Each Vans Park will be holding instructional skateboard clinics for girls on Saturday, March 12th from 8am - 12pm. The clinic is open to street skateboarders ages 6 - 16 and cost is just $20 for members and $30 for non-members. The clinic will cover the fundamentals of skateboarding taught by our Vans certified instructors. Registration is currently open and spots are limited.

The fourth round of the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross Series is in the books after being held in Oakland, CA. Vans Monster Energy Pro Circuit Athlete Broc Tickle was able to claim top honors in the Lites class followed by teammate Josh Hansen taking the second spot on the podium! This was Tickles second overall supercross victory in his young career and is looking to take a few more in near future! Teammate Tyla Rattray was able to finish a respectful fifth place in the evening events! Hansen remains the Lites point leader with 88 series points while Tickle is ...

Everyone came out to the parks on Friday, February 4th for the monthly best trick contest. In Orlando they threw down a pyramid jam in an Egyptian theme, and at The Block it was the mighty step down hubba that flexed it's might. Click Read The Rest to get the whole scoop, and don't forget to stop by either of the parks on the first Friday of every month @ 7pm to join in. Winner takes home a pair of Vans and gets a spot on the monthly winner's plaque. Vans Skatepark Festival Bay Mall Orlando, FL Words ...

Increase your shred! Registration for our February Skate Clinic is now open at theVans Skatepark in Orlando, FL and Orange, CA. The clinic will take place at each park on February 12th from 8am - 12pm. Instruction is offered for street skateboarders ages 6 - 16 and cost is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Spots are limited so sign up today!

Vans rider Scotty Cranmer scored the latest Ride BMX Magazine cover for March/April with an insane barspin drop-in shot in one of the many LA river ditches. Cranmer's much anticipated 11-page interview is also in the issue with some hot moves that are just plain futuristic. If you remember Cranmer's cover from this summer where he tailwhipped off the Vans Tour bus, it was undoubtedly a warm-up for this crazy cover shot.

Registration for Bucky Lasek's Pro Camp is now open at each skatepark in Orlando, FL and Orange, CA. The 2-day camp takes place July 7-8 in Orlando and July 14-15 at The Block. This camp is geared toward advanced vert skaters and cost is $150 for members and $175 for nonmembers. Spots fill up fast so register at your local park today. Click Read The Rest for more information.

The Vans clan is killing it on the north shore right now, John Florence in particular, winning the Volcom Pipe Pro. We saw Dane Gudauskas and Dylan Graves in round 4 heats, Kalani Chapman traveled all the way to the quarters, and John John letting everyone know there's a new sheriff in town. Congrats John, this is looking to be a good year for you. Also, congrats to Kalani Chapman for receiving the Todd Chesser Memorial Spirit Award from Todd's mother Jeannie.

This Saturday, January 29th, the Vans Skatepark at The Block in Orange, CA will be goin' off. First up, the Amateur Combi Pool Party runs from 8am - 5pm where $5,000 will be up for grabs for the best amateur rider. Then, the top 15 competitors from the mini ramp contest at stops on the 2010 Vans Warped Tour will go head to head to see who will become the champion in the Mini Ramp Rumble. It's going to be an insane day of shredding.

OffTheWall.tv presents our newest show, Jeff Grosso's Love Letters to Skateboarding. Who is Jeff Grosso? To find out, we're giving you just a tease of what's to come, so look out for the full episodes soon. Meanwhile in Part 3 of Adventures with Chris with Vans Skate Team rider Tony Trujillo, Tony takes us back to his childhood stomping grounds, the Santa Rosa Skate Park. And, don't forget to check out the second part of Collaboratory featuring MadeMe as they step into the studio with Erin Magee for a behind the scenes peek at the ...

Join the Vans crew for a night of snowboarding, free schwag, bbq and music at Mt. High park tomorrow night, January 26th starting at 5pm. We will pick several features in the park throughout the night for some jams and hand out prizes to riders at each feature. It's a park jam with prizes, killer.

