It has been 3 years since the passing of our dear friend Van Wastell.He is missed madly every day by all here at Vans and by skaters around the world.The guys over at Skately.com paid tribute to Van by interviewing Eddie Villa,Van's brother. They got some amazing stories from their childhood.You can read the full interview HERE.
Thrasher's King of The Road starts this weekand here's Jake Phelps& Griffin Collins to announce what Vans riders will be on the mission:Loading the player ... jwplayer('ThrasherVideoContainer71332').setup({file: 'http://media.thrashermagazine.com/KOTR2011_CONFERENCE_TWO.mp4',image:'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/hwdvideos/thumbs/remote-1276.jpg', height: 400, width: 535,backcolor:'000000',frontcolor:'000000',lightcolor:'000000',screencolor:'000000', 'logo.file':'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/videobugoverlay_thmag-1.png', 'logo.position': 'top-right','logo.hide': 'false', plugins: { ova:{}, counttrackula: { dom: 'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/plugins/hwdvs-videoplayer/HTML5/mystatsprocessor.php' }},config:'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/VideoAds/openX/config.php?zone=1276', players: [ { type: 'flash', src: 'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/plugins/hwdvs-videoplayer/HTML5/player.swf' },{ type: 'html5' }, ], skin:'http://www.thrashermagazine.com/plugins/hwdvs-videoplayer/HTML5/modieus/modieus.xml'});
Check out DD on the Deathwish Tour as it rolls through New Jersey on Thrasher's site HERE.
There's nothing more fun than choreographing lines with the homies.Jason Dill puts together a sick one at Biebel's with some heavy hitters:
Maloof in Washington Dc kicks off Saturday and Alex Olson, Geoff Rowley, Tony Trujillo, Anthony Van Engelen, Chris Pfanner, Chima Ferguson and Dustin Dollin will all be there shredding.You can catch all the action via Live Webcast on the Maloof Money Cup YouTube Channel Saturday 12pm – 6:30pm and Sunday 11am – 6:00pm.
The dudes will be at 303 Boards next WednesdaySeptember 7th from 4 to 6pm. Buy a plane ticket, go check them out, lend them your lady.
The newest Adventures with Chris on Off The Wall.tv visits the House of Vans in Brooklyn for Andy Kessler Day. Next week we get an entire episode ofnever before seen Andy busting balls footage:
Kingshit Magazine has an edit of last weekend's Empire Backyard Ramp Jam in Canada:
Check out Eljah Berle's interview from the new Skateboarder Magazine Interview Issue.He's also the cover model...
Check out Chima Ferguson's interview from the new Skateboarder Magazine Interview Issue:
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