The 8th Annual Pro-tec Pool Party, hydrated by vitaminwater, airs this Saturday, May 12th at 3PM PDT live in HD from the Vans Skatepark in Orange at vans.com/poolparty. This year’s contest will be another legendary face-off with a Pro division filled with past winners led by defending ...

We are giving away 10 pairs of tickets to the official launch party of the Vans Warped Tour and first UK screening of No Room for Rockstars. Taking place in central London on 8th May, where the line up will be revealed for the very first time....and you could ...

The Vans Shop Riot is back for yet another year of fostering local team spirit. The concept remains the same: promote European Skateboarding, Independent Skate Shops & their teams through an original series of contests across Europe. It’s the perfect opportunity for European Skate Shops to show that they are ...

Join us for the 8th Annual Pro-tec Pool Party hydrated by vitaminwater on May 12th and see 45 top pros and masters vie for their piece of $113,000 in one of the most unforgiving bowls ever built. Held in the historic replica Combi Bowl at Vans Skatepark at the ...

The highly anticipated Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic is back in Varazze the 4-6th of May with a talented crew of international skaters descending on the beach for 3 days of skateboarding, an epic line up of live music, exclusive movie screenings and more, kicking off the season in ...

Today will see the official launch party of the new Vans store in London's Camden. Directly opposite the tube station, the new store sees a change in design from the traditional store fit. As part of the opening Tim Wolf (www.timrobot.com) will be painting live in store ...

Varazze - May 4-6th, 2012 Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic announces a musical line up of heavy hitting all stars to take the 3-day skate event late into the night and deep into the hearts of all who attend. Friday’s opening skate event at Molo del Surf will culminate ...

Buckinghamshire based rockers YOUNG GUNS are pleased to announce a new UK headline tour for autumn, the run of Vans Off The Wall Music Night shows presented by Monster, will see the quintet playing the following venues: OCTOBER 08: PORTSMOUTH, Wedgewood Rooms 09: NORWICH, Waterfront 11: CARDIFF, Uni Great Hall ...

Vans – the original Action Sports, Art, Music and Street Culture brand since 1966 – proudly announces the opening of a new Vans store in the United Kingdom. With a retail area of 200 m², the Vans store will open on the 30th of March in the London borough of Camden. Following ...

Yes it's true. After 14 years the Vans Warped Tour is returning to Europe with a show in London this November! The lineup, venue and ticket info are yet to come but starting today, Warped fans can sign up for future updates to get the first word on details ...

Wangl Tangl starts this weekend! The snow and skate team final confirmations are live on www.wangltangl.com. The roster includes some of the world’s best snowboarders and skateboarders. World Snowboarding Champion Iouri Podladtchikov will lead the Vans Off The Wall team through the Vans Penken Park. On the ...

Thanks to everyone who came down to the opening of Vans at Slam City Skates in Covent Garden last night. The event showcased photography from 'Selected Memory: A Greg Hunt Solo exhibition' which will be present in the basement for two weeks to view. Keep up to date with all ...

Vans & Looking Sideways have announced that Blaise Rosenthal, Mark ‘Fos’ Foster, Corey Smith, French and Schoph Schophield will be five of the ten internationally renowned skate and snowboard artists exhibiting at this year’s Vans Wängl Tängl event in Mayrhofen, Austria. The Looking Sideways show will kick off with an ...

Head down to Vans Carnaby Street at 6pm today for your last chance to meet The Devil Wears Prada as part of the Vans Off the Wall music tour. There will be free tour posters and some other Vans give-aways for you to take away, no need for a wrist ...

SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL 2012 IS HERE! THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF BANDS FOR THE 7th ANNUAL SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL AT 26TH MAY IN LEEDS UNIVERSITY AND 27TH MAY UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE (HATFIELD CAMPUS), CAN NOW BE REVEALED TAKING BACK SUNDAY / ARCHITECTS / THE KING BLUES AND LOADS MORE ACROSS 7 STAGES TICKETS ...

Our friends over at Front magazine are putting on a special event, The Art Of FRONT, which is open to members of the public for five days free of charge. Eighteen of FRONT magazine's favourite artists were handpicked and asked to produce an original piece of art specifically for ...

Mayrhofen, Austria – (Feb. 8, 2012) The VANS Wängl Tängl 2012 presented by G-Shock is a week long Snowboard, Skateboard, Music and Art “Contest-ival.” Musical highlights will take place throughout the week, with DJ’s and live music every night of the week, until the nightly events build into a frenzy ...

Our friends over at rocksound.tv have just put up an awesome gallery of images from The Devil Wears Prada Deathrone UK tour, as part of the Vans Off the Wall Music Tour. Check it out below. http://www.rocksound.tv/photos/article/live-and-loud-the-devil-wears-prada

Vans recently launched its Spring 2012 OTW footwear line during Berlin Fashion Week with a blow-out event that featured an exhibition by the OTW advocates, including photography by Dimitri Coste, an art installation by Eric Elms and vinyl toy art and sculptures by new OTW advocate Chris Kong. The night ...

Thank you to those who braved the weather this weekend to come and visit The Devil Wears Prada at the Vans Manchester Central store. Their show in Stoke sold out last week, and London has now also sold out, have you got your tickets yet? http://deadthrone.com/

Thanks to everyone who came out in the freezing cold yesterday to the Vans store in Cardiff for the first The Devil Wears Prada in store signing. They'll be hitting Stoke tonight playing The Sugarmill and then onto Manchester Academy 3 tomorrow, where they will be stopping by our ...

