Welcome to the Family – Tony Hawk | SKATE | VANS

Vans is proud to welcome skateboarding legend and global youth icon, Tony Hawk, to the Vans Family as an official global Vans brand ambassador. Sharing a profound heritage in action sports and an undisputed commitment to skate culture, Vans is excited to unite with Tony in 2020 to enable creative expression through skateboarding.

Tony Hawk’s name is synonymous with skateboarding for fans around the world. Tony is a pioneer and has inspired millions to pick up a board with his incredible talent. Vans is honored that he’ll be supporting their mission to promote and grow skateboarding globally.

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Lakai Japan Tour 2018

Lakai headed to Tokyo, Japan for the launch of Tony Hawk’s inaugural Lakai shoe, The Proto. With an all-star line up in an incredible destination, the stoke was at an all time high. People came from all over Japan to be some of the first to get their hands on a pair of Tony Hawk signature Lakai’s and to meet the crew.

Watch Tony Hawk, Riley Hawk, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Tyler Pacheco, and Jimmy Wilkins roll through Tokyo in this edit from their Japanese Distributor, OSC Distribution.

New Lakai Proto colors will be available January 25th at Lakai.com

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Tony Hawk Does 100 BLUNTS In His Lakai Proto Shoe

When CCS texted Tony Hawk about doing 100 of a trick in his Lakai shoe, on VERT, he made sure to let them know that meant he had to hit almost 200 walls of his ramp in one session. Not skating vert, we didn’t really know what this meant. Apparently it’s like running a marathon just to hit 12 walls in one run, so it was a tall order. Thankfully, Tony is as pro as he was at 14 and banged them out for us with a smile! We couldn’t be more stoked to see the legend in one of CCS’s wear tests! See how his shoe held up and grab a pair at CCS.com today!

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Tony Hawk Welcome to Lakai Limited Footwear

Breaking news from the Lakai World Summit where the legendary Tony Hawk has been officially announced as riding for Lakai Limited Footwear. In a recent press conference Tony addressed the room of journalists, and answered their toughest questions to topics such as “Favorite Shep Dawg,” “Cost to Buy Lakai,” “2017 SOTY,” and more. Riley Hawk was reported to have been accompanying the Birdman, and was surely involved in inking the deal.

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