Vans Monster Energy Kawasaki athlete Ryan Villopoto raced to a hard-fought win at Los Angeles, California's first Dodger Stadium supercross race. Villopoto came through the pack to finish with his second win of the season and extended his points lead as he has held since the season opener. Ryan is looking to duplicate this past weekends performance next week in Oakland, CA!

Cory Cory Cory. Our boy, BMX Team rider Cory Nastazio has been sharing his life with the cameras now more that ever and is staring in a reality show called "The X Life" on Vh1, Monday's at 10pm PST. Check out a sneak peak of tomorrow night's episode. You never know what's going to happen.

Vans Moto athlete Ryan Villopoto is looking to take another podium spot this weekend at the third and newest round at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA in the Monster Energy Supercross Series to be held tonight! Also, keep your eyes on local Vans Athlete Josh Hansen as he is also looking to capture his third straight victory in the Lites class followed by team mates Broc Tickle and supercross rookie Tyla Rattray aboutd the elite Monster Energy Pro Circuit bikes! Good luck guys!

Look out for the Vans crew hitting up Coachella on Friday, April 15th through Sunday, April 17th and be sure to catch our friends, The Aquabats, The Black Keys, Gogol Bordello, OFWGKTA, Mariachi El Bronx, She Wants Revenge and OFF! playing all weekend. We can't wait!

Abandon All Ships, Set Your Goals, I Set My Friends on Fire, MC Lars, The Dance Party and Foxy Shazam are the latest bands added to the 2011 Vans Warped Tour! They join the 21 previously announced bands including such bands as We Came As Romans, Dance Gavin Dance, Every Avenue and Woe Is Me among many others. Take a look at the complete list and see how you can win a VIP pass to the show.

The Darkest Hour dates for the upcoming Atticus Metal Tour III has been released! Be sure to see them when they stop in a city near you. On top of that, their next cd, "The Human Romance" is available everywhere on February 22nd, but can be pre-ordered now! Check out the dates after the jump...

Our newest band collaboration is none other than the Underground Legends known as Gorilla Biscuits. Formed in New York in the late '80s, Gorilla Bisuits cut its teeth in hardcore clubs around Manhattan before quickly gaining enough notoriety from such hits as "Beter than You" to tour the United States and Europe. Vans and Gorilla Biscuits have created this special Sk8-Hi and Slip-On working closely with lead singer Civ, who pushed to utilize the traditional tattoo ink tones in the shoes.

Vans has been collaborating with top notch artists, designers, musicians and beyond since day one.“The Collabaratory” gives you an inside perspective of the many talented individuals that are interwoven into the Vans collaboration process and what’s make them so special. In this episode of Collaboratory, we head to New York to catch a cab with Erin Magee, founder of MadeMe, and learn a little more about her and the brand.

Nasty Jam took Temecula, CA by storm this weekend with 30 of the best dirt jumpers all competing for $5,000 in the BMX Best Trick contest with proceeds going to benefit Stephen Murray. Parslow was flip-whipping all night and took it to the next level with a double-backflip turndown, a trick Murray was working on before his injury. Fellow Vans rider Pat Casey took home second place with an insane 360 barspin to double-tailwhip and flip double tailwhips. Thanks to Rockstar, Vans and PRO-TEC for an amazing night of progressive riding. Look for a team edit featuring the rest ...

We had great weather and waves on the final day of the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational presented by Vans where team rider Alex Knost took the win. Behind him was Harrison Roach in 2nd place, followed by Ryan Burch in 3rd and Chad Marshall in the 4 spot. Near the end of competition, we all thought Jason "ratboy" Collins won the board sacrifice award, but Chad came from nowhere and chucked his (new looking) log nose first downward at the rocks on the cliff. Needless to say, he took home that trophy. Right after we wrapped the event ...