Vans Off the Wall Tour presents The Devil Wears Prada Dead Throne UK tour kicks off next week and just announced supporting them will be Last Witness and Brotherhood of the Lake. Full info and tickets head to http://www.deadthrone.com/

House of Vans Berlin—3 Days of Music, Art and Celebration Vans launched the first ever House of Vans experience in Berlin last week with three days of free entertainment. The experience began with the Vans OTW Spring 12 launch event on Wednesday 18 January featuring a live performance by ...

VANS OFF THE WALL MUSIC TOUR PRESENTS THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ‘DEAD THRONE ‘TOUR UK Vans is proud to announce that The Devil Wears Prada will be headlining the Vans Off The Wall Music Tour. Vans have established ties with The Devil Wears Prada, releasing limited edition footwear in honour ...

The Huck magazine's 'Rolling Back The Years' exhibition opened with a private view last night in London's Shoreditch. A selection of the artists were in attendance at the launch to showcase their work and watch SSSSnakes. The pop up store is now open to the public until the ...

Please join us for a night of music and art in Berlin January 18 and experience what the Vans OTW Collection is all about. This celebration creates a special opportunity to welcome new OTW advocates Lupe Fiasco and Chris Kong to the Vans family as they join current OTW advocates ...

Vans Off the Wall Music Tour Presents THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA'S Dead Throne Tour UK Armed with what Metal Hammer called the band’s “most ferocious release to date”, rising metalcore darlings, The Devil Wears Prada are set to return to the UK for their own headline tour, the ...

The Rolling Back The Years exhibition launches in London next week, check the press release below for full info

The Vans official edits are now live from the Vans Concrete Carnival that took place in Hemel in December.

The history of BMX evolved at the VANSrebeljam in Eindhoven, NL over the course of the first weekend in December. One hundred sixty of the world’s best riders made the journey to Eindhoven from the US, Japan and throughout Europe. Heavy hitters like Ty Morrow, Matthias Dandois, Corey Martinez ...

The Mariachi's are back. The Bronx's alter ego return to our shores this weekend to round off the Vans Off the Wall Music Night European tour that saw them play in over 10 countries. On top of the main show at Kings College London the band will be ...

Footage from last weekends Vans Concrete Carnival is starting to roll in. Check out the first below, and check back for the official Vans edit coming soon. Unders 16s 1: Robin Bolian 2: Jesse Thomas 3: Charile Birch 4: Harry Phelps 5: Kieren Brooks Over 16 (unsponsored) 1: Dan Hill ...

Vans Wängl Tängl 2012 presented by G-Shock, returns on March 17-24, 2012. The 10th anniversary of legendary week long Wängl Tängl snowboard, skateboard, music and art ‘Contest-ival’ will take place from the 17th to 24th of March, in its traditional home base of Mayrhofen, Austria. Vans is stepping up its ...

Vans Concrete Carnival fuelled by Monster Energy, will be taking place at XC Skate park in Hemel Hempstead this weekend (3rd and 4th December). The contest finishes of the series of bowl events that Vans have presented through 2011, namely the Vans Off the Bowl Contest in Switzerland and Vans ...

Mariachi El Bronx hit our shores this weekend as part of the Vans Off the Wall Music night. On top of this they are giving fans the opportunity to get up close and personal with signing sessions and in store acoustic gigs at the following stores: Tuesday 22nd Nov Signing ...

Mariachi El Bronx are coming to a town near you! The 4th annual Vans Off The Wall Music Night tour arrives in the UK this wekend for an unforgettable night. Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of acclaimed Los Angeles-based punk outfit The Bronx, will take the helm for the ...

It's been a winning weekend for Vans team riders, Jake Collins took 1st place in the UKSA Mini ramp Champs that took place in X-Site skatepark Skegness. With Chris Oliver taking 2nd place. Check out the highlights from Sidewalk here..

In other BMX related news the Vans Rebel Jam is back again, but this year moving to Holland in December. Check out the teaser below and follow full updates on https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=242277862467416

The Vans BMX teams have set out on the Let It Ride trip across the Canary Islands. Coming back for the 3rd season in a row the adventure continues with 12 riders spread across two teams traveling to the very south of Spain - the Canary Islands. Tenerife and Grand Canary ...

The Crossfire Halloween Massacre took place in London on Friday, and to say it went off would be an understatement. For a full report head over to www.caughtinthecrossfire.com to see the carnage.

Footage from the Vans Off the Bowl contest that took place last month in St. Gallen has just been released, check it out below..

If you haven't already got your tickets for the Crossfire Halloween Massacre, you better get your skates on as they are selling like hotcakes! Check out this years teaser if you have any doubt in your mind (which of course you shouldn't) about going! The Vans room with ...

Vans are proud to announce the VANS OFF THE WALL MUSIC NIGHT 2011 Fueled by Monster Energy “The Bronx’s alter-ego makes a spectacular return…A triumph of both authenticity and quality, of fine songs and tasteful playing.” - Kerrang Now in it’s fourth year, Vans will once again create ...

CEREBRAL BALLZY ANNOUNCED AS SPECIAL LIVE GUESTS AT THIS YEARS CROSSFIRE HALLOWEEN MASSACRE…AND PROMISE ‘BLOOD’ 3 ROOMS - 12 DJs - TOXIC WASTERS SKATE ART EXHIBITION - 9PM-5AM To celebrate Crossfire’s 10th Anniversary of supplying unadulterated malarkey to the UK’s skateboard and music scenes, London’s most raucous Halloween party ...

The first stop of the Big Bang snowboard show hits Tamworth indoor slope this weekend. Vans will be present with a range of brand new snowboard boots that will be dropping into store this season, to test. A host of other brands will also be attending with their new kit ...

