Seventeen-year-old Brazilian Pedro Barros defended his first Pro-tec Pool Party hydrated by vitaminwater Pro crown to win $28,000 at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, California Saturday night as he again fought off Rune Glifberg in second place and Bucky Lasek who returned to the Pro-tec podium after missing last year with a broken wrist. The Masters division took on the look of a Bones Brigade reunion as Steve Caballero returned from recent injury to claim first place and $14,000 ahead of fellow Brigade alums Tony Hawk, the runner-up, Lance Mountain in third and Mike McGill in fourth. It ...

This week on Offthewall.tv, Tanner Gudauskas, Dylan Graves and Nathan and Ivan Florence take you back behind the scenes of Vans' upcoming surf film, Get-N Classic Vol. 2. In this episode, the offthewall.tv crew heads to South Africa to follow the guys as they trek through airports, drive for hours and even deal with the perils of locking your keys in the car.

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 champ Pedro Barros, Rune Glifberg (’05, ’07, ’08), Bucky Lasek (’09, ’10) and Omar Hassan (’06), and a Master’s field featuring 6-time winner and Combi master Chris Miller, Steve Caballero (’10), and the iconic Tony Hawk returning to the pool for his second year. Log on to our Pro-tec ...

This Saturday Vans presents The Mountaineer live alongside Tough Lovers and Teddy Celebration at the Hifi Club in Calgary. If you're in the area this weekend, join us as it's gonna be a sick show!!!

For Pennywise's new release "All or Nothing" one lucky Exclaim! reader has the chance to win the new Pennywise record and t-shirt, along with some Vans swag such as shoes, a beer cozy and a hat.

This prize pack will leave you looking good while you play All or Nothing full blast. For your chance to win, click on the link below. Good luck.

In the newest series from Offthewall.tv, Vans takes you on a ride with bands SSS, Trash Talk, Cerebral Ballzy and The Bronx as they travel to North Wales, Nottingham, Moscow and Gothenburg to play music and soak up the local culture. Each episode follows the bands on their peculiar adventures from getting tattoos and shooting clay pigeons to performing at hazardous punk rock shows. Get to know the trash-talking, guitar-banging, bizarro world of punk rock as we experience it behind the scenes with some of the toughest dudes in hardcore music today. In the second episode of the new ...