For the Love of Skateboarding
In Honor of the 30th anniversary of the Half Cab, Dick Rizzo puts the Chive Skate Half Cab 92 to work on the streets of NYC, New Jersey, Washington DC, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in a skate edit by Paul Young. This project was filmed on Hi-8 cameras giving a nod to the golden era of East Coast skateboarding, adding to the legacy that has inspired Rizzo.
Featuring Dick Rizzo, Joel Meinholz, Justin Helkamp, Mark Humienik, Fred Gall, Etienne Gagne, Nick Michel and Steve Cabellero.
The 2022 Vans Showdown in Huntington Beach, CA during the Vans US Open of Surfing went off. Check out all the finals highlights here.
Guided by Italian legends such as Gino & Jacopo Carozzi, and on Gino own words, “the team had to get technical” to reinvent ways to skate the already famous spots that Milan has to offer. Vans are not sure if that’s because of Chris’ mom delicious cooking throughout the trip or because of the pizza slices & birra Moretti breaks on the spot, but they riders really managed to get the bread factory going on out there. Featuring Chris Pfanner, Mattia Turco, Marco Kada, Rob Maatman, Schianta Lepori, Willow Voges Fernandes, Martino Cattaneo, Helena Long, Andrea Carugo, Victor Pellegrin, Samuel Norgren, Albert Nyberg, Flo Marfain, Sergio Reinhardt, Aurora Steri and Miriam Marino.
The Vans Showdown returns to Huntington Beach as a contest where culture overrides competition. This inclusive contest will feature all of the most relevant street skaters from around the world. Vans Showdown celebrates skate culture by bringing together the world’s most exciting and stylish skaters alongside brand partners Palace, Hockey, Alltimers, Spitfire, Quasi and friends.
The Vans Showdown is underway with amazing riding in Huntington Beach, CA during the Vans US Open of Surfing!
The Boardr brings you a course preview for the Vans Showdown in Huntington Beach!
The Vans Japan skate team presents their first full length skate team video, Coast 2 Coast, filmed entirely in Japan; from the southern coasts of Okinawa all the way to the north of Hokkaido. Featuring Cocona Hiraki, Daiki Hoshino, Hina Maeda, Junnosuke Hasegawa, Kihana Ogawa, Mami Tezuka, Raido Tajima, Rio Morishige, Sakura Yosozumi, Shogo Zama, Shor West, Sota Tomikawa, Toa Sasaki, Yuma Takei, Yoshiaki Nagado, and Yushin Hashimoto.
Filmed and edited by Kyota Kamei.
House of Vans CDMX presents the fourth episode of the documentary “Mi Casa es tu Casa”, a look at the construction process of the new permanent location of House of Vans in the heart of Mexico City. In this fourth episode, we’ll have a deep dive in the architecture of the mind blowing ancient house in the middle of the city and the obstacles that our Vans Family had to jump to set House of Vans inside this monument.
House of Vans CDMX presents the third episode of the documentary “Mi Casa es tu Casa”, a look at the construction process of the new permanent location of House of Vans in the heart of Mexico City. In this third episode, we’ll meet Helena Garza, Marcos Castro and Ricardo González a.k.a. Its A Living, who are the muralist that colored the walls of the house including their creative process and the inspiration they took for creating this murals.
Vans is proud to celebrate 30 years of the Half Cab™, with CUT DOWN: 30 Years Of The Vans Half Cab, a three-part series directed by Patrick O’Dell.
House of Vans CDMX presents the second episode of the documentary “Mi Casa es tu Casa”, a look at the construction process of the new permanent location of House of Vans in the heart of Mexico City. In this second episode, we’ll meet Dreamland Skateparks and the local construction team who are the minds behind the unique bowl located at the top of the house and the mind blowing skatepark in the first floor.
Vans Skateboarding is proud to present Lizzie, a short 35mm film directed by renowned filmmaker Greg Hunt. Unveiling a personal, intimate account of Lizzie Armanto beyond her skateboarding accolades and identity as one of the world’s most talented skateboarders, the film is the first to explore Lizzie’s life through the lens of those closest to her, including her mother, husband as well as skate legend Tony Hawk.