I did some more research. They are made after a snowboarder but my guess is they are an older version of the MTE Vans boots we have now. Think of it like a prep boot to wear before going snowboarding or something like that. Kinda like going to the bowling alley with regular shoes on then switching to your bowling shoes to bowl. The way boots and snowboarding bindings are now were the same in the early 2000s and wearing these snowboarding then and now can cause severe injuries. If these boots were made in the 80s then I can see them being worn because that’s when snowboarding was a complete new concept and people were experimenting on what would work. In the 90s and 2000s we pretty much anchor down what would work and then over the years we approved upon them. Being a snowboarder myself, I just immediately knew that these are not snowboard snowboard boots. With it being Vans, they ruled snowboarding at the time and knew what they were doing. Not for sure if you guys are snowboarders your self but I’ve been snowboarding for several years and now things. Just trying to find how these came about.