We can't wait until next year. See the full photo recap on Vans Bowl-A-Rama flickr.

Things were getting hectic, but it always does when you care about what you're doing. From sun up to sun down, see what made Vans Bowl-A-Rama 2011 happen.

Here's the main event featuring Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Ben Raybourn, Omar Hassan, Rune Glifberg, Josh Borden, Curren Caples, Alex Perelson, Bob Burnquist, Nolan Munroe, & Steve Alba.

Thanks to all the riders, fans, sponsors, and hard-working Bowl-A-Rama staff who made this contest happen. Huge congratulations to Pedro Barros & Steve Caballero! The complete video of all the contest highlights should be posted around noon on Monday (Oz time).

Pros
1. Pedro Barros
2. Rune Glifberg
3. Bucky Lasek
4. Bob Burnquist
5.Renton Millar
6. Nathan Beck
7.RJ Barbaro
8. Nolan Monroe


Masters
1. Steve Caballero
2. Mick Mulhall
3. Lester Kasai
4. Nicky Guerrero
5. Sergie Ventura
6. Pat Ngoho
7. Sasha Steinhorst
8. Steve Alba

Best Trick
Bob Burnquist – Switch frontside heelflip frontside air

We've added more photos from yesterday to the Vans Bowl-A-Rama flickr set. You know you want to see them.

Friday, the last day before the contest starts, we catch up with Pat Ngoho on Skateboarding Killed The Art Show, part of Oakley's Love + Guts series. (Fun Fact: Ngoho is one of the founders of Love + Guts.) Besides Pat, Lance Mountain, Steve Alba & Steve Caballero, Dean Tirkot, Wade Burkett, and others are featured in the exhibition that opened on February 18th in Sydney at The Beach Road Hotel.

The main event starts in about 30 minutes. Judging from these clips, it's going to be a close contest.

Alright, alright. We know there's been some confusion on when exactly this contest will be live. It's all about some time zones, y'all. Australia is a day ahead of North & South America. Here are a few local times to help you know when to watch the live webcast at home:

Sydney - Australia: Saturday, February 19th from 11am - 7pm
Auckland - New Zealand: Saturday February 19th from 1pm - 8pm
Jakarta - Indonesia: Saturday February 19th from 7am-3pm
Beijing - China: Saturday February 19th from 8am-2pm
Tokyo - Japan: Saturday February 19th from 9am - 5pm
Chicago - USA: Friday February 18th from 6pm-2am
Los Angeles - USA: Friday 18th from 4pm-12am
New York - USA: Friday February 18th from 7pm-3am
Mexico City - Mexico: friday February 18th from 6pm-2am
Buenos Aires - Argentina: Friday February 18th from 9pm-5am

New York, relax.The bar's still open for an hour when it's over. Win/Win! Mexico & Argentina, I dedicate Lionel Ritchie's timeless classic, All Night Long, to you. Stay up.

Photo partytime. Thanks, Acosta. Full gallery from the signing at The Crab Shack & more shots from practice on Vans Bowl-A-Rama flickr.

Day 3 of practice before the main event. Here are the best clips of the day from Sam Beckett, Josh Borden, Bucky Lasek, Pedro Barros, Andrew Langi & Omar Hassan. Any guesses about who'll win this thing?

Callum spent a lot of time with Sky Siljeg today and even met his mom. Don't worry. She's nice. After practice, he caught up with Cab. The team hung out with a bunch of friends and fans at The Crab Shack Skateshop, signing a ton of stuff. You name it, they signed it. Shoes. Posters. Decks. Various marsupials. All signed. It was great. Many thanks to all of you that came out!

Prepare to see the the 7th Annual Vans Bowl-A-Rama take over Bondi Beach, Australia with riders such as Steve Caballero, Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Jeff Grosso and more of the best skateboarders in the world compete for cold hard cash and bragging rights. The madness is live via webcast tomorrow, Friday, February 18th at 4pm PST and 7pm EST. Make sure you check it out and don't forget to peep the footage of practice sessions and photos of what's going on in Oz.

Our friend Callum is taking care of the event from an insider's perspective. He caught up with Andrew Langi and Curren early in the morning during practice. Then later on, Van Doren chatted with Callum to share some thoughts on the event and how things are going so far.

You can't tell me when that when you're looking at photos of Dollin, TNT, Andrew Allen, Van Doren & the skate team cruising around Sydney Harbor with about 100 of their friends that you...
1. are not jealous.
2. do not have that effin' song in your head.

More photos from the party boat & skate photos from today's practice on the Vans Bowl-A-Rama Flickr.

Day two on the beach is treating the guys right. Here are a few clips from Steve Alba, Alex Perelson, Omar Hassan, Bob Burnquist, Sky Siljeg, Curren Caples, Bucky Lasek, & Pedro Barros.

Acosta sent over a bunch of photos from practice today. Here are a couple of our favorites. We have Curren Caples killing it constantly (peep that alliteration, kids), and we have the man, Steve Alba. What about that beach shot, son? We got your beach shot. See the rest of the team's photos on Vans Bowl-A-Rama flickr.

A pretty good sized crew from Vans started practice today at the famed big blue bowl at Bondi Beach. Enjoy the clips from day one featuring Josh Borden, Sky Siljeg, Omar Hassan, Andrew Langi, Bucky Lasek, and nice-guy-Grosso helping a (probably) drunk lady out of the bowl.

Who's going to be skating one of the world's finest bowls and battling for the cash in Bondi Beach? The confirmed riders include: Steve Caballero, Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Omar Hassan, Tony Trujillo, Steve Alba, Jeff Grosso, Andrew Langi, Josh Borden, Alex Perelson, Curren Caples as well as Bob Burnquist, Rune Glifberg, Sam Beckett, Pat Ngoho, Otavio Neto, Jackson Pilz, Juergen Horwarth, Renton Miller and Corbin Harris. Those that can’t take the trip across the Atlantic can catch a live webcast of the entire event Saturday, February 19th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Australian time, and for us on the West Coast, Friday, February 18th starting at 6am and 9am on the East Coast.

The world’s top skateboarders descend on Sydney, Australia next week to compete for the biggest prize purse in the event’s history at one of the world’s finest Bowls set against iconic Bondi Beach. A week long festival leads up to the 7th year of the Bondi Bowl-A-Rama, the Southern Hemisphere's biggest bowl skateboarding competition. It all goes down February 19th from 11am to 7pm so make sure to catch all the action via LIVE webcast and follow the festivities leading up to the event. More event details including riders and week of festivities coming soon!

The best skaters in the world, competing on one of the finest bowls in the world, set against the most iconic beach in the world. The is the Vans Bowl-A-Rama Bondi. Legendary riders competing for the biggest prize money in the history of the event, plus, a week long festival including art show, video premiers, live music performances, giveaways and more run all week leading up to the contest. It all kicks off Wednesday, February 16th. The contest is on Saturday, February 19th at Bondi Beach Skatepark. Are you pumped yet? We are.