Everybody loves a freebie! So thank our friends over at Route One who on 24th October will be covering admission fees at 5 top skate parks across the country, so you skate for free. On top of that they have teamed up with brands including Vans, who are giving away ...

LONDON’S MOST RAUCOUS PARTY, THE ‘CROSSFIRE HALLOWEEN MASSACRE’ RETURNS FOR ONE NIGHT AT HIDDEN CLUB IN VAUXHALL ON FRIDAY 28th OCTOBER! 3 ROOMS - 10 DJs – SPECIAL GUEST LIVE BAND - TOXIC WASTERS SKATE ART EXHIBITION - 9PM-5AM To celebrate Crossfire’s 10th Anniversary of supplying unadulterated malarkey to the UK’s ...

Vans Kill the Line took place in France a couple of weekends ago, with Californian T.J. Ellis taking the winning title of VANS Kill the Line 2011. In the counting two out of three runs he perfectly pulled tricks like Turndown-Frontflip, Tiregrab to Nohander-Backflip and 360 variations midset and ...

www.caughtinthecrossfire.com have created a series of edits from the Vans Downtown Showdown that are that little bit different. In the first webisode they follow artist French (who's artwork was used for the event) throughout the day, check it out here.. http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/vans-downtown-showdown-london-video-part-1/

We've put some Vans highlights together from Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans. Check out footage from the skate vert and BMX mini Summer Sessions, Sole Creator customised Vans, the Beach Clean up initiative and of course highlights from the music site with Skindred on the Vans Off the ...

2nd-4th Dec After three years in Berlin and a 2010 summer in the south of Portugal, VANS rebeljam is back in a central European location. A perfect spot was found with an amazing BMX community behind it, Eindhoven in Holland. The area of Eindhoven has some serious BMX history and ...

Thanks for everyone who came down to the Cult/Federal bmx signing at the Vans Carnaby Street store yesterday. The teams were stoked to meet so many of you. The Cult x Vans collaboration shoe has just landed into the store too, so if you haven't already got yourself ...

Vans Downtown Showdown was an incredible sucess, (minus the rain that almost stopped play for those couple of hours of course!), various edits are coming in thick and fast, check out our facebook page to see them all. www.facebook.com/VansEurope FULL RESULTS: Death Skateboards Obstacle 3rd: EUR 500 ...

The cult and Federal crews are currently winging their way around the UK, stopping into skate parks for demo's and signings. Check out the blog updates from Cult on http://www.cultcrew.com/ And don't forget they will be heading to the Vans store on Carnbay Street, London ...

50’000 Euro Prize Money up for grabs! 20 August 2011, Old Spitalfields Market, London – FREE EVENT – STARTS 12 NOON Twelve of the best skate teams will be competing at the historic Old Spitalfields Market in London on 20th August 2011 for their chance to take part in a contest ...

Alongside BMX, the Vans Summer Sessions also encompasses a vert skate contest, of which the final took place on Sunday at Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in assoc with Vans. The standard this year was better than ever with European and US riders attending, including Neal Hendrix, Joris Brichet and of ...

The Vans Summer Sessions were an integral part of the Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in association with Vans. Check out the highlights below from the BMX contest which took place on the mini ramp down at Fistral beach. Big names from across the UK and Europe attended to compete for ...

Vans surfer Romain Cloitre took first place this weekend at the Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in association with Vans. The final of the 6* WQS surf contest took place on Sunday in Newquay and Romain fought of tough competition taking on Mitch Coleborn from Australia in the final. Check out ...

Vans longboarder Antoine Delpero from France took first place in the Tuaca Mens Longboard final at Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in assoc with Vans. Check out the action against the UK's Ben Skinner here

Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans fully opened yesterday to glorious sunshine. Practice on the vert and mini ramps took place and the Vans and Reef retail tents were trading in the village. The surf started well on the Monday with Vans longboarders Candice O'Donnell and Antoine Delpero making ...

Vans is proud to announce the support of OFF!’s first European tour. They will be playing a variety of festivals and club shows with support from bands such as Fucked Up and The Bronx. The LA-based punk/hardcore quartet OFF! was formed in 2009 by Keith Morris (Black Flag ...

The Cult/Federal team members will be heading to the UK for a full tour this summer, hitting key skate parks across the country for demos and stopping at Vans Carnaby Street on 25th August for only London signing session. Head down from 2pm on 25th August to meet your ...

The time has come for us all to head to Newquay for the week for Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans. If you haven't already got your tickets for the music festival there are still some left, visit http://www.boardmasters.co.uk/ to get yours and check out ...

Salinas, Northern Spain (July 31, 2011) - The first international Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational presented by Vans went down July 29 and 30 during the Salinas Longboard Festival, with 16 of the best longboarders in the world riding 12-lb, single fin leashless boards along with some serious style and nose ...

Twelve of the best skate teams will be competing at the historic Old Spitalfields Market in London on 20th August 2011 for their chance to take part in a contest renowned to test skill, flare and creativity. Far removed from the usual format of any other skateboarding competition - the event ...

Tune in Each Day for Live Webcasts at vans.com/ducttape The first international edition of the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational presented by Vans kicks off this Friday, July 29 and continues Saturday, July 30 at renowned surf locale Playa Salinas in Northern Spain as 16 of the world ...

This year the Vans Salinas Longboard Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary from July 28 - 30 in Spain. Situated in Piedra Blancas on the North Coast of Spain, Playa Salinas is the venue for what has become the biggest gathering of Longboard surfers in Europe. Whilst listed as a competition, the ...