The Vans Monster Energy Pro-Circuit crew did it again with top podium finishes! Josh Hansen is showing everyone that he has the skills to be on the podium once again taking the win in Phoenix, AZ! Hansen's also shared the podium with fellow team rider Broc Tickle as he finished out the evening in second place. Ryan Villopoto had another great ride this past weekend, he's showing more confidence on the track with taking the evening heat race win with ease rewarding RV with a top gate pick for the 450 main event. Villopoto didn't quite get ...

Vans BMX Team rider Lahsaan Kobza takes a look at Vans' newest collaboration shoe with East Coast BMX company, The Shadow Conspiracy. Lahsaan rides for both companies and rocks the shoes on the San Diego streets while filming for the new Subrosa video and up-coming Trip promo. Check out the shoes and some sneak-peak clips from the Vans X Shadow road trip in this edit on Vital BMX.

This past Wednesday, Vans held its first Jib City Night Rail Jam for the 2010-2011 season. We had a two hour jam session on three different obstacles on the Mt. High Playground where riders were able to show off their snowboarding talent on each obstacle and win a free pair of Vans shoes or boots. All of the riders that compete get a free Vans Jib City Night t-shirt and everyone walks away with a hand full of Vans product. Don't forget this is a free event so come up to Mt. High and join the Vans Team while we host our second Jib City Night Rail Jam on Wednesday night, January 26th.

Join Vans today, Friday, January 14th and Saturday, January 15th at legendary Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, CA to see 16 of the best longboarders in the world vie for their piece of a $10,000 purse in the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational. Riding single fin logs, the surfers will not be hampered by interference calls, but instead encouraged to split peaks for the best shared waves throughout the contest for additional prize money. Vans will also have a special legends round prior to finals featuring Joel Tudor, Herbie Fletcher, Nat Young, Michael Junod and Tyler Hatzikian.

Our boy and BMX Team rider Cory Nastazio is holding a Stephen Murray benefit jam in Temecula, CA this Saturday, January 15th with all proceeds going straight to Stephen. The dirt contest with $10,000 up for grabs starts when the sun goes down but the party/contest opens at 3pm. Get camera ready because FUEL TV and VH1 will be filming the whole night and bring your bathing suits because the pool is heated.

After years of waiting, LA/OC’s own Social Distortion have released their new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, today! In celebration, the band will be performing live on CONAN tonight at 11pm PT on TBS. Don’t miss it!

Brian Walsh looks forward to taking you on a journey with him this summer as he interviews bands and gets to hang out with Vans Warped Tour fans across the country. He was born and raised in Southern California and has a passion for film making, food, and music. Check out this video spot for more on Brian and the bands announced this week.

Come out and enjoy a night of snowboarding the Mt. High park, bbq and some cool prizes starting tomorrow night, Wednesday, January 12th and happening twice a month until the end of April. We will pick several features in the park throughout the night for some jams and hand out prizes to riders at each feature. The party in the park starts at 5 pm.

The Vans Moto crew crushed the competition this past weekend at the sold-out, first round of the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross Series in Anaheim, California, with Ryan Villopoto taking the win in the premier 450 class! Coming off an injury, RV's main goal this past weekend was to get good starts and ride a smart race to get the cobwebs out his system and get the feel of racing back in his blood, and he did exactly that. It's no surprise to anyone that the Vans Monster Energy Pro-Circuit team is one of best Lites team's in ...

On Monday, January 17 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PST / 3 p.m. EST / 8 p.m. CET, Tomas Haake (drums) and Jens Kidman (vocals) of MESHUGGAH will host a live stream of the band's first DVD, "Alive". The event will begin with a live question-and-answer video session via Ustream.tv with Haake and Kidman, who will answer questions submitted by fans via MESHUGGAH's Twitter and Facebook pages. "Alive" will stream at the Nuclear Blast "streaming room" following the fan question-and-answer session at this location. A second stream of the live DVD will take place at 4 ...

Increase your shred! Registration for our February Skate Clinic is now open. The clinic will take place at each park on February 12th from 8am - 12pm. Instruction is offered for street skateboarders ages 6 - 16 and cost is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Spots are limited so sign up today!

