![I took a photo of myself skating an old board in some slip ons. Thought it looked rad, so I added a Vans logo. Looks like an ad to me now! : I took a photo of myself skating an old board in some slip ons. Thought it looked rad, so I added a Vans logo. Looks like an ad to me now! :](https://preview.redd.it/781hjdhqgki11.jpg?auto=webp&s=ecb1d1b8fd68c949c0cea2bc8b17ef4449c1f31a)
I took a photo of myself skating an old board in some slip ons. Thought it looked rad, so I added a Vans logo. Looks like an ad to me now! :
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