Best of 2020 | Independent Trucks

Here’s the best of the best in 2020 from Independent Trucks. Featuring Ryan Townley, Grant Taylor, Lance Mountain, Peter Hewitt, Lefty, Russell, Clay Kreiner, Tony Hawk, Clive Dixon, Blake Carpenter, Carlos Ribeiro, Erick Winkowski, Chris Gregson, Aaron “Jaws” Homoki, Taylor Kirby, Vincent Matheron, Toby Ryan, Jonno Gaitan, Mason Silva, Colin Provost, John Worthington, Cedric Pabich, Roman Pabich, Tre Williams, Zachary “Ducky” Kovacs, Alex Willms, Vincent Matheron, Nassim Lachhab, Tiago Lemos, Allysha Le, Sardines A La Plancha, Eric Dressen, Pat Noho, Omar Hassan, and Milton Martinez.

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Grosso Forever: The Propeller Vert Sessions | Skate | VANS

With Propeller being the first ever full-length skateboarding film from Vans, there was no question that it needed to pay homage its roots. Opening with an 80’s style backyard ramp session quickly became the plan, but what most don’t know is that Jeff Grosso single-handedly made it happen. From finding the location to assembling the skaters, Jeff became the heart and soul behind the shoot. Here for the first time is a full cut of what went down during those three epic days. This is a tribute to Jeff and everything he brought to our world through his boundless love for skateboarding. Featuring Jeff Grosso, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Lizzie Armanto and Omar Hassan.
Grosso Forever.

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Omar Hassan | The Nine Club With Chris Roberts – Episode 172

Omar Hassan discusses growing up in Costa Mesa CA, skating for Acme Skateboards, The ChromeDome’s, pissing off Gator, getting on Blockhead Skateboards, filming for The Blockhead video, taking the Greyhound bus alone to Northern California when he was 13 years old, skating with Mark Gonzalez, getting on Vans in ’86, skating for Quicksilver, getting scalped at the Vans Downtown Showdown, riding for Black Label Skateboards, getting on Volcom, filming a new video part and much more!

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#VolcomNextSpot Demo Daze

Check out all of the action from when Volcom’s 1983 Blue Bird Wanderlodge rolled through: Frederick, MD; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA; New Brunswick, NJ and New York, New York. Featuring: Grant Taylor, Louie Lopez, Daan van der Linden, Axel Cruysberghs, Collin Provost, Milton Martinez, Kyle Walker, Alec Majerus, Omar Hassan, Chris Pfanner and of course, the driver, Jarrod Pimental

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Volcom Presents: SoCal Latin Takeover

Last summer the Latin America skate team made a trip to Southern California to hit all of the classic spots they’ve seen in videos. Among the squad was Akira Shiroma from Brazil, Bralio Sagas from Chile, Jhancarlos Gonzalez from Colombia and Michael Scott from Mexico. They met up with other Volcom riders such as Omar Hassan, CJ Collins and Collin Provost during the week they were here and needless to say they were all impressed on what the Latin team put down!

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Chin Ramp Sessions: Vert Legends

In this edition of Chin Ramp Sessions, vert legends Rune Glifberg, Rob “Sluggo” Boyce, Jake Brown, Chany Jeanguenin, Omar Hassan, Andy MacDonald and Lincoln Ueda converge on the freshly rebuilt Animal Chin Ramp at Woodward West and absolutely shut it down. It’s not often you see a gang of vert legends in the same place at the same time, nevermind on a ramp with as much historical significance.

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