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Dan Lu, JLay & Fitzgerald Prints Available from ASmith
Skateboarder Magazine's Aaron Smith has started a site where you can purchase some of his great skate photos including these here of Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and John Fitzgerald.
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Daniel Lutheran Is Now Pro!!!
Last night was a big night for us! Our pro team just got a little bigger due to Toy Machine's wonder boy, Daniel Lutheran, making the jump into pro the rankings in front of all his peers in Long Beach, CA. Congrats, Daniel! You more than deserve it! (Look for Daniel's first pro interview in the next issue of The Skateboard Mag and check his interview and cover on the latest Transworld.) Childhood ephemera for the bros to ...
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One Day With Daniel Lutheran Video On Transworld
Transworld caught up with brand new Toy Machine pro and July coverboy, Daniel Lutheran, out in the streets of Long Beach and Los Angeles in this One Day With. Dan Lu is heavy on the sessions with the Vans team grinding towards the deadline on the first ever Vans video. Ride shotgun with Andrew Lutheran, Johnny Layton, Gilbert Crockett, Dustin Dollin, Greg Hunt, and more in this feel good edit. Congrats on going pro, Daniel!
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The Gonz Films Daniel Lutheran's How To BSTS Shuv
If you follow Daniel Lutheran or Gilbert Crockett on Instagram then you know that they were in NYC for the past week and they kept running into Mark Gonzales when they were out and about skating. Well, it seems The Gonz was equally as psyched to see them juding from this pretty epic "How To" video he made of Dan Lu's backside tailslide shuv:
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Alva, Lutheran & Perelson in New Skateboarder
The second digital installment of Skateboarder is live and it's free! Check out Daniel Lutheran's Toy Machine and Foundation Gone Country tour photos, Tony Alva returning to his old haunt and Alex Perelson getting blunted! It's a good one!
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JLAY & Dan LU Belmont Filming Mission
As you well know the Vans Video filming is well under way and if you didn't get the hint by Daniel Lutheran's gnarly new cover he's been laying it down pretty hard. Yesterday was a big day for Daniel and Johnny Layton at the Belmont Pool plaza in Long Beach, CA. Here's some behind the scenes shots from the filming mission. Sorry, no spoilers. You'll just have to wait for the video next year. Heavies ...
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Daniel Lutheran Gets the cover of Transworld
We'd like to wish, Daniel Lutheran, the hardest work desert dog in skateboarding a huge congrats on getting the cover of the July 2013 issue of Transworld Skateboarding. Look for it and his 20 Questions on stands June 11 or subscribe now!
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Daniel Lutheran's Trick Tips for CCS
Breaking down the ancient secrets behind the switch front board for CCS is Vans and Toy Machine AM, Daniel Lutheran. You obviously want to have your regular front boards and backlips dialed in before attempting the switch front board, but once you do here are a few tips to keep in mind for rolling away happy. Make sure your foot placement is right, approach the obstacle at a prudent rate of speed, hop on and hope for the best. On ...
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Transworld's Vans Texas Filming Mission Gallery
In the middle of April, Transworld joined up with the Vans team for a Texas filming mission for the upcoming video project. Despite being on the road for three odd weeks, the energy levels were high, and the motivation from all the riders was very strong. Between Daniel Lutheran, Kyle Walker, Elijah Berle, Gilbert Crockett, Chris Pfanner and Chima Ferguson, some raw skating was captured on video. Click through for a few behind the scenes moments and outtakes from a ...
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Daniel Lutheran & John Fitzgerald in New TWS
The latest issue of Transworld Skateboarding has a photo essay called Four Birds, One Stone where four skaters are shot skating the same rail from the same angle. Two of the skaters happen to be our own Daniel Lutheran and Big John Fitzgerald.
