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VANS BOOK RELEASE PARTY

VANS BOOK RELEASE PARTY
PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY
JUNE 4, 2009

VIPs included: Steve Van Doren, Christian Hosoi, Geoff Rowley, Steve Caballero, Craig Stecyk, Chris Overholser, TSOL…

MAY 2009 NEWS DIE POSERS DIE! - Tony Alva and Richard Villa III present Die Posers Die! an art exhibition featuring artists/skaters - Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Pat Ngoho, Steve Olson, Clint Peterson, Lance Mountain, Mimi Knoop, Duane Peters, Chris Read More

APRIL 2009 NEWS DIE POSERS DIE! - Tony Alva and Richard Villa III present Die Posers Die! an art exhibition featuring artists/skaters - Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Pat Ngoho, Steve Olson, Clint Peterson, Lance Mountain, Mimi Knoop, Duane Peters, Chris Read More

MAY 2008 NEWS 2008 PRO-TEC Pool Party - Watch it Live on the Web May 17 - The Combi sessions at the Vans Skatepark are heating up as it's time for the most anticipated bowl contest of the year. See 40 top pros, masters and ladies vie for their piece of a $90,000 purse Read More

APRIL 2008 NEWS ROCKERS - A photographic installation by Bob Gruen opens April 24, 2008 at Morrison Hotel Gallery - Bowery, New York, NY. www.morrisonhotelgallery.com INDEPENDENT TRUCK CO. 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR - May 23- July 4, 2008 - featuring Steve Alba, Adam Alfaro, Read More

PRO-TEC POOL PARTY 3 WORDS BY JIM MURPHY PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY, ARAB, ERIC MARTIN AND KYLE BUNKER   From one year to the next it is unbelievable how the lines and tricks get gnarlier and gnarlier in the unforgiving combi pool. Old veterans and young upstarts show Read More

NOVEMBER 2007 NEWS NIKE VIDEO PREMIERE - Nike Skateboarding to Release First Film 'Nothing But the Truth' - Three years in the making, 'Nothing But the Truth' is the story of the Nike SB team, on and off their skateboards. Filmed on location in the Santa Clarita Valley Read More

ANTHONY VAN ENGELEN INTERVIEW BY STEVE OLSON INTRODUCTION BY STEVE OLSON PHOTOS BY GREG HUNT AND COURTESY OF ANTHONY VAN ENGELEN   When is it gonna all end? AVE isn't quite sure, and neither is anyone else, for that matter...  If you truly dig what you Read More

DECEMBER 2006 NEWS HANGER BOWL FOREVER! BEN SCHROEDER NEWS - Ben Schroeder is currently in the field in East L.A. doing the construction administration of the build of a one million-dollar skatepark. Ben has put into the design a skateplaza, Ten foot Vert pool with Read More

JULY 2006 NEWS EUROPEAN BOWL BASH - The BowlBash 2006 dates are; Qualifications - May 13-14th Malmo Sweden, June 3-4th Hamburg Germany, July 15-16th Burnley UK, August 26-27th Algorta Spain... Finals - October 13-15th Eindhoven Holland... The Malmo qualifier will be Read More

JUNE 2006 NEWS JAY ADAMS PHOTOS - Limited addition Jay Adams prints for sale. First in a series of newly discovered vintage fine art photos of Jay Adams from back in 1977 exclusively available on OG Jay Adams. A true collectors item suitable for framing. Only a limited Read More

MAY 2006 NEWS SAVE TRESTLES - If Surfers Do Not Save Trestles, Who Will? The water quality, sandbar sedimentation, and glorious sense of place of Trestles are threatened by an ill-planned toll road highway that would parallel (not just cross) the largely pristine San Read More

APRIL 2006 NEWS FAUSTO VITELLO R.I.P. THE KING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE KING... DANNY WAY SETS WORLD RECORD - On April 6, internationally renowned pro skateboarder Danny Way (www.dannyway.com) smashed the Bomb Drop world record by freefalling 28 feet from the Fender Read More

FEBRUARY 2006 NEWS SUPER BOWL CONTEST - Feb 4th, 2006 - Bill Danforth hosted the American Nomad Super Bowl Contest at Modern Skate Park located at Fountain Walk Mall in Novi, MI 48377. 1st place $1000 cash. Advanced Division. Benji Galloway took 1st place, Brandon Martin Read More

SEPTEMBER 2005 NEWS McRad rocks FDR. Chuck Treece has been busier than ever recording with Ray Barbie and Tommy Guerrero in Japan and playing benefit shows for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in NYC and Cali. Treece's band Kindred has a new LP out on Hidden Beach Records Read More

JUNE 2005 NEWS TEAM PAIN NEWS - Team Pain just finished building Cocoa Beach Skatepark. The city contracted a 12,000 sq ft park it ended up at 13,500 sq ft. Bowls, pool coping, Cradle, Street course. Team Pain style. The grand opening will be in about two weeks. Here Read More

MARCH 2005 NEWS SKATERBUILT NEWS - Ditch wheels and Pool Side Favors (60mm or 63mm) available from Skaterbuilt Skateboards - home of the legendary Jay Smith. Skaterbuilt is now introducing Jay's second board design - the Jay Smith II - 10.5' x 33' with a 17.5' wheelbase. Read More

FEBRUARY 2005 NEWS GREEN SKATE LAB - These tires are rammed with earth and used as building blocks for what is going to be a bowl that is 4ft - 9ft deep with an oververt pocket. We are facing corruption issues with the embezzlement of $20,000 in Grants donated to the project's Read More