone is trying the #VansChallenge.The shoe – beloved by skaters, mall punks, and people with feet too wide for Converse All-Stars – seemingly always lands right-side-up when you toss them.After witnessing the first video, the #VansChallenge took off, as everyone started chucking their Vans…to surprising results.
“What kind of wizardry is this?” tweeted one startled user, and the response was echoed by many who tried the #VansChallenge themselves.“I had to explain to my mom why I was throwing all my Vans on the floor at 12AM.”“Okay so Vans always landing right side up is a thing.Id like to think this is a feature tho #vans #VansChallenge” “Not gonna lie that #VansChallenge shit really had me buggingDidnt think itll actually work.”However…not every #VansChallenge was successful.
“I think mine are broken,” @ripwaterdog tweeted, while others found that sometimes, their shoes landed sideways.“I would like a refund please,” @meh_erin added.Of course, there had to be one of those people who had to ruin the stupid fun of the moment.“The world is filled with babbling idiots,” one user tweeted “The bottom of the shoe is the heaviest part meaning that they will most likely fall face up, its how gravity works.I swear some of you didnt go to school.#VansChallenge” Or people were having a bit of harmless fun for a hot minute on the Internet?Like, dude – chill.
Speaking of Viral Vans moments, remember “Damn Daniel?”In 2016, a series of Snapchats featuring Daniel Lara were compiled by his friend – and fellow Riverside Polytechnic High School student – Josh Holz.“Damn, Daniel,” Josh is heard saying, before he said the immortal line:“Damn, Daniel!Back at it again with the white Vans.”For months, it felt like these two teenagers had taken over the Internet.
They went on Ellen, received a lifetimes supply of Vans (that they donated to charity, according to The Verge), appeared in a Weezer video and got a shoutout from Jay-Z on a Pusha T song.It wasnt all just fun – as their accounts were hacked and Josh was swatted.While their fifteen minutes of fame seem to run out in the fall of 2016, Daniel and Josh remain friends.The two even attended a Ralph Breaks The Internet premiere together in Nov. 2018.Damn, indeed.