Check out Vans team rider Steven Cisar laying down a high-speed table top on the February 2011 cover of BMX Plus Magazine. Steven will be putting in time at the Olympic training center this year while gearing up for the 2012 race in London. He smoked the field back in 2007 with the fastest lap time in Madrid, putting himself on the map as one the guys who gets out front and doesn't look back.

It's that time of the year again! Both skateparks will be holding the Man, I Need Vans Game of S.K.A.T.E. on Saturday February 26th. Winner of each age division takes home a year's supply of Vans shoes (12 pair). The two age divisions are 6 - 13 and 14+ and the contest gets rolling 3pm. Registration for the contest starts at 12pm sharp so make sure and get to the park early to get your spot in line (park opens at 10am). There are limited spots available and this one always fills up quick! Click read more to check out more info and we will see you there!

The countdown has ended! The Monster Energy 2011 Supercross Season starts tonight in Anaheim, California and is sure to be one wild ride. Watch out for Vans team riders Ryan Villopoto riding in the 450 class and Pro Circuit riders, Josh Hansen and Brock Tickle in the 250 class. Jake Weimer is out with a broken arm but will hopefully be back in time for the race in San Diego. Before the race goes down tonight, check out what Villopoto was up to a few days prior to the big day. Kill it guys!

They came, they skated and two people went home with shoes! Both parks started off 2011 with their monthly best trick contests. At The Block it was the C-ledge and at the Orlando park it was their new obstacle "Ledge Zeppelin". Read on to see what went down and make sure to roll by the parks this year on the first Friday of every month @ 7pm to catch the monthly best trick.

The Dark Matter Gallery in Long Beach, CA will be holding a photo exhibit by Madison Ray Zimmerman, who is a fixture in the SoCal skate photography scene. Starting with the opening reception from 6-10pm tomorrow, January 8th, the "Hero and Zeros" show by Long Beach local will be open for your viewing pleasure. If you can't make it tomorrow, you can check out his first solo show through February 5th.

Join Vans on Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15 at legendary Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, CA to see 16 of the best longboarders in the world vie for their piece of a $10,000 purse in the Joel Tudor Duct Tape Invitational. Riding single fin logs, the surfers will not be hampered by interference calls, but instead encouraged to split peaks for the best shared waves throughout the contest for additional prize money.

Big ups to the Vans Surf Team for winning the Backdoor Shootout contest in solid 10-12 foot barrels! Our team consisted of: John Florence, Kalani Chapman, Nathan Fletcher and Sion Milosky. John Florence took top honors and a huge $40,000 check and coming in second place was teammate Kalani Chapman. Congratulations guys!

Lucero, Big D And The Kids Table, Enter Shikari, Family Force Five and Of Mice And Men will be joining us this summer on the the 2011 Vans Warped Tour. They join the first eleven bands announced in December. Moving forward you'll be seeing band announcements every Wednesday leading up to the main stage announcement on March 26th, so be sure to check back!

The Backdoor Shootout held at the Banzai Pipeline is team surf event, four rounds with the best three rides totaled to determine a winner. Surfing with the Vans team is local John Florence who has caught the best barrels of the first day of competition and scored a 29.75 out of 36 to give him a standout start. There's still nine days remaining in the holding period, but only one more day of competition which means hopefully some big waves and scores to come. Good luck!

What can you make out of chicken wire and paper mache? A wolf mask of course. In the newest episode of Time and Space, Brooklyn artist Dennis McNett shows us some of the costumes he’s created. Catch it now on OffTheWall.tv.

Grab that new board that you got for the holidays and learn to shred. Both Vans parks in Orlando, FL and Orange, CA will be holding instructional skate clinics on Saturday, January 14th from 8am - 12pm. Instruction is offered for street skateboarders ages 6 - 16 and cost is $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Spots are limited so sign up today.

Welcome to 2011! We hope you had a fun, safe celebration and brought the new year in with style. What's your New Year's resolution? Whatever it is, we hope it involves a lot of shredding, creativity and happiness. Cheers to another decade of getting rad!