Posts for January 2013
Rowley Week Day 4:Acosta's Angles
Posted Jan. 17, 2013, 3 a.m.
The relationship between a skater and his photographer and filmer is a unique one and it can make or break a career. Many times the best tricks have been discounted because of shitty angles, with no fault to the skater. At Vans we’re lucky to have two of the best in the business in filmer Greg Hunt and photographer Anthony Acosta helping us show you all the great skating our guys are doing for this upcoming Vans video. For ...
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30 Seconds of Pfanner Ripping
Posted Jan. 16, 2013, 3:47 a.m.
Chris Pfanner gets down in a serious way in this intro video for his new sponsor, Ashe Griptape:
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Rowley Week Day 3: Coverage Mash Up
Posted Jan. 16, 2013, 3:40 a.m.
Welcome back to Day 3 of Geoff Rowley Week here at Vans. If you missed Day 1 and the 20 years of Geoff interviews or Day 2's Vans Ad Archive as your attorney I advise you to rent a very fast car with no top and head over there immediately and check those out.
Geoff has been in the public eye for two decades and as one of the greatest skaters of all time he has amassed quite a ...
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Geoff Rowley's First Look on Thrasher
Posted Jan. 16, 2013, 3:15 a.m.
As an added bonus for Geoff Rowley Week Thrasher sits down Geoff to look at the newest King of the Road Issue:
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The Illusion Interviews Elijah Berle
Posted Jan. 16, 2013, 3:14 a.m.
You sitting in an emergency room or in traffic? Got 43 minutes to kill? Well here's one helluva long interview with Elijah Berle done by The illusion on spaceship Earth discussing injuries, Pretty Sweet, SOTY, Trunk Boyz and more:
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Rowley Week Day 2: Vans Ad Archive
Posted Jan. 15, 2013, 1:16 p.m.
Hello and welcome back to Day 2 of Geoff Rowley Week here at Vans. If you missed Day 1 and the 20 years of Geoff interviews you should go back and give those a once over.
Today and tomorrow are a very special treat. Today we look back at Geoff's best Vans ads from the past 14 years and tomorrow we'll have some of Geoff non-Vans ads and his covers from over his long and storied career.
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Geoff Rowley on OTW Classic Tales
Posted Jan. 15, 2013, noon
In the latest episode of Off The Wall's Classic Tales Geoff Rowley remembers the 1994 Munster Germany contest. It's going great until he's in the bathroom taking a dump when it's time to take his run. He places and then parties the night away with Bam, Kid Rock and Lemmy. Weird.
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Rowley Week Day 1: Blasts From The Past
Posted Jan. 14, 2013, 4:59 a.m.
Welcome back to the latest installment of Vans Rider Week. This week we focus on the man who saved us all from looking like a bunch of dorks in moon-boots, the guy who changed the tide of skate shoes back to a beautiful and rad vulcanized way of life when he 50-50'd Staple Center in a pair of Eras; we present to you none other than the brash, unapologetic, unrelenting, trailblazer of gnar, Geoff Rowley. At the time when ...
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Nassim Guammaz Embassy Footage
Posted Jan. 14, 2013, 4 a.m.
Our man, Nassim Guammaz, from the Netherlands who recently got 4th at Tampa am lays it down at The Embassy in this clip:
Nassim Guammaz from THE DC EMBASSY on Vimeo.
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John Cardiel is #11 on TWS Most Influential List
Posted Jan. 11, 2013, 10:54 a.m.
Not long ago Transworld Skateboarding announced their Top 30 Most Influential Skaters and our own John Cardiel came in at #11. Check out his interview discussing the esteemed honor:
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