North Face: Alameda-based North Face makes pretty
much everything an outdoors-enthusiast could want, including hiking boots. Judging by everything I’ve bought from North
Face so far, their boots probably are very well made. Volcom: Orange County-based Volcom is a one-stop shop for skater/surfer/snowboarder fashion, from jeans to board shorts to two-piece suits. They also have a line of hiking/streetwear-hybrid boots.
Honorable Mention – Red Wing Boots:
Red Wing is not a California
company. But they do have California
stores, and they are based in our fellow Blue State, Minnesota. And they make the best boots ever. I recently purchased a pair of Iron Rangers,
with Vibram outsoles. I have never owned
more versatile shoes. I wore them out to
dinner on Friday night. I wore them all day Saturday as I chopped,
chain-sawed, and grinded tree stumps out of the mud in the rain. That evening, I hosed the mud off them, wiped
them dry with a towel, and wore them out to dinner again. And they drew compliments. They are hiking boots. They are work boots. They are fashion. They are rain boots. They are every kind of casual boot that I
need, all in one boot. I will own these
boots for the rest of my life.
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