This summer the Vans UK Skate team visited the lesser chartered territory of Cuba. Here are some highlights and a summary of the trip featuring some of their insights into the cultural shock that confronted them. Full skate edit titled 'RED' coming to ableye.com and mpora.com soon along ...

1 night - 12 countries - Over 20 bands 30th October 2009 FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND and FIGHTSTAR co-headline special one-off UK show   The Vans Off the Wall night returns for a second year this October and is set to be bigger and better than ever. Bringing a little rock to Halloween ...

SUPPORTED BY FIAT FREESTYLE The Vans Downtown Showdown concept was created for skaters by skaters and has been running in Hollywood’s Paramount Studios, with huge success, for four years. Involving legends such as Jamie Thomas, Alex Olson and Rick McCrank and companies such as Girl, Zero, Toy Machine and ...

Listen to their story of nine and a half years of blowing people's minds. Full Mastodon video interview to celebrate the launch Vans x Mastodon Collaboration with 4 styles of shoes featuring Blood Mountain and Blade Catcher artwork by Paul Romano. More info http://www.vans.com/mastodon/  

Our very own Richard 'French' Sayer is teaming up with Derek Albeck for a show on September 19th at the Cerasoli Gallery in Culver City, Los Angeles. The show is called "The Initiation" and will feature some new prints and drawings from both artists. If you are in or near ...

Despite fear of rain this years Concrete Carnival went off without a hitch. Congratulations to Vans Riders Ben Grove and Greg Nowick for taking first and second respectively and taking home the money! Results: 1st Ben Grove2nd Greg Nowik3rd Craig Smedley   Thanks for your support of Concrete Carnival this year ...

With more than 30 years of skateboarding under his belt, Vans team rider Christian Hosoi is a true living skate legend. Catch up with Holmes in a full interview over at crossfire.com now.

This years lone installment of Concrete Carnival took place yesterday at Thornes Park skatepark in Wakefield, with a strong turnout of heads from all over the country. See the footage underneath for all the madness from the day, with Ben Grove, Manhead, Greg Nowik, Daryl Nobbs and many more!  

'Favourites' is back this week on sidewalkmag.com and pays a visit to Manchester as they question Note worker, Pumpcage regular, Science rider and member of the Vans UK flow roster, Matthew 'Nev' Nevitt! Get reading over on the Interviews Page on Sidewalk.

The entire Heathen team, plus friends, family a bunch of 'special' guests, will be tearing through the East Coast towards the end of the month, on what has been labeled 'The Holy Mountain' tour 2009!  With the likes of Daryl Nobbs aka Cov Sid, Colin Adam, Mark Burrows, Lewis Threadgold ...

Following on from last weeks instalment, the second 'Monkeys in a Van' edit is online now, and can be watched underneath, with Manhead, Neil Smith and Stu Graham visiting a mini ramp at the surreal setting of five-star hotel/mansion in Reading, with appearances from Eddie Belvedere, Harry Lintell and ...

Last weekend saw the tenth anniversary of the DLH funday at Dean Lane skate park in Bristol. As always it went off in a blur of skating, beer and punk rock fun for all the family. Including a ring of fire jump ramp session and much more! Below are a ...

During the first week of June, Stu Graham, Cubic, Neil Smith and Josh 'Manhead' Young set off on a week long mission around the UK, bumping into a whole random crew of people along the way The 'Monkeys in a Van' article can be found in the latest issue of ...

So the Relentless Boardmasters in association with Vans is over for another year. Sunshine, great waves and an incredibly high standard of surf, skate and BMX riding made it the best one yet. The Vans Summer Sessions took in the BMX mini ramp, Street Skate and Vert Skate comps. The ...

The skate side of Relentless Boardmasters 09 kicked off in Newquay yesterday afternoon, which saw Josh 'Manhead' Young get held off first place by Ben Raemers at the annual street comp at Wooden Waves. See the footage below now for plenty of Newquay bangers with Ben Raemers, Manhead, Adam Moss ...

It was agreed by all who bore witness that this years Vans 'Summer Sessions' vert contest at Relentless Boardmasters was the gnarliest vert competition that our shores have ever seen. Saturdays qualifiers and best trick comp definitely set the bar at a ridiculously high level, with yesterdays finals seeing the ...

This is the official page of the Murray Jam UK [2009 edition] and its gonna be amazing, bigger and better than the last two years!. The venue is Alianos Trails which everyone knows are normally on an invite only basis, but for one day only, Saturday Aug 29th, these trails ...

Video interview with Vans BMX team manager Jon Taylor at Relentless Boardmasters in Newquay, look out for subtle product placement by Bas Keep as Jon spills the beans on Surfing and Summer Nights in Newquay...  

The qualifying for the miniramp at the Relentless Boardmasters went down yesterday and what seemed like was going to be a mellow comp turned out to be savage. Check out some of the riding from Ben Wallace, the Bruzas, Dan Lacey and Bas Keep…   More relentless-boardmasters-09 BMX >>

The second annual UKSA National Skateboard Championships is going to be returning to Adrenaline Alley, Corby, on September 5th and 6th for another full weekend of shocking, homegrown skateboarding! As with last year, there will be both vert and street comps running all weekend with a prize purse of £10 ...

A late July session at Bath skatepark, with Ben Nordberg and Nicky Howells from www.sidewalkmag.com. The first dry morning they headed down to Bath skatepark for a warm up session, a clip from which can be seen below.  a clip from which can be seen below.

UK vert history was made over the weekend, as Brits dominated at the X-Games Am contest in LA, with Sam Beckett coming in a close second to Sam Bosworth who took the win. This is the first British X-Games win in the history of the contest! Congratulations to both Sams ...

Congratulations to Candice O’Donnell from Newquay in Cornwall who became the 2009 UK Pro Surf Tour Women’s Longboard champion. In the first ever UK Pro Surf Tour Women’s Longboard event Candice O’Donnell dominated the division in peaky two-to-three foot surf (1 metre) defeating Nicola Bunt, Elsie ...