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Daniel Lutheran in Skateboarder's First Digital Issue
The future is now. Skateboarder Magazine is leading the charge towards a more digital tomorrow with their very first online issue with this rad photo of our own Daniel Lutheran. For a fast moving, fully downloadable version there's an iTunes Skateboarder version as well. And if you miss papercuts and ink on your fingertips Skateboarder will be making print versions for select skateshops.
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JLAY & DAN LU in Toy Machine's Mexicali Videodrone
The latest Toy Machine Videodrone features Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and the Toy Machine team across the boarder shredding for the Mexicali masses: Videodrone: Mexicali Surprise from Toy Machine on Vimeo.
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PHX AM 2013 LIVE WEBCAST UNDERWAY
Cowtown's 12th Annual PHXAM Presented by Vans is around the corner on April 6th and 7th with a $2500 Best Trick Presented by Skullcandy. Phoenix, AZ's Cowtown Skateboards is proud to announce the 2013 PHXAM Skateboard Contest presented by Vans Shoes. Top amateur skateboarders from across the globe including Vans' own Daniel Lutheran, Nassim Guammaz, Kyle Walker, Patrick Ryan, John Fitzgerald, Alec Majerus, Antoine Asselin and Rowan Zorilla will compete for more than $8,500 in cash and ...
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PHX AM DAY 2 RECAP
Cowtown's 12th Annual PHXAM Presented by Vans kicks off today with a heated qualifier round of some of the sickest up and coming amateur skateboarders in the country! The contest started rolling bright and early at 9am and ran as smooth as humanly possible to be done by 3pm and avoid anyone melting in the peak of the desert sun. The 200 hundred plus riders got weened down to 40 for what promises to be the most intense PHX ...
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PHX AM DAY 1 RECAP
Cowtown's 12th Annual PHXAM Presented by Vans kicks off today! All the dudes started rolling into town yesterday to check out the course and try and figure out their runs for today's very early start time of 9am. From the Vans cache of ams Daniel Lutheran, Patrick Ryan, John Fitzgerald, Alec Majerus, Antoine Asselin and Rowan Zorilla were all on a tear with Patrick and Rowan battling it out in their own unofficial high-air contest. Here's a ...
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Daniel Lutheran on Tum Yeto Pocket Cam 13
The latest Tum Yeto Pocket Cam has a bunch of extra Daniel Lutheran footage from his Going Country trip to Nashville:
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Daniel Lutheran Road to PHX AM Footage
PHX AM Is this weekend in, well, Phoenix, duh. If you don't already have a desert-bound boner then watch this Daniel Lutheran testimonial from the Ride Channel on why he loves PHX AM so much to get you fired up. And if you can't make it out to AZ you can always watch the shredding on the live webcast.
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Thrasher King of the Road Webisodes
For those of you who live in a cave and haven't seen the latest King of the Road or have neighbors that steal your Thrasher from your mailbox, Thrasher was kind enough to roll out each webisode one by one starring our own Tony Trujillo, Andrew Allen, Chris Pfanner, Gilbert Crockett, Daniel Lutheran, John Cardiel. We'll gather them here for your viewing pleasure Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part ...
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Daniel Lutheran & Taylor Smith in Tum Yeto Pocket Cam
The latest Tum Yeto Pocket Cam #12 features some road tripping throwaway footage from Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and a bunch of the other Toy Machine and Foundation riders:
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JLAY, Dan LU & T-Spliff skate the Vans Ramp on Skateboarder
The Skateboarder Magazine crew rolled through the offices for a private ramp session with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and the homies:
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Vans Team in Australia: Friday Feed
A crew of dudes including Chima Ferguson, Dustin Dollin, Elijah Berle, Daniel Lutheran, Kyle Walker and more, have been all over Australia the past week stacking clips for the upcoming Vans Video. Our ace photographer, Anthony Acosta, and Vans Team Manager Jamie Hart were kind enough to send us some snapshots of their adventures. To keep up with all Anthony's photos follow him on Instagram @aacostaa and Parttimepirate