Each week Slam City Skates will be bringing you a Product of the Week from the Vans basement. Check their facebook page for the latest and limited product drops. The first of these showcased the current release from the Half Cab 20th Anniversary series. https://www.facebook.com/slamcityskates

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The stage has been set for another battle of epic proportions as we welcome back the famous Vans Shop Riot, where teams from across Europe will fight for the title of best shop skate team 2012. Check out the first edit from this years shop riot series: French Qualifications at ...

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The 7th annual Slam Dunk Festival will be held over the same weekend as ever, the last weekend of May which falls on the 26th and 27th. The northern date will be held at our much loved home of 6 years, Leeds University, and the southern date will again be ...

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LOSTPROPHETS & BRING ME THE HORIZON TO TOP BILL WITH NEW FOUND GLORY, LESS THAN JAKE, ARCHITECTS, BOWLING FOR SOUP, 3OH!3, BREATHE CAROLINA & MANY MORE The legendary VANS WARPED TOUR will be making its first stop in the UK in 13 years this November. Last seen in the UK at ...

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Vans surfer Tassy Swallow has the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch this weekend as it starts it's journey across the UK. She will be carrying the flame through Lands End on 19th May. Meanwhile street-by-street details and arrival times in each community for when the Olympic Flame will ...

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The Old World and New World Collide Along the Banks of Amsterdam’s Waterways 50’000 Euro Prize Money up for grabs! 4 August 2012, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam – FREE EVENT Skateboards will rival bicycles as the city’s main mode of transportation en route to the historic heritage event site, the ...

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Our buddies from While She Sleeps have had a successful couple of days. Firstly they have released the video below for the track This Is the Six, and secondly Fearne Cotton played their song on daytime Radio 1 for millions to hear, and they started to trend of twitter! You ...

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Check out the highlights from last weekends Vans Spring Classic in Varazze, Italy. Contest results were: THE PRIZE MONEY Mini Ramp Total Prize Purse – 10,000 Euro King of the Line – 4,000 Euro Tricks For Cash Session – 1000 Euro STREET RESULTS 1st Place Martin Pek 2000 Euro 2nd Place ...

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Friends of Vans, Jettblack, have released a new song off their forthcoming album. Check out the video for Raining Rock here. Order the track here: itunes.apple.com/ Pre order the album here: itunes.apple.com/

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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 ...

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B Roll footage of Vans rider, Will Smith, from the summer of 2011, with a couple shots of Jonny Russell. All filmed at Tamworth SnowDome and Castleford SNO!zone. See more of Will in the coming Grindhouse film due to be released fall 2012.

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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 ...

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Making the most of the recent early burst of summer, Vans/Superdead skater Nick Remon headed to Thornes Park, Wakefield and laid down a solid Ten Tricks with ease.

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This years UK Independent Vert Series kicked off with it's first ever Scottish leg at The Space in North Berwick. Congratulations to Vans UK Legend Sean Goff who won the competition and you can watch the edit below. The Goff has still got it!

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Young Guns dropped by our new Camden store in London last week and announced the supports acts for the Vans Off The Wall Music Night.

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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 ...

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The list of great bands joining Slam Dunk festival this year just keeps growing and growing. Announced today the below are joining the bill. Gallows Capdown Random Hand Sharks Straight Lines Misser Acoda Our Time Down Here Neil Starr More info at www.slamdunkmusic.com

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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 ...

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