The first Vans Girls Style Night took place last week in London at the Vans Carnaby Store, and we're proud to say it was a great success. As passionate as they are professional, the WAH Nails Team help transform our beautiful participants into hip fashionistas with a little extra ...

The Vans Girls Style Night will hit Carnaby Street tomorrow, registration has now closed for participation but come and visit us at the store from 6pm-10pm to check out Wah Nails.

To all you budding artist out there that are heading down to Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans, come and check out the Sole Creator area that will be set up next door to the Vans retail area. They will be offering a free service to those who purchase a ...

So Sonisphere is heading to Knebworth this weekend. If you're going, make sure you check out our friends Architects, Arcane Roots, Black Spiders, Cancer Bats, Gallows, Jettblack, Rolo Tomassi, Rise to Remain, Sylosis, Turbowolf to name a few of the amazing bands playing. The first time the big four ...

The Vans Summer Skate camps are taking place across the UK in August. There will be coaching from selected members of the UK skate team and plenty of give-aways, so head to one of the below parks. 8th-12th August - Central park Manchester 15th-19th August - Subvert park, Castleford 22nd-29th August - Ramp ...

Date and Time -14th July 6 – 9 pm Location – Vans Store , 47 Carnaby Street, London W1F 9PT Do you need a little style advice then head to the Vans Girls Style Night with Wah Nails Style: an invaluable commodity that cannot be bought. Those that feel they have a stylistic ...

The Vans Warped Tour has kicked off in the US. It's the longest running rock tour of all time, and this years list of bands reads like a who's who of rock royalty! We have our pit reporter Allie out for the whole tour and she will be ...

***6000€ prize money***September 3rd & 4th*** Peynier Trail, France*** Dirt and trail riding is where it all started for BMX. Kids looked up to their motocross heroes and adapted MX to create BMX. Building tracks and jumps was as much a part of the sport as taking the bikes for ...

Between the 10th-14th August 2011 Newquay will once again be taken over by the Relentless Energy Drink Boardmasters in association with Vans. With 2011 marking the 30th anniversary of the event, associate sponsors Vans have every intention of making this year the biggest and best to date. SKATE AND BMX ...

The Vans Off the Wall stage returns to Relentless Energy Boardmasters in association with Vans this year. Set to take place on 12th and 13th August at the Watergate bay site we have an absolutely stellar line up. Skindred will headline Friday with The King Blues taking the top stop ...

Vans and Geoff Rowley had a ton of good friends in New York City over the weekend for the Maloof Money Cup and we celebrated the release of Geoff's new signature shoe, the Rowley [SPV] on Saturday, June 4 at House of Vans in Brooklyn, NY.  The party, which ...

The infamous Vans Downtown Showdown returns to Europe this summer to take over another major destination. London thought it had its hands full when Jack the Ripper stalked the streets but little did they know that they had just swung open the doors to an onslaught of Europe’s most ...

Check out the first of the edits from yesterdays Vans Shop Riot at Ramp City.

The UK leg of the European Vans Shop Riot series took place on Sunday 12th June at Ramp City, Blackpool. There were 28 shops that travelled to the park for the event, and even though it’s one of the largest indoor parks in the UK it was packed to ...

Head to Upton on 18th and 19th June to check out 'Zach and Congs Naughty 40' BMX jam.

With just under two weeks to go till this years Vans Shop Riot hits Ramp City in Blackpool, we thought we'd show you an edit from last years event at Leeds. There are over 35 shop teams signed up to battle it out this year for the £2000 prize ...

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Bringing a taste of California to the Italian Riviera, the 3rd annual Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic, firmly cemented its position as the premier International Miniramp contest. Over 45 riders, from as far away as Argentina, competed for a place in the final and a share of the €10 ...

We've just been sent this awesome edit by Matt Brown for The Scotsman newspaper from the Vans Dawn of the Shred snow event that took place on Cairngorm Mountain in April. Enjoy

2011 Pro-tec Pool Party Coming Up May 21 What –Join us for the 7th Annual Pro-tec Pool Party presented by Rockstar Energy Drink and see 40 top pros and masters vie for their piece of more than $100,000 in one of the most unforgiving bowls ever built. Held in ...

The 3rd edition of the European Open Miniramp Contest is back in Varazze, Skaters and Music Acts confirmed! The highly anticipated Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic is back in Varazze from the 6-8 May and with all the Riders and Music Act confirmed, the 2011 Edition is set to ...

Have you seen the line up for Download? Epic would be one word to describe it! A further 43 bands have just been announced, including friends of Vans- Devil Wears Prada (keep an eye out for a shoe collaboration coming soon), Rob Zombie, Anti Flag, Young Guns, The King Blues ...

Vans Dawn of the Shred 5 fuelled by Monster Energy took place on Cairngorm Mountain last weekend, and the sun was out to greet the 60 plus contestants that signed up to compete. There was a definite focus on local and unknown talent as well as appearances from the top ...

The 3rd edition of the European Open Miniramp Contest is back in Varazze from 6 – 8 May 2011 Following the success of the first two editions, the most anticipated European Miniramp Contest: the Vans Off The Wall Spring Classic is back again for a third time. Taking place right on ...

The park is set and we've ordered sunshine (hope it gets delivered!), get ready for Vans Dawn of the Shred. Those making the journey up to Cairngorm on the 9th April to enter will be treated to a free Vans event t-shirt included in the entry cost of £10 ...

On Thursday 5th May, Seven Dials in Covent Garden is hosting an exclusive 20% off shopping evening extended to include St Martin’s Courtyard, in association with MasterCard and the London Evening Standard. Between 5 and 9pm, you will be able to grab a discount at 100 stores and venues ...

