For the Love of Skateboarding
This Saturday we officially kick off the 2019 VPS Pro Tour in Shanghai, China. Tune in to watch the LIVE BROADCAST HERE.
Saturday May 18th 2019
Shanghai, China – 12 noon
Los Angeles – 9pm (Friday 17th May)
New York – 12am
London – 5am
Sydney – 2pm
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’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.
Watch Vans Rider Tom Schaar’s three-peat winning run of the 2019 Vans Pool Party to see how he won his 4th Pro Division title at age 19.
Watch Lance Mountain’s best run of the 2019 Vans Pool Party to see how he took the win in the Legends Division.
Vans looks forward to commemorating 15 years of iconic skateboarding, as the 2019 Vans Pool Party makes its historic return to the legendary Vans Combi Bowl on Saturday, May 4 in Orange, CA. Highly regarded as the premier bowl competition that pioneered the style and evolution of modern vertical skateboarding today, the Vans Pool Party showcases the undisputed Legends of the sport, alongside the world’s leading Pros and Masters to celebrate the pure creativity and athleticism that has emerged from the Combi Bowl’s legacy.
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.
The Vans Park Series, skateboarding’s first-ever world championship park terrain series, returns in 2019 with 4 Qualifier stops in China, Brazil, Canada, and France, followed by the World Championship in Salt Lake City, USA. Get the full schedule and watch every stop LIVE at www.vansparkseries.com
May 4th join us in celebrating the 15th anniversary of the greatest pool party in history at the legendary Combi Bowl at the Vans Skatepark in Orange. Watch the gnarliest tranny skaters on earth LIVE at 2019 Vans Pool Party HERE.
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.
30 shops / crews went head to head in a battle to the finish at this year’s Clash of the Crews. Some of them even camped out on the floor. Big thanks to Vans, Ray Barbee, Salt Life Beer and all the crews that came to participate. Check out the Death Race, Best Trick, Concrete Jam and Street Contest coverage right here.
Once again, shops from all over the country come to SPoT to battle it out for $2,000 and street cred at Vans Clash of the Crews. The night before, we welcome everyone to town with an epic Death Race around the Pro Course. This year we added a kids’ race and an actual “Athletic Race” where people just run it…because, why not? Big thanks to Salt Life for hooking us up with some free beer for 21+.