Paul Sperry invented the boat shoe in 1935, oddly enough, in the dead of winter, as he watched his dog run around on the ice and snow. Sperry cut grooves into the rubber soles of his shoes to look like the pads of his dog’s feet to help grip slick surfaces in the same way. That prototype was later refined into the Sperry Top-sider original deck shoe. You can see the original prototype at Sperry Top-sider’s website: [Sperry Top-sider]
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