For this video, a part of the Vans Skateboarding roster also traveled to the lesser-known cities and spots of Portugal to have a good time and experience the Portuguese “Bom Viva” way of life. The country definitely has a lot to offer.
Filmed & edited by Blai Costa.
It’s a good day for all the Lizzie Armanto fans out there. Vans Skateboarding blessed us with an almost 6-minute Lizzie part filmed by Chris Gregson and TJ Gaskill. They are really taking the bowl-follow lines to the next level. Those clips look amazing!
Check out Lizzie’s Vans pro shoe HERE. We only heard good things about it.
The Frogs did it again! Vans Skateboarding released their second collaboration with Frog Skateboards and it again came out very easy and playful. That’s a very rare vibe in skateboarding and we love that. It always reminds us that it’s all about having fun. Frog rules!
The very entertaining editing is of course by Diego Meek.
Vans Skateboarding is celebrating 30 years of their iconic Half Cab shoe and Dick Rizzo took the shoe out for a spin. Cool to see that Vans is still down for a gritty video filmed on a Hi-8 camera. Gives us the good old 90’s feeling. We like that. The legend Steve Caballero himself even has some tricks in the video!
Filmed and edited by Paul Young.
Vans Skateboarding just released a new European-based video called “Much Quiet” via our friends over at Free and we highly recommend you to watch it. The almost thirty(!) minutes long edit is definitely worth the watch. Sirus F. Gahan did an amazing job filming and editing this one! We were especially hyped about the Helena Long opener part. She has an interview about the video HERE.
A very nice portrait of Lizzie Armanto by Greg Hunt. Lizzie’s friends and family give us a glimpse into her personality and let us know what they appreciate about her. Go Lizzie!
Get Lizzie’s Vans shoe HERE.
Breanna is one of the best things skateboarding has going for it right now. Girl saw it, Antisocial saw it and Vans saw it as well. So now they honored that love by giving her this doc and a little collection to call her own.
About Roland Hirsch
Hirschi has been on Hitachi-airlines since the first fusion festival in 1997. Frequent flyer miles because he keeps blasting airs!
About Julian Ruhe
Julian Ruhe’s allergy-collection is bigger than his bag of tricks.
About Kalle Wiehn
Kalle Salzburg is so German that he named his dog after a German potato dish.
You had some surprising tricks in this video, did your move from Emerica to Vans open up your bag of tricks?
The Switch Frontside 360 I had done before years ago. I did one Marocco over a hubba, and it just fit. but yeah, I don’t do that trick that often, I keep forgetting about it (laughs).
The Pole-Jam Pressure Flip was another surprising one!
That one just just happened. I sort of flipped like that on some of the shove it tries. I did a shitty Pole-Jam Shove-It and ended up going back for a better one. I landed the shove one fast, and figured out that if I put my foot in the pressure flip position before I pole jam that I could flip it. Once I figured that out I rode away a few tries later.
You went on a trip with Vans to Hamburg, who surprised you the most on that trip?
Schianta (Daniel Lepori)! He is so quiet, so nice but all of a sudden he will just bust out something crazy!
What about Max Pack, how is he as a TM?
Max Pack, is the best TM and a good soul!
Max Pack vs Leon Moss?
Similarities are more easy to find that the differences, they both inject beer into the session and make it fun.
Who is your favorite team mate?
Julian Ruhe or Joscha “Bonez” Aicher but I don’t see him as often especially since he moved to Barca! To be honest Julian really needs a raise in pay, he has been ripping so hard lately (laughs)!
Leon is always motivated to get a clip and won’t ever give you the feeling that you’re taking too long to get the trick!
He also has a very strong opinion on which trick could look cool on which spot, and he isn’t shy, he will give you that extra creative input as well!
He seems to know exactly what trick each skater could or should do at the spot, he definitely has a vision.
Thank You, Coach!
I don’t know what to say except that when we are together people say: “Oh I didn’t know he was your brother” (laughs)!
Max Pack a.k.a. Max Zapf is one of my best homies. We traveled and skated many spots in many different countries. I would like to say that we pushed each other to become better. The difference being, he focussed on filming and I focussed on skating! It is great that we both ended up over at Vans. Even though we only really see each other on tour, we still talk just about every day and our friendship remains a deep one. I am really happy about all that he accomplished and support him to the fullest, I know he poured his heart into it! The only thing he has to learn is how to drink for real!
“Er hat noch nie richtig GEZAPFT!”
Joscha Aicher about Max’s drinking skills.