Patrick Nijdam of Vancouver's Quick Cobbler is second youngest to ever win SSIA grand prize, which his dad Ronald won in 2019.
Patrick Nijdam and dad Ronald in 2019 fixing shoes at Quick Cobbler Shoe Repair. Nijdam senior won the top prize that year at the Robert DiRinaldo Grand Silver Cup in the Shoe Service Institute of America’s 2019 Grand Silver Cup Contest.Patrick, 31, began hanging around his dad’s shop around the age of 10, sweeping the floor and putting stuff away to earn spending money.
“It’s a niche job, that’s for sure,” Patrick said. “It’s an old-school trade that some people don’t realize is still around. The second-youngest Silver Cup champ ever, Patrick posts the Quick Cobbler’s favourite repair jobs on
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