Make sure you head down to the UK premiers of Real skateboards new video 'Since Day One'. With footage from Peter Ramondetta, Dennis Busenitz, Nick Dompierre, Ernie Torres, JT Aultz, Keith Hufnagel, Max Schaaf, Chima Ferguson, Justin Brock, James Hardy, Alex Perelson, Davis Torgerson, Jake Donnelly, Damien Bravo and Massimo ...

The long awaited dump in the Alps is happening from Wednesday 16th through to the weekend. While this is great news for all the powder hungry shredders around Europe, it obviously imposes some technical difficulties for the planed Wängl Tängl snowboard contest window scheduled from Wednesday 16th to ...

The famous Vans waffle stand will be present at the Vans Dawn of the Shred prize giving and BBQ at the Doo Below on Grampian Road from 5pm on 9th April, so head along to grab yourself a tasty bite. For those that would like to carry on the night ...

The Vans and Progression joint Easter Skate Camp is returning to Ramp City, Blackpool, next month for it’s third year of skateboard tutoring at all levels. As ever, there will be coaching each day from members of the Vans UK team, plenty of activities to fill your Easter holiday ...

Vans Dawn Of The Shred, fuelled by Monster Energy returns for its fifth year to the Cairngorms, with every intention of pulling another epic contest out of the bag and redefining what can be achieved inside the British Isles. Last year the event surpassed all expectations with an impressive snow ...

Vans supports Looking Sideways launching in March at European X Games in Tignes. Looking Sideways is an ongoing project exploring the fringes of the snow, surf and skate scenes. The art, music and creative culture which surround our lifestyles."Because there’s always more to life than you know and ...

Wangl Tangl in association with Vans, the snowboard, skate, art and music event is back in Mayrhofen this March. Here's a word from the Aesthetiker crew .. head to their website for more info on the different elements that make this event so unique Aesthetiker Welcome People, to another episode ...

The eight annual Christmas Jam hosted by the folks at Crossfire is scheduled to take place at BaySixty6, London, on Saturday 11th December, so be sure to keep the weekend free and head to The Big Smoke for plenty of festive shredding and sub-zero nonsense. As ever there will be ...

This years Rom Xmas Jam promises all kinds of festive fun for Skaters and BMXers on Christmas Eve with pro riders, loads of prizes and giveaways. Get down to Romford and get involved...

Evol & Thrashgig presents F**KED UP, SAVIOURS, RAMMING SPEED and GENTLEMANS PISTOLS all playing at The Kazimier in Liverpool tomorrow night and if that's not worth braving the snow and cold for we don't know what is. Check the flyer below for more info and even more info ...

Saffron Walden Xmas Jam this year promises a day of 'Merry Moshing' on the 18th December from 2pm til late, and if the day is half as good as the flyer you will be in for a treat!

We are proud to announce that Alexisonfire will be dropping by the Vans store in Leeds this Saturday for a signing session before their gig at the Met Uni. The first 5 people through the door will receive a copy of the bands new EP 'Dogsblood', and there will be ...

Check out the final line up below of the Vans Off the Wall Music Night taking place at the Manchester Academy on 23rd October, with two stages of jam packed with great music for what promises to be a night to remember!   Stage 1 Fenix TX Canterbury Not Advised Failsafe ...

The Vans UKSA National Championships is all set to return to its home of Adrenaline Alley, Corby, over October 23rd and 24th for the third annual weekend of unadulterated UK skateboarding. As with previous years, the Saturday will be focused mainly around the street and vert qualifiers, with a Maverick ...

Get it in your diary and spread the word Night of the Living Dead is back. Now in it's ninth year the greatest fancy dress mosh extravaganza ever is reborn and will be featuring Discharge, Charlie Chuck, SSS, Hot Club de Paris, Cold Ones plus Disco mosh till 3am ...

Vans will be taking part in The Big Bang snowboard show that will be visiting the UK's indoor snow domes starting with Tamworth on 25th September. We will have a selection of the latest snowboard boots for you to test out on the slope and of course, the world ...

With the Carnaby Street Vans store recently refurbished, we thought it was high time we put a little event on to showcase the new layout and new line of products. As well as the new look store, it was also the perfect opportunity to introduce the 'Teenage Kicks' customised Classic ...

A few months back we donated 15 pairs of Vans Chukka boots to The Decked Project, and this week the exhibition launched at The Coningsby Gallery, London.   'Decked is a fine and dandy collection of illustrators, graphic designers, photographers, graffiti and tattoo artists, all coming together to create a unique ...

Follow the UK Vans skate team on Sidewalk magazine's Big Push. The guys will be set challenges to complete along the way including 'highest ollie' which will accumulate points that go towards half of their end score, the other half will come from online voting for the edit, so ...

The good ship Vans has upped anchor and set sail, leaving Hamburg in it's wake after a weekend of good times and great skateboarding. This years European Downtown Showdown Took over the port city's notorious red light district, setting up up shop on the Spielbudenplatz, part of the ...

The new Wheelscape park in Hastings is going to go off on September 4th, as the park plays host to the first 'Battle Of Hastings'. With a prize purse of €1066 and a stack of product up for grabs across a Grand Championship Battle, Veterans comp and ‘best trick’ jam ...

The 2010 Concrete Carnival will be taking over Thornes Park in Wakefield on August 22nd. There’ll be a mixture of sponsored and unsponsored comps running across the afternoon, giving literally everyone chance to get involved, with prizes up for grabs from Vans, Superdead, Monster, TechDeck, Think, Creature, Division 24 ...

