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Up now on eBay are Vans Sky Gallery artist Sage Vaughn's shoes set.
Who do you want to play for 10 minutes longer? This year, Energizer is teaming up with Eventful to power the Energizer Encore Music Competition that lets you, the fan, decide which band gets to play a special encore set. The rules are simple. Go to www.eventful.com/energizer, choose your city and Demand your favorite band to win the special encore performance when the Vans Warped Tour comes to your city. The band with the most Demands by the close date of each competition will be the winning Energizer® Encore Music Competition band.
Vans team riders Tony Trujillo, Johnny Layton, Omar Hassan, Steve Caballero and more will be heading out to the Zumiez Couch Tour on June 16th
Come by the new Vans store at Northeast Mall Friday, June 1st @ 4pm to catch some live art.
Celebrate the grand opening of the newest Vans store in Pasadena this Saturday, June 2nd.
Kelsey Brooks is the latest artist in the Vans Sky Gallery program. Get some more info on Kelsey and check out his work now.
Bad Religion. The Used. Pennywise. Coheed and Cambria. Just a few of the bands on the tour this summer. Tickets are on sale now.
Vans has hooked up with Warped Tour vets Rise Against on new Vans Shoes. Take a look at these new kicks!
Pre-order the 2007 Vans Warped Tour Compilation for only $6 from Side One Dummy and get your choice of either the 2006 or 2005 Vans Warped Tour Compilation for Free! That's 100 songs for only $6.
Here is the link to the promotion.
Bucky Lasek, Rob Lorifice, Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, and a few other special guest will be skating at Sport Chalets new store in Bakersfield on Saturday. The demo will be in the Sport Chalet parking lot and begins at 12:30 p.m., but get there early. The store is located 5200 Stockdale HWY. Bakersfield, CA 93309
Eden's Edge: Fifteen LA Artists is an exploration of art made in Los Angeles during the past decade that crosses generations, mediums, and materials to link artists who create work ingrained with intensely personal visions.
Skate.vans.com features a weekly "Clip of The Week". This week's clip features Flo Marfaing checking in from Barcelona with a switch frontside 180 Heelflip manual 180 out. Check it out along with the previous weekly clips.
Catch all the highlights from the most anticipated bowl skating contests of the year, the 2007 Pro-tec Pool Party.
Check out the all new '07 Warped contact table which is available now. You can grab and post on your myspace profile and if you downloaded last year's contact table it will be automatically be updated with the 2007 artwork. In addition to the Warped table to grab, there are also several Vans tables to choose from. Best of all, they're all free.
Ever wondered what professional Snowboarders do in the off Season? Well if you are a professional snowboarder there really is no off season.
Airing Monday, May 21, 2007 at 9:30pm Eastern Time (6:30pm Pacific Time), and re-airing thirteen more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase the 2007 Vans Cup at Tahoe: Show 2. In this show, the jib masters go head to head in the Rail Jam before an enthusiastic crowd, pushing their skills to the limit, landing some of the most technical tricks ever seen. On the huge Slope Style course the top dogs are in full force including Andreas Wiig, Danny Kass, Scotty Lago, Jamie Anderson and Hana Beaman to just name a few.
Airing Monday, May 21, 2007 at 9:30pm Eastern Time (6:30pm Pacific Time), and re-airing thirteen more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase the 2007 Vans Cup at Tahoe: Show 2. In this show, the jib masters go head to head in the Rail Jam before an enthusiastic crowd, pushing their skills to the limit, landing some of the most technical tricks ever seen. On the huge Slope Style course the top dogs are in full force including Andreas Wiig, Danny Kass, Scotty Lago, Jamie Anderson and Hana Beaman to just name a few.
Journeys and Vans are going to bring the heat in what could be called The Perfect Storm.
The Pro contest at this year's Pro-tec Pool Party was no letdown. There were some close calls as skaters were on high alert but Rune Glifberg held onto finish in 1st Place.
The Vans Warped Tour has announced a special pre-party on Thursday, June 28 at the Glass House in Pomona, CA. Artists performing include: The Gallows, Big D and The Kids Table, Kennedy and a special unannounced guest. A limited number of tickets for this show will go on sale Saturday, May 19 at Noon Pacific Time. Tickets are $13 for this all-ages show and will be available through Ticketmaster. Doors open at 7:00 PM.
Help a skater in need, and bid on really cool stuff! Ray Underhill, Powell-Peralta rider during the 80s, has recently been diagnosed with cancer. The whole skate community is getting behind raising money for treatment through an auction that has some amazing items including Vans for a year and a trip to the Pro-tec Pool Party. For more information, visit www.rayunderhill.com.
The Pool Party Master's Division was on point as usual with new faces and lines. Chris Miller held onto his title as the champ and the crowd was on their feet as these legends put a beating on the combi pool again this year.
Check out the video highlights of the Pro-tec Pool Party Women's Competition. The Pool Party always starts early with the Women's contest. This year was no exception with Cara Beth Burnside taking the top spot again along with the $4,000 prize.
This summer the Vans Warped Tour is giving fans a great opportunity to get involved by becoming a member of our roaming street team when we come through your city, and still catch the show.
From Submission Wrestling to Surfing With Style Joel Tudor paddles "In The Lineup" to talk about his new sandal and the latest update from a sultan of style...
Check out this new video clip from the Queens of The Stone Age.
This years Journeys Backyard BBQ is going to kill it and the best part is that it is FREE. That’s right! FREE-EE-EEE. Check out www.journeysbbq.com for more info.
The Journeys Backyard BBQ will also feature a free performance by The Starting Line, best known for mega-hits like Bedroom Talk and Best of Me, The Starting Line will be performing some new material, including the new single Direction, off of their soon to be released new album.
