STOKED is a non-profit organization on a mission to help bridge the education and opportunity gap for underserved youth. They work with schools, organizations and mentors to host after school activities that are centered around sports culture, confidence building and community bonding. For this project, they hosted a workshop to paint and assemble skateboards for the local community.
Vans Skateboarding x Skateistan: Lizzie Armanto | Skate | VANS
Vans, the global leader in skateboarding for over 50 years and world-renowned, iconic Finnish skater, Lizzie Armanto, celebrate Vans’ partnership with Skateistan, the award-winning international non-profit organization which empowers youth through skateboarding and education in Afghanistan, Cambodia, South Africa and supports other social skate projects around the world.
PALACE X VANS
New Palace X Vans collab out now!
Vans Presents: Alright, Ok | November 23 | Skate | VANS
On November 23rd, Vans Skateboarding will proudly present Alright, OK, a new skate film featuring global signature team riders Elijah Berle and Gilbert Crockett, with a special guest appearance by Justin Henry. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Greg Hunt—whose talent brought to life Vans’ first full-length skateboarding video, PROPELLER—Alright, OK is yet another masterpiece, encapsulating an epic labor of love by pro Elijah Berle, who worked tirelessly over two hard years to land arguably the best tricks of his career. Elijah shares the screen with Vans teammate and Richmond native, Gilbert Crockett, whose contrasting, eccentric style flows alongside Elijah’s timeless form like yin to yang.
Director Greg Hunt reunites the two for the first time since the release of Vans PROPELLER in 2015, finding skate spots from all over the globe in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Portugal, New York and their home states of Virginia and California. Skateboarding has a gift of bringing together the most unlikely people from around the world, through the love of the simple act of rolling.
Course Preview – Tristan Rennie | Sao Paulo, brazil – Vans Park Series
Tristan Rennie takes us on a preview of the São Paulo course. Vans built this park for their Vans Park Series stop last year and left it as a public skatepark for the locals to skate, now we are back again. Tristan Rennie is gnarly and we could see him doing well with run like this, and Chris Gregson is the sickest filmer out.
Athlete Profile: Pedro Barros (BRA) – Vans Park Series
In this VPS Rider Profile, Pedro Barros the boss of the Brazilian skate scene talks about the skaters that influenced him as well as the impact of the São Paulo Legacy Skatepark.
Loveletters Season 10: China | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Skateboarding is freedom. In 1989 when George Powell, the owner of Powell Peralta Skateboards, flew to Beijing China was transforming from a closed market Communist society to an open global super power. George had one goal: to bring skateboarding to the biggest country in the world. The only problem: there were no skaters or skateboards anywhere in China.
Andrew Allen Gets Dissed by a Rollerblader! | Classic Tales | VANS
Andrew Allen’s local skatepark gets overrun by renegade rollerbladers who are addicted to waxing just about everything in the park. A dreadlocked Brazilian rollerblading Amazon woman becomes Andrew’s enemy and challenges him to a slippery skate off. She wins, but in the end she really loses.
Loveletters Season 10: Five Great DIYs | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
The DIY concrete skatepark building revolution altered the course of skateboarding forever. Anything is possible when skaters unite and take over. In this episode of The Letters Jeff picked his 5 favorites and talked to the main players about how they got them going and what it takes to keep them standing.
Loveletters Season 10: Venice | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Back in the 1980’s the skaters of Venice Beach, California had to make due with what they had: an old abandoned pavilion on the boardwalk and a few scraps of wood. What they did with those limited resources helped change skateboarding forever.
A Park For The Pros Brings Skateboarding To The Kids In Kroksbäck | THIS IS OFF THE WALL | VANS
The Kroksbäck Skatepark was originally built in Malmö, Sweden for the Vans Park Series World Championship final in 2016. Once the event was over the skatepark was left behind for the city to enjoy and what has developed since is more than we expected. In particular, a group of local kids have picked up skateboarding for the first time and have made the skatepark their second home. This is a story about that community and the power of skateboarding.
1st Place Run, Tom Schaar 91.69 | Huntington Beach, 2017 Pro Tour | Vans Park Series
Tom Schaar was making glass with the heat he brought to the sands at Huntington Beach today. Checkout his winning run!