Posts Tagged ‘Vans’
Vans Bowl-A-Rama Bondi 2010 Kicks Off
February 19th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
It’s getting even hotter down under at Bondi Beach as the Vans Bowl-A-Rama 2010 contest is on. Read more…
Florentin Marfaing And 10 Years On Vans Video
January 10th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Over 10 minutes of technical and stylish skating with Florentin Marfaing Read more…
The Big Push 2009 – All Videos Right Here
November 22nd, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Some comments have been coming in, asking just about if I have been sleeping while the Big Push 2009 has been all over the media. Easy answer – no, I wasn’t sleeping 
I’ve been reading the Sidewalk Skateboard Mag, watching videos and just enjoying it while thinking for myself: who am I going to vote for. Six teams involved, the judges points are in and now it’s up to us to help decide which team wins fame and fortune. What was the difference to last year?
a) Each team was allocated a specific geographic area – hopefully meaning less repeated spots and a more comprehensive sessioning of the country.
b) Each team were set regional specific tasks – i.e. everyone doing certain tricks at certain spots, set concrete parks to visit and film a line at, obscure trick list to fill out and, most importantly NBD challenges at one iconic spot per area.
c) This year the winner will be chosen 50% through online voting and 50% through points garnered through completion of set tasks.
That’s all folks – voting will close on December 10th 2009 and for all of those who don’t have a copy of the latest Sidewalk Skateboard Magazine, I’ve added all of the videos in here (thanks to Mpora.com) – 6 videos to choose from. The link to the voting page is after all of the videos, click on the following link to watch all of the videos!
Video recap Vans Downtown Showdown 2009
September 30th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The action at the Vans Downtown Showdown 2009 was over the top yet again this year and if you didn’t catch it live or on Fuel.tv (which you still can by the way…) then watch it right here and check out who took away a chunk of the $85,000 bucks.
The Big Push 2009
September 14th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Jonathan Young
Just making sure that one of most traditional 5 day contests in the UK is getting started tomorrow, September 15th 2009 and it runs until September 19th 2009. Here’s the “official” announcement from Sidewalk Skateboard Magazine which has taken over as the host as Document Magazine had to close shop:
Now in its fifth year, the Big Push is a well-established and highly anticipated part of the UK skateboard calendar. Created by Percy Dean of Document magazine, the Big Push aims to pit the premium skateboard teams in the country against one another on a whistle-stop tour of the hottest and most iconic skateboard destinations that the UK has to offer.
“This year, the Big Push sees the reins being taken by the UK’s largest skateboard publication Sidewalk and aims to be bigger and better than ever before. With teams from Vans, Nike SB, DC, Adidas, Etnies and Team Shiner, and pre-assigned area specific tasks for each team, 2009 should see the most varied and explosive Big Push yet.”
Vans European Downtown Showdown live webcast!
September 12th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The first European version of the Vans Downtown Showdown is taking place today, September 12th 2009 in Torino, Italy with six European board brands taking part with their teams who will compete in a jam session on each obstacle designed by Blueprint, Heroin and Cliché – check out the live webcast right here!
Bucky Lasek’s backyard bowl is ready to rip!
June 5th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Concrete Disciples just put out yet another great interview/article entitled “HEAVEN / BUCKY LASEK’S BOWL” which shows off the utterly stunning new backyard (yeah, that’s right, in his garden!) pool which already looks incredibly large in the photos! This seriously one hell of a dream come true – here’s one short excerpt from the whole check-out from Bucky Lasek himself – click on the picture from “MRZ” below which shows the bowl without skaters to go straight on over to read this one and drool a bit over the amazing pictures!
“Well, I always wanted to build something nice and big. I’ve always ridden these bowls that just didn’t feel right. They were all kind of whippy. They were really tight, fast, and it always hurt when I fell. I just wanted to relate what bowls are today to what vert skating is becoming with the big trannys. It’s a lot easier on your body. You can go a lot faster and a lot bigger. So, we built this bowl. It’s 13.5 ft. deep in the arrow head section and it’s 12.8 ft. in the round. It’s on a slight slope and I made all the hips 45 degrees or less. Real mellow so you don’t get caught with any sharp edges, so you don’t get jammed up”
Protec Pool Party 2009 results
May 18th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
The final results from Saturday’s Protec Pool Party 2009 at the Vans Combi Bowl are in and no big surprises in there. The action was crazy and Bucky Lasek finally took first place in the pro contest in front of Omar Hassan and Rune Glifberg. I was really happy to see Pedro Barros making it all the way to 4th place, like I said in the interview I did with him (click here to read it) he’s going to be one of the THE skaters to follow in the future! All the results are right here! And check out more pictures from MRZ on the Vans website, click right here…
Pro Results
1. Bucky Lasek
2. Omar Hassan
3. Rune Glifberg
4. Pedro Barros
5. Bob Burnquist
6. Sergie Ventura
7. Josh Borden
8. Josh Rodriguez
Masters Results
1. Chris Miller
2. Christian Hosoi
3. Nicky Guerrero
4. Steve Caballero
5. Steve Alba
Ladies Results
1. Julie Kindstrand
2. Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
3. Megan Brown
March 18, 2010: jekimigh
March 7, 2010: austin hughes
March 7, 2010: TNT Skateboarding
March 6, 2010: alex
