{"id":72846,"date":"2019-06-15T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T22:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/?p=72846"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:13:15","slug":"vans-park-series-pro-tour-returns-to-sao-paulo-brazil-on-june-22-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juicemagazine.com\/home\/vans-park-series-pro-tour-returns-to-sao-paulo-brazil-on-june-22-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Vans Park Series Pro Tour Returns to S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil on June 22-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vans has been supporting skateboarders since 1966, resulting in more than five decades of proven dedication to skateboarding. In the late ’90s, when there were very few concrete skateparks in existence, Vans<\/a> put its money into building them, resulting in some of the best concrete skateboard parks ever created, including the historic Vans combi bowl replica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, the combi bowl at Vans Park in Orange, California<\/a>, became a reality in 1998 due to Vans and Steve Van Doren’s<\/a> patronage and the influence of Dave Duncan <\/a>and others’ concrete dreams. The combi pool replica was built by Rick Carje of R.C.M.C.<\/a> who was also involved with SoCal’s first private made-to-skate backyard pools, including Kelly Bellmar’s, Chicken’s and the Basic Bowl. The Vans combi bowl design was based respectfully on the original legendary combi pool at Pipeline Skatepark<\/a>, which was founded by the Hoffman family in Upland, California in 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As outdoor public concrete skatepark building has exploded around the globe, Vans’ dedication to providing additional transition-friendly terrain stayed on course. In 2019, Vans poured more of its support into yet another rendition of the combi bowl (reversed) and a new park terrain flow area at its public skatepark in Huntington Beach, California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as Olympic skateboarding fever begins to spread, Juice Magazine felt it was important to repeat these facts as a reminder of skateboarding’s history and the legacy of skatepark building and to give credit to Vans for its staunch support of skateboarding and skateboard parks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vans has always stayed true to its commitment to skateboarders and continues to finance and build innovative skateboard parks around the globe as well as hosting the Vans Park Series, which is arguably the best bowl skating competition in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Vans continues its honorable quest to present world class skateboarding events, they continue to build quality skateparks around the planet. The Vans Skatepark in Brazil, which will host the upcoming VPS competition in Sao Paulo, is the second official VPS-certified park terrain facility in the world, built by Vans in 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VPS Select Pro Pedro Barros at the 2018 Brazil Stop<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Located in the Parque C\u00e2ndido Portinari, the Vans Skatepark S\u00e3o Paulo was built in just five months and was the first in South America and the second in the world built-to-spec and certified by the VPS for the park terrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned as the VPS returns to Brazil and catch all the action on the live stream, on Sunday, June 23rd, on vansparkseries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words by TC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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