Vance's skate series Half Cab is the second generation Vans signature skate introduced by legendary skater Steve Caballero at 1992. At that time, Steve saw that many skaters liked to cut the Cab (high top) of their first-generation skateboard shoes at the upper to make them more comfortable in the middle. After trying it himself, Steve Caballero told Vans that he wanted to make a mid-top skateboard shoe that was more suitable for mass skateboarding. Soon after, this classic shoe semi-Cab came into being.
The half cab here represents skateboarding shoes featuring uppers.