This Sunday will see the brand new Cardiff Plaza officially opening from 1pm-6pm, so get down and have a roll. The will be loads of prizes and giveaways and much more...

The infamous Dean Lane skatepark in Bristol plays host to the DLH 2010 Funday on July 31st expect live music, brutal skateboarding, prizes up for grabs and the usual madness for the whole family. For more info check the Sidewalk Forum here. This is the real underground...

The annual festivities at this years Newquay Boardmasters week will kick off with the 'Wooden Waves Open' at the towns recently revamped Wooden Waves skatepark on Thursday August 5th! Kicking off at midday and running until 7pm, expect a street comp and jam on the new mini ramp set up ...

Foxy and the SSS boys are heading out on a European tour at the end of the month. Dates and locations are below and get along to check them out, you wont be disappointed they'll go off! They've also got a super limited run of 'Thrash Is King ...

After a two year absence the rebeljam is back! Three years in a row bmx was celebrated on its own way in Berlin, Germany. An event format from riders for riders was established not only to hold a competition - but more to create a gathering for the whole bmx community ...

Stand Up Skate Shop Opening Jam at Bay66 with pro riders, loads of prizes and giveaways. Get down and support the newest skater owned store in London...

Xsite skatepark and Relentless present Seaside Showdown 2010, Plaza Jam with £1000 in prizes. For 15 and under, 16 and over, Pro and unsponsored jams and after party. Check the flyer below and for more info visit www.xsiteskatepark.co.uk

Subvert Skate Park is celebrating it's Birthday with a skate jam, BBQ, the new outdoor section, loads of prizes and giveaways and much more... More info at www.subvertboardstore.com

X-Site Skatepark have joined forces with Relentless and several other companies to bring you the 2010 'Seaside Showdown' on July 24th. Head to Skegness for 15 and under, 16 and over, and sponsored categories, with plenty of product up for grabs and a £1,000 prize purse to be given ...

This year’s hosting city of the legendary Downtown Showdown has been confirmed as everyone’s favourite northern German City. That’s right folks, on Saturday the 14th of August 2010 the famous harbour city Hamburg will host the international skateboarding extravaganza, right in the heart of the famous red-light ...

Europe's largest extreme sports and music festival returns with Leftfield, Newton Faulkner and Seasick Steve headlining the main stage. 4 Stages of live music spread over 5 days of surf, sand and summer sunshine! The Vans Summer Sessions are back with skate vert and BMX mini ramp contests. Witness ...

After the success of last years event in Manchester, Vans 'Shop Riot' is set to kick off again next month, this time moving over to The Works, Leeds. All you shop workers/lurkers/riders/managers need to get your team together ASAP then be sure to head to Leeds on ...

Join us for a VIP afternoon of primping and pampering showcasing our new Fall 2010 girls range. There will be a stylist on hand at each stop, offering tips of how to get your look just right, plus make overs, VIP goodie bags and lots of other treats! Come and ...

At long last, the Thirty Acres Skatepark, Renfrew, is set to have it’s official opening jam on Saturday May 15th from 12noon onwards! The Vans UK skate team will be in attendance, check the flyer below for more info..

This years Girl Skate Jam 2010 will be taking place on Saturday 19th June, at Pioneer Skate Park, St Albans, between 1-6pm with BBQ and free skate for all afterwards. All you girls out there, get this date cleared in your diary now! See the flyer below for event sponsors ...

Just announced the Birmingham premiere of ‘Vans Off the Wall 1966’. Vans Europe’s new skate film which features home grown talent Kris Vile alongside Danny Wainwright, Ross McGouran and the rest of the European team. The show will be at The Mixing Bowl Theatre next to the Custard Factory ...

The Vans Dawn of the Shred snow comp is this Saturday (with Sunday as a bad weather contingency day) and the team up at Cairngorm mountain are putting the finishing touches to the park. Expect to see a hefty sized kicker, a battleship box, an elevator box, street rails and ...

The Terrain Park has been shaped to perfection at Cairngorm mountain, so what better way to celebrate than hosting the legendary Vans Dawn of the Shred competition. Taking place on the 10th April, the contest is open to all who dare enter! Prizes have been supplied by Vans, Pro-tec, TSA ...

The Oakley UK Vert Series is back this year, taking in a total of five stops across the country and providing a platform for some of the finest vert skating in the UK. Dates and locations are as follows... Mount Hawke - Sunday 28th March - 'Trawlers Jam' Bay 66 London - 18th ...

Vans is proud to announce the upcoming VANS OFF THE WALL MUSIC TOUR 16 – 30 APRIL with headliners Cancer Bats supported by Ghost of A Thousand* This is the first time that Cancer Bats will be headlining a European tour which supports their latest full length release Bears, Mayors, Scraps ...

Vans and Progression will be returning to Ramp City in Blackpool over April 6th-8th for this years Easter Camp. Expect coaching from members of the Vans team, plenty of activities to fill your Easter holiday and freebies for everyone. See the poster below for all the details, then scroll below ...

The Dalikfodda Shithouse Tour is back! Featuring Jettblack, Gentlemens Pistols and other bands across 5 dates in the UK and France. Use your eyes to read the propaganda, use your ears to listen to the sheer power of rock n roll, use your fingers to throw the horns. Everything will ...

We are holding our first Vans Christmas Skate Camp on 28th-30th December at Ramp City, Blackpool. With coaching from members of the Vans UK team from 10am to 4pm daily, and freebies for everybody! The price is £60 for 3 days. £20 deposit to be paid to Big Woody to ...