Journeys and Vans are going to bring the heat in what could be called The Perfect Storm. Bucky Lasek, Christian Hosoi, Stave Caballero, Omar Hassan, Neal Hendrix, Mike Frazier and Rob Lorifice will be Ripping the all new Rockstar Energy Drink Vert Ramp designed, in part, by Bucky himself. These legendary and new school rippers, including FMX demos from the Metal Mulisha, will be at the Journeys Backyard BBQ taking place at the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, NJ on June 9th from 12-7pm.
There are a limited number of Classic Vans customized by Marco Zamora up on Ebay now with 50% of the proceeds designated for charity. Take a look and bid now.
Did you go to the Pro-tec Pool Party on Saturday night? If so, upload your event photos for all to see. If you are a vans.com community member then just log in and upload the pics and if you are not, take a minute to join and then you'll be all good to go.
What it all leads up to, and how it ended up...
Geoff Rowley will be signing autographs at Utility Boardshop May 18. Check the flyer for all the info.
Out of 24 of the heaviest riders in history, only 10 would advance to the finals...
Check out pictures from the Pool Party.
Music Saves Lives, the trusted conduit between music, entertainment and important life-saving causes, is teaming up with the Vans Warped Tour and blood banks across the nation, to rally thousands of concert goers to give blood and sign up for the national bone marrow registry program. Music Saves Lives will be at each stop on the Vans Warped Tour and every participant who donates blood onsite at the show gets a one-day backstage pass in addition to the opportunity to save someone's life.
In which magazine, web, and video purveyors battle for bragging rights...
Each and every one of the ladies came prepared to throw down in epic fashion, no holds barred...
It's quiet for the moment, but roar is on it's way...
Results... after all isn't that really what everyone expects? here they are undigested, unadulterated, and unfettered by public opinion:
Check the results...
The Combi Pool sessions were in full effect as riders from all over showed up to get their practice runs in before the Vans Pro-Tec Pool Party on Saturday. Check out the video here.
Just a few teaser shots to prime your injectors...
Our man George Crosland was back at the Block on Wednesday night and sent these
The Vans surf team riders traveled to western Australia for a 6 star WQS event. Here's some footage of them free surfing in between heats.
10 separate weeks of skate camp are now open at both parks! Sessions are for skateboarders ages 6 - 16 on any skill level. Skate camp weeks run Monday through Friday from 8am - 12pm. Cost is $170 for members and $195 for nonmembers. Sign up today because these weeks will fill up fast.
Click here for Orlando's Skate Camp Schedule
Click here for The Block's (Orange, CA) Skate Camp Schedule
Orlando - 407-351-3881
The Block - 714-769-3800
Ready for another classic day of bowl skating in one of the most unforgiving bowls ever built? Watch it all live as 40 top pro skateboarders and a who's who of skate legends compete for more than $90,000 in prize money this Saturday from 3 to 10 pm PT at the Pro-tec Pool Party.
Enough frontsides to make Concussion readers happy... and a Mute!
Unite The United is auctioning off Vans Warped Tour All Sumer VIP passes on ebay this week. Unite the United is directly affiliated with the Vans Warped Tour and they are authorized to sell official 2007 Vans Warped Tour VIP Passes on eBay with the proceeds from all sales going directly to non-profit, grassroots charities. More info about the Unite the United Foundation on our website: www.unitetheunited.org
In which we explore soon to be defunct memories...
If you are coming out to the Pool Party on Saturday and taking photos be sure to come back on vans.com to upload your photos for all to see. Bring out those cameras!
All bets are off, mainly because you just can't set points, lines, and odds in this thing...
Ready for another classic day of bowl skating in one of the most unforgiving bowls ever built? Watch it all live as 40 top pro skateboarders and a who's who of skate legends compete for more than $90,000 in prize money this Saturday from 3 to 10 pm PT at the Pro-tec Pool Party. MORE.
Enter now for our chance to win a private show featuring select Warped Tour bands from this year's Tour. In addition, one hundred First Prize winners will get a custom Monster ESP/LTD guitar. More info can be found on www.monsterenergy.com.
Are you ready for some football?
Hopefully, the answer to that question is a resounding "NO."
Vans has hooked up with Iron Maiden on new Vans Classics including Sk8-Hi's and Slip On's. Take a look.
If you've been down to the combi lately, you've probably noticed this guy lurking. George Crosland provides us with a few cool shots to share what's been going down in practice sessions at the Bock. By the way, he says both Omar and Bucky are ripping.
In perhaps the most heated contest of the winter, the biggest names in snowboarding battle it out in the Vans Cup Superpipe event at Northstar-at-Tahoe, California. Watch as Danny Kass, Keir Dillon, Antti Autti, Scotty Lago, Louri Todlotchokov, Louie Vito, Michael Goldschmidt, Elena Hight, Kelly Clark and Clair Bidez push snowboarding to all new levels.
Check out the Circle Jerks podcast on Itunes to learn about this legendary band's history, the Group Sex cover and how the Circle Jerks shoe collaboration came to be.
In addition to the tickets available at Val Surf and Focus, Vans has enter to win boxes set up at the following stores.
There are a limited number of tickets availale for the Pool Party at the following locations:
Fuse TV has just launched their new Warped Hall of Fame feature on fuse.tv. Users are voting for their favorite Warped moments, which will then be counted down on the air on June 23. Take a look and cast your vote.
Joe from Rise Against called up Fuse TV's Sneak Attack to spill some details about the new Vans Rise Against shoe. Check out the clip here.
The Vans Warped Tour kicks off on June 29th at the Pomona Fairgrounds. Bad Religion, Pennywise and Coheed and Cambria lead the charge this summer so get your tickets now.