Vans x Skateboarder Magazine Collection Out Now!
Posted 07/16/2012 06:00:00 by Kelly
The original Skateboarder Magazine meets the original skate shoe company for a limited edition collection of classics. Vans’ designers re-created Skateboarder clothing classics as well as drew inspiration from the pages of Skateboarder that chronicled skate’s infancy to create new timeless clothing and footwear. The collection is out now, check it!
First published as a quarterly by Surfer Publications out of Dana Point during the first skateboarding boom in 1965, The Quarterly Skateboarder only lasted four issues and was put into hibernation in 1966, just as Vans was churning out its first pair of shoes in Anaheim. The magazine was resuscitated as Skateboarder during a skate revival in the mid 70s - mirroring the heyday of the Z-boys and Dogtown skateboarders who tore into abandoned pools during the 1975 drought with Vans on their feet. Along with 1980 came another decline in skate popularity and the magazine added BMX coverage and became Action Now. Skateboarder would be on another hiatus until the mid 90s when the magazine re-launched to be the monthly chronicle to all that is skateboarding. Today, Skateboarder offers a fresh look on the ever-changing skate landscape, highlighting the omnipresent progression while reflecting on the evolution witnessed by its pages.
First published as a quarterly by Surfer Publications out of Dana Point during the first skateboarding boom in 1965, The Quarterly Skateboarder only lasted four issues and was put into hibernation in 1966, just as Vans was churning out its first pair of shoes in Anaheim. The magazine was resuscitated as Skateboarder during a skate revival in the mid 70s - mirroring the heyday of the Z-boys and Dogtown skateboarders who tore into abandoned pools during the 1975 drought with Vans on their feet. Along with 1980 came another decline in skate popularity and the magazine added BMX coverage and became Action Now. Skateboarder would be on another hiatus until the mid 90s when the magazine re-launched to be the monthly chronicle to all that is skateboarding. Today, Skateboarder offers a fresh look on the ever-changing skate landscape, highlighting the omnipresent progression while reflecting on the evolution witnessed by its pages.