Leeds most successful alternative clubnight Slam Dunk hits The Relentless Garage in Highbury for a Christmas party with live performances from Futures & Millionaires on Friday 11th December. Bringing you the biggest and best Pop Punk, Emo, Metal and Hardcore from past and present there is something to guarantee everyone will ...

The yearly post-Xmas bash at The Works, Leeds, is back again for 2009, so if by the time December 27th comes around you're sick of eating chocolate money and cold turkey sandwiches while watching Only Fools and Horses repeats, then you know what to do! This time around there ...

Like Waffles? Then get yourself down to the official opening of the new Vans store Manchester this Saturday to get your hands on some for free. There is also 10% off everything for one day only and Failsafe will be dropping into the store to play a few accoustic songs ...

Leo Sharp's career spanning exhibition 'Sharp: 15 Years of UK Skateboarding' is opening at the Fifty-Fifty gallery in assoc. with Vans on November 26th. The evening kicks off at 7:30pm with Drinks, DJs, countless classic hand-framed shots from Leo's vast filing cabinets and familiar faces aplenty. The ...

The last few tickets are still on sale for the Vans Off the Wall Music Night at the new 02 Birmingham Academy on the 30th October. 13 bands for £15!! Tickets Only £15 Adv (s.t.b.f) available from: www.lunatickets.co.uk,  www.ticketweb.co.uk - 08444 77 ...

Neverland is a state of mind, a mountain pushed up from the ground by imagination. Anyone can go but most people have trouble with the simple directions: Follow your dreams. This winter Absinthe dropped down the rabbit hole to explore this elusive place and brought back some mind bending tales ...

The Vans Off the Wall night will take place this weekend! Confirming a host of local bands to play on 30^th October simultaneously across different cities. Extending the event from last year’s five countries, to thirteen this year include Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal Serbia, Slovenia, Spain ...

Thanks to everyone who attended the Vans Shop Riot yesterday and congratulations to the winners. The day was a pretty relaxed affair and an all round good laugh. For a full edit of the event keep an eye out on www.sidewalkmag.com in the next 24 hours! Full results ...

Sunday November 15th the UK Mini Ramp Champs 2009 is on, at X-Site Skatepark in Skegness. Playing host to the UK finest transition orientated skaters for a full day of pure mini ramp carnage! Last years event went off, so get involved! See the flyer below for more info.   Last ...

To celebrate the first birthday of Wednesfield's 'Amos plaza', the Gnargore crew are proud to present the 'Battle Of The Black Country' jam on Saturday 17th October, with prizes from A Third Foot, Death, Heroin, Landscape, Vans, Heathen and Unabomber.Prizes will be chucked out during 'best trick' jams ...

Check out the photos and the videos from the Neverland premier tour through Europe Photos Videos  

WATCH THE US VANS DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN AND WIN A CAR One Lucky Skate Fan Wins a Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback Ralliart   When you tune in on Saturday, September 26 to see skate's top pros and ams at the Vans Downtown Showdown presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, in addition to seeing ...

Tickets are now on sale for the Vans Off the Wall Music Night at the new 02 Birmingham Academy on the 30th October. Not only do you get one banging headliner in the form of Funeral for a Friend, but Fightstar will be joining them on the headline bill, all ...

Vans announces board companies at Downtown Showdown SUPPORTED BY FIAT FREESTYLE   The Vans Downtown Showdown concept was created for skaters by skaters and has been running in Hollywood’s Paramount Studios, with huge success, for four years. Involving legends such as Jamie Thomas, Alex Olson and Rick McCrank and companies ...

Jay Croft has an upcoming art show at the Fifty Fifty Gallery in association with Vans, 8 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5HR. Opening night Thursday 10th September and the show runs until 8th October. Jay is a skateboarder, an artist and a lover of life. His creative spirit and artistic ...

SUPPORTED BY FIAT FREESTYLE The Vans Downtown Showdown concept was created for skaters by skaters and has been running in Hollywood’s Paramount Studios, with huge success, for four years. Involving legends such as Jamie Thomas, Alex Olson and Rick McCrank and companies such as Girl, Zero, Toy Machine and ...

This is the official page of the Murray Jam UK [2009 edition] and its gonna be amazing, bigger and better than the last two years!. The venue is Alianos Trails which everyone knows are normally on an invite only basis, but for one day only, Saturday Aug 29th, these trails ...

Neverland is a state of mind, a mountain pushed up from the ground by imagination. Anyone can go but most people have trouble with the simpel directions: Follow your dreams. This winter Absinthe dropped down the rabbit hole to explore this elusive place and brought back some mind bending tales ...

For the first time ever, the legendary Vans Downtown Showdown will cross the pond and take place in Torino (Italy) on the 12^th September 09. The roof of the Lingotto Building (former Fiat factory) will play host to this innovative skate event that will bring together skate board teams ...

Vans is stepping up their support at Relentless Boardmasters. Taking on an associate sponsorship and shaking up the half week long festival that takes place in Newquay from the 4th August. To give you a taste of what to expect, the Vans Summer Sessions will be taking place with Skate ...

The second annual UKSA National Skateboard Championships is going to be returning to Adrenaline Alley, Corby, on September 5th and 6th for another full weekend of shocking, homegrown skateboarding! As with last year, there will be both vert and street comps running all weekend with a prize purse of £10 ...

This is a FREE skateboard event taking place on Saturday 15th August from 6-10pm at Liverpool's legendary Rampworx! There will be all the usual fun: free stuff to give out and even 2 tickets to Barcelona up for grabs! Lost Art presents the best trick comp, live bands, cash ...

