1st Place – Pedro Barros (BRA) 88.63 | Sao Paulo, BRA | 2019 Men’s Pro Tour | Vans Park Series
The king of Brazil did not disappoint his home crowd with a powerful display of skating in Sao Paulo. This is Pedro’s 3rd win on Brazilian soil out of 4 events (he came 2nd in the other).
Course Preview – Roman Pabich | Sao Paulo, Brazil – Vans Park Series
Shanghai champ Roman Pabich (USA) hits the Sao Paulo skate park in this course preview.
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.
Loveletters Season 10: Og De Souza Love Note | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Og De Souza is a big part of Brazilian skate history . His story IS skateboarding to its core… then, now and everywhere.
Geoff Rowley grinds the Staples Center Hubba! | Classic Tales | VANS
Geoff Rowley tells us the inspirational tale of grinding the Staples Center hubba for the first time. He set up the shot and also hid a secret camera man in the bushes to capture the insanity.
Athlete Profile: Luiz Francisco (BRA) – Vans Park Series
Rewind 12 months to Sao Paulo 2018 when Luiz Francisco became a crowd favorite with a powerful showing in the Vans Park Series Pro Tour Final.
Loveletters Season 10: Brazil | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Brazil has one of the best, oldest and coolest skate scenes in the world. Grosso and the Love Letters crew headed down to see how much of epic skate history they could uncover in 8 days. This is the longest episode ever and we barely scratched the surface of Brazilian skateboarding!
Trailer: Sao Paulo, Brazil – 2019 Men’s & Women’s Pro Tour | Vans Park Series
Vans Park Series heads to Sao Paulo, Brazil for the 2nd stop of the 2019 Pro Tour on June 23rd, 2019.
Loveletters Season 10: Mike Smith Love Note | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Mike Smith has had a big impact on skateboarding… He invented the Smith Stop and the Smith Vert! He also had a company in the late 80s called Liberty Skates. Grosso gives some love to one of his all time favorite skaters.
Loveletters Season 10: Lizzie Armanto | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Skateboarding is for everyone. There are no gate keepers, no coaches, no teams or leagues, and no rules. Grosso sits down with his good friend Lizzie to talk about skating, the loop, girl power, and more.
Active Girls Skate Clinic
Active Ride Shop invited all the Active girls out for a private skate clinic sponsored by Vans. The day was filled with shredding, tacos, home made ice cream and a tie dye station, what more can you ask for.
Loveletters Season 10: Ray Bones Love Note | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
Ray Bones Rodriguez was one of skateboardings first child prodigy’s. His “career” as a pro skater didn’t last long but Grosso got to witness it first hand and it is forever burned into his memory.