Ali Whitton: A Day In The Life

When most people film a day in the life, it's usually done over the course of a weekend of several days. No only did Ali bang this out in one day, but this is actually what most of is days are like when he's not at a contest or dodging crashing helicopters in a Hollywood movie. You jealous.

Simon Tabron on the most perfect ramp ever built

Vert style cat Simon Tabron got a rare solo-session at the Hawk ramp - which is usually crawling with pro skaters. Touted as one of the most perfect ramps ever built, Tabron hammers out some huge 540 variations and ninja-like combos that will make you feel like you're watching a Mark Mullville trails edit. Serious steez.

Parslow now riding for SE + New Video

Luke Parslow just inked a solid deal with BMX pioneers SE Bikes, head up by the one and only Wildman, Todd Lyons. Check out an interview with Luke Parlsow and heaps of action footage from his private backyard trails.

VANS BMX ON TWITTER

Just letting you all know we started a dedicated twitter HERE and for the Iphone users, an instagram for Vans BMX.

Follow us for updates on road trips, contests and all things with Vans BMX team.

We will be giving away prizes from time to time so look out for those tweets!

2012 should be busy so stick with us!

@vansBMX66

Vans / Colony Adelaide trip video

The Australian bike company "Colony" has a collaboration shoe coming out in March, check out this road trip they went on to promote the shoe.

Vans Orlando Skatepark Farewell BMX Party

Colony x Vans Roadtrip Photos on Defgrip

Guettler and the Colony crew took a team road trip to Adelaide, AUS while and posted up a bunch of raw behind the scenes photos on Defgrip. The crew consisted of Zac Miner, Clint Millar, Ryan Guettler, Cooper Brownlee, Mick Bayzand, Tom Stretton, Alex Hiam, Valvo and Brock Olive so you know there was plenty of gambling along the way. Colony and Vans have been working on a shoe collaboration for a few months now, so stay tuned to see what they came up with this summer.

Hawk sideways on Ridebmx.com

Ride BMX just released some steezy photo wallpapers on their website and Chase Hawk has a blazing hot flick whipping it out in Austin, TX on his orange Cult bike. Getting sideways never gets old. Check out Chase Hawk on Ridebmx.com.

Canary Islands Bonus Section with Gary, Dak, Bas & More

To complete the VANS Let It Ride 2011 series we present the final edit, the bonus section of Team 2 mix of lifestyle, riding and crash clips from Dakota Roche, Gary Young, Bas Keep, Ben Hennon, Eduards Zunda, and Tobias Wicke.

VANS Let it Ride 2011 - Bonus II from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

ORLANDO VANS BMX PARTY THIS THURSDAY!

Just a reminder, we hope to see you at the final session of the Vans Orlando, Florida park. The owner of the Mall is closing down to make way for a new amusement park.

It's going to be a fun night with a free session, free food and drinks, prizes and Vans pro's Scotty Cranmer, Cory "Nasty" Nastazio, Colin Mackay and Trey Jones on hand.

Editors note: Dak, Guettler and Robbie Morales are also now attending!

This Thursday January 19th, 6-10pm!

All ages event, let's party!

More info HERE

PAT CASEY WINS THE FIRST EVENT OF 2012

18 year old Vans Pro Pat Casey from Southern California just got back from Indiana where he competed in "The Kitchen" park contest.

Pat, congrats on The Kitchen win, is this your first big pro win? Pretty sure you won FISE 2011 right?
No my first big pro win was The Toronto Jam last year. But yes FISE (In France) 2011 as well.

Was it cold out in the mid west at this time of year?
It was SO cold! Basically if I wasn't always riding I was shivering, even inside that's how cold it was. Lol

You were obviously riding good to take the win, what move do you think put you in the lead?
Thanks, I think that I used almost all the course. Some of the tricks that I think set me ahead was a truck to whip over the spine and a dipped 3 doublewhip also a 3 whip catch whip.

What's next for you?
Next is FISE in Costa Rica. I'm pretty exited about it especially since I've never been there.

Here's the video from the event.

Can you One Up Scotty Cranmer?

Think you've got what it takes to one up Scotty? Now's your chance… Watch Scotty's trick HERE on the new Duo site. Follow the instructions to show him what's up. You've got until February 1st to enter. Good luck!

Vans Let It Ride Bonus 1

Both crews on the 2011 Let it Ride trip to the Canary Islands managed to collect enough footage so they can offer even two sweet bonus edits. Here is a little look behind the scenes of Team 1, featuring: Bruno Hoffmann, Dan Lacey, Kevin Kalkoff, Alex Valentino, Matthias Dandois.
Film & Edit by Greenfilms finest, Alex Baret

VANS Let it Ride 2011 - Bonus I from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Vans Let It Ride in Canary Islands video with Dak & Gary

We just released the second part of our Canary Islands trip featuring Dak, Gary, Bas, Hennon, Eddie Zunda and Tobias Wicke. It was a quite the wild trip shredding on tropical islands and getting ripped off at all the Italian restaurants we came across. Look out for two more bonus edits with tons of crashes and the guys going crazy.

Vans Let It Ride Pt 1 of 2 Canary Islands

Two teams, two islands. Massive street mission. Here is Part 1 of 2 featuring some heavy street riders:
Dan Lacey, Bruno Hoffmann, Kevin Kalkoff, Matthias Dandois and Alex Valentino.

Pt 1 filmed and edited by Alex Baret

Nasty's Year End Edit

Nasty 2011 Year End Dirt Edit from ISSUEZ INC on Vimeo.

Gary Young shreds - Vital BMX exclusive

Two things that will never get old: Gary Young's clicked lookbacks and Gary Young's table tops. Tricks are for kids and style is forever. Gary hits both pretty hard in THIS episode of the Vans Video Vault shot exclusively in Gary's hometown of San Diego.

VANS REBEL JAM OFFICIAL VIDEO

"The history of BMX evolved at the VANSrebeljam in Eindhoven, NL over the course of the first weekend in December. One hundred sixty of the world’s best riders made the journey to Eindhoven from the US, Japan and throughout Europe. Heavy hitters like Ty Morrow, Matthias Dandois, Corey Martinez, Ben Hennon, Mark Webb, Bruno Hoffman, Dan Lacey and many more showed up to participate in the event that brings unfiltered BMX riding to Europe."

Baldock news segment for Australian TV

Vans rookie pro from Australia Kyle Baldock definitely put his mark on the U.S.A scene in 2011. Here's an interview that was on Australian TV discussing the mental challenges he had throughout the year.

Rebel Jam BMX Results & New Tricks!

The crowd was screaming and the riders were going absolutely nuts. Pure BMX energy is the only way to explain the whole contest. Vans rider Pat Casey unleashed a new trick, the backflip decade, at the end of his jam format run and set the place on fire. Daniel Sandoval also gave the crowd a new trick with a 720 whip to barspin over the box jump; a never-been-done trick from the Vans flow rider from Socal. We've got video coming soon so stay tuned for some slo-mo action from both these guys.


Street
HARD TRICK ONLY

1. Corey Martinez
2. Dan Lacey
3. Bruno Hoffmann

PARK

STYLE
1. Sergio Layos
2. Sebastian Keep
3. Harry Main

Creativity
1. Mark Webb
2. Tobias Wicke
3. Daniel Tünte


HARD TRICK
1. Harry Main
2. Mark Webb
3. Brett Banasiewicz


Flatland

STYLE
1. Matthias Dandois
2. Waldemar Fatkin
3. Alex Jumelin

CREATIVITY
1. Matthias Dandois
2. Akira Okamura
3. Alex Jumelin

HARD TRICK
1. Matthias Dandois
2. Dominik Nekolny
3. Dez Maarsen