The UK leg of the 'Shop Riot' contest at Central Skatepark, Manchester, on 25th October, so get your four-man shop team together and head to Manchester! The comp will be split into two halves - street and mini - with plenty of prizes from Vans and the events other co-sponsors, with the ...

Concrete Carnival is back for 2009, and this year at its new home of Thornes Park, Wakefield on Sunday 23rd August! As ever, there are both sponsored and unsponsored catagories, with £1000 in prize money for the sponsored types and more product than you could ever hope for for everyone ...

For the past 2 years I've ran an event down at my local park...the park isn't really brilliant, it's a bit of a laugh but it's no Saffron Walden or Stoke Plaza. Regardless of how good the park is, the vibe is always good at ...

Skate Comp at Jubilee Skate Park Cleveleys on Saturday 25 July, Flyer below...

In association with Relentless. A skate ramp on an indoor snow slope? It can only be the Vans Dawn of the Shred Milton Keynes comp. Check out some jibbing from the best of the UK snow scene on the various obstacle shaped by Chris Chatt and co, including the 'Relentless ...

The English leg of the 2009 rolling free for all week long tour that's lovingly referred to as 'Ride With Us' kicks off in the north this coming Saturday, and to starts things off at the Ripped skatepark in Ravensthorpe is playing home to the tour for the first ...

Bootleg Sessions v.3 is your guide to finding fun on your daily driver after you've made it from point A to point B. A fixed gear film compiled in Mid West America, with riders' footage from all over the world, Bootleg Sessions documents the fixed gear culture in ...

Essex is once again host to a fun day and comp on the 26th. Southend’s Eastwood ramp has been bags of fun for over two decades now and Switch Store and Shintap have organised what will be the 3rd annual event. No doubt local legends will be in attendance ...

Vans is stepping up their support at Relentless Boardmasters. Taking on an associate sponsorship and shaking up the half week long festival that takes place in Newquay from the 4th August. To give you a taste of what to expect, the Vans Summer Sessions will be taking place with Skate ...

LET IT RIDE - the tour and photo/video comp Each group spent 10 sunny days on the road checking out some unexplored spots. Team Europe took in the sites of Barcelona, Sabadell and Terrassa before heading to Montpellier and Dijon. Andy Zeiss European TM says of the city “Its unbelievable ...

 Vans Let It Ride Bowl contest results.  The Vans Let It Ride tour came to an end in Kortrijk this weekend as each team descended on the small town to compete in the Bowl contest on Saturday 6^th June. The small town of Kortrijk was over run with BMX ...

The Vans Dawn of the Shred went off on Saturday night, taking over the SNO!Zone in Milton Keynes for the evening. Just under 100 people entered to ride the course that featured obstacles such as the skate mini ramp, Relentless Can and Dalikfodda Sh*thouse of Justice (complete with ...

This summer, Vans are holding their first Summer Camps at parks up and down the country, with coaching from members of the Vans UK team from 10am to 4pm daily, and freebies for everybody! The cost for the week is £100 a head, which covers entry to the park for ...

Hardcore Hobbies presents Bury Skatepark Jam with Skate and BMX competitions on the 19 July 2009, 15+ and under 14's comps and loads more see the flyer below.

There's just over a week to go till Vans Dawn of the Shred at Sno!Zone Milton Keynes and you can check out a sneak preview of the slope plan on the Vans facebook page. If you want to be in with a chance to win free entry into ...

The HUB festival is taking place this weekend in Liverpoool. This years skate area was built by King Ramps and is hosting comps in BMX and Skateboarding over the 2 days. Both sponsored and un sponsored riders and skaters are invited. Prizes from Vans, Quiksilver and XBOX as well as ...

Following the success of the previous competitions, the organisers of Girl Skate Jam UK are proud to announce the date of Girl Skate Jam UK 09. The all female skate jam and competition will take place at the Pioneer Skatepark, St Albans on Saturday 20 June 2009 from 1– 6pm ...

Album Launch shows for Brighton's heaviest sons The Ghost of a Thousand. Free Admission and giveaways Brighton and London dates. New Album 'New Hopes, New Demonstrations' out June 1st

Oakley Independent Vert Series - Final date changed due to an international event clash which could have seen a lot of the UK's top riders out of the country so the final leg of the vert series back till the 5th July. Everything else remains the same!

The Gravity built Barnstaple park, Devon, gets its official opening this coming Sunday, April 26th, with comps, demos, giveaways and live music running from midday until 4pm! Vans team riders including Marc Churchill, Darryl Nobbs and Manhead will be in attendance, so get yourself along and get involved! For further ...

Right after the Wangl Tangl, the temperatures are getting warmer, and Spring is promising some amazing BMX & Skate sessions....Waiting for the footage and pictures of these great upcoming times, a small flashback 3 months ago, with some nice editing of the "team party" we had in Talinn before the ...

The legendary Neville Staple from the iconic band The Specials, will be signing copies of his new book in the two Vans London stores. Wednesday 6th May @1pm Vans Westfied Store Westfield Shopping Centre Mall 40 Unit 1063 White City London W12 7SL 0208 740 1986 Friday 8th May @1pm ...

The annual Oakley Independent Vert Series is back and as ever, each of the four events and £1200 prize money for the entire series! The dates and locations are here. February 28th: Trawlers Jam - Mt Hawke, Cornwall March 29th: Ambush at the Alley - Adrenaline Alley, Cornwall May 3rd: Seaside Session ...

Vans are supporting the Unplugged II art show at Magnum Opus Tattoo shop in Brighton. It will see over 40 tattoo artists exhibiting artwork. Kicking off today it coincides with the Brighton Tattoo convention and the first anniversary of the tattoo shop. So, if you're in the area get ...