2017 Vans Park Series World Championship Shanghai Trailer

With just two weeks left until the ultimate park terrain skateboarding battle, the world’s skateboarding elite are honing their skills in preparation for the 2017 Vans Park Series World Championships taking place in Shanghai, China on September 23. Located in the world-famous Bund waterfront area in central Shanghai, China, the 2017 VPS World Championships will pit skateboarding’s elite pros against select VPS Continental Champions to present the greatest showcase of men’s and women’s park terrain skateboarding talent the world has ever seen in a custom designed and purpose-built, VPS-certified park terrain competition course. With a total purse of more than US$160,000 on the line, this historic culmination will officially crown the men’s and women’s 2017 VPS World Champions of Park Terrain Skateboarding and establish next year’s elite VPS Pro Tour class.

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Loveletters Season 8: Lance Mountain Part 1 | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

Back in 2009 Lance Mountain set out to make a TV show to pay respect to the generation of skaters from the late 1970’s. Guys like Bobby Valdez and Darrell Miller who didn’t become household names but nonetheless had a huge impact on Lance and skateboarding in general. The show never happened but we found all the footage and decided to cut the story together. Here it is… The Origin of the Love Letters with Lance Mountain – Part 1.

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Vans Shop Riot 2017: Baltics Qualifiers | Shop Riot | VANS

The most exciting action sports event in the Baltics took place in Riga’s infamous Monsterpark. The finest skate shop teams from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania competed against each other to be the official Baltic state participant at the Vans Shop Riot European. Following a hard-fought contest, it was Latvia’s Clockwise taking first place and earning their space in the finals. Second place went to last year’s 3rd place winners OnWheels from Estonia and in third place were Board LV Shop from Latvia.

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