{"id":36549,"date":"2013-02-27T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T23:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=36549"},"modified":"2014-08-07T08:35:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T15:35:05","slug":"vans-u-s-open-of-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/vans-u-s-open-of-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":"VANS U.S. OPEN OF SURFING"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANS U.S. OPEN OF SURFING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vans has picked up the ball that Nike dropped, and will now be the featured sponsor of the U.S. Open of Surfing for the next three years. Much respect to Vans for supporting surfing and surfers with their sponsorship of this legendary contest.<\/p>\n

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VANS AND IMG SIGN MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP FOR PRESTIGIOUS US OPEN OF SURFING<\/b><\/p>\n

Vans\u00ae and International Management Group (IMG) today officially announce a three-year partnership encompassing Vans\u2019 title sponsorship of the US Open of Surfing. Re-igniting the future of surfing\u2019s most prestigious contest, Vans and IMG aim to engage the surf industry back to its roots, advocating an all-inclusive, world-class surfing competition and cultural festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big moment for the Open,\u201d says James Leitz, SVP of IMG and Executive Producer of the Vans US Open of Surfing.\u00a0 \u201cThe event has been growing rapidly over the past several years and Vans has stepped in, harnessed all that energy and with their authentic roots and inclusive vision, will help steer this massive happening for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVans and IMG have been partners for the better part of two decades. Being able to continue this relationship via such an iconic platform, in our own backyard, is simply a perfect fit,” says Doug Palladini, Vans’ Vice President of Marketing. “We are really looking forward to bringing the entire surf and skate industry back to the US Open, leading by working with all of our peers, and inspiring a whole new generation of action sports fans. As we continue to grow our role in surfing, the US Open and the City of Huntington Beach afford us one of youth culture’s most powerful events to share our spirit of Off the Wall with millions of people. \u201d<\/p>\n

The summer\u2019s biggest youth culture festival, the US Open of Surfing returns to \u201cSurf City USA\u201d (Huntington Beach, CA) July 20 \u2013 28.\u00a0 2013 marks the 20th\u00a0anniversary of the prestigious surf contest, and 54 years of consistent, competitive surfing at the iconic Huntington Beach Pier.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSuper Bowl of Action Sports,\u201d owned and produced by IMG, the global leader in sports and entertainment, is headlined by the world\u2019s best men\u2019s and women\u2019s surfers, professional skateboarders, musicians, and emerging artists. The nine-day event attracts crowds of upwards of one million people and showcases a 10-acre Action Sports’ retail and brand experience.\u00a0 US Open spectators will enjoy an interactive festival featuring more than 100 exhibits, autograph signings, DJs, guest emcees and prize giveaways.\u00a0 Live webcast and consumer information is available on www.usopenofsurfing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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IMG<\/b><\/p>\n

IMG Worldwide is a global sports, entertainment and media business, with nearly 3,000 employees operating in 30 countries around the globe. IMG\u2019s areas of expertise are diverse and wide ranging:\u00a0 IMG College; IMG\u2019s Joint Ventures in China, Brazil and India; IMG Media; IMG Events and Federations; IMG Fashion; IMG Models; IMG Art+Commerce; IMG Clients; IMG Academies; IMG Consulting and IMG Licensing.\u00a0 More information is available at www.imgworld.com<\/a>\u00a0 Follow us on Twitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/IMG_Worldwide<\/a> and Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/IMG-Worldwide\/<\/p>\n

Vans<\/b><\/p>\n

Vans\u00ae<\/sup>, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, is a brand of VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC). Vans collections, including authentic footwear, apparel and accessories, and snowboard boots, are sold globally in more than 170 countries through a network of subsidiaries, distributors and foreign offices. VF Outdoor, Inc. owns and operates more than 300 stores of the Vansbrand in the United States and internationally, each offering a wide range of Vans footwear and apparel while communicating our brand and athletes\u2019 rich stories. The Vans brand promotes action sports lifestyle and youth culture through support of athletes on boards and bikes all over the globe and through progressive events such as the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing\u00ae, the Vans Downtown Showdown, the Pro-tec Pool Party and the Vans Warped Tour\u00ae. More information about the Vans brand can be found at www.vans.com<\/a>, Twitter @vans_66 and www.facebook.com\/vans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VANS U.S. OPEN OF SURFING Vans has picked up the ball that Nike dropped, and will now be the featured sponsor of the U.S. Open of Surfing for the next three years. Much respect to Vans for supporting surfing and surfers with their sponsorship of this legendary contest.   PRESS RELEASE:   VANS AND IMG […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"VANS U.S. OPEN OF SURFING. http:\/\/wp.me\/p2p93o-9vv","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4042],"tags":[14252,14518,14255,32,14263,3259,14390],"class_list":["post-36549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-surf-2","tag-ca","tag-huntington-beach","tag-juice-magazine","tag-surf","tag-surfing","tag-u-s-open-of-surfing","tag-vans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vansUSOlogo2.png","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36549"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44829,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36549\/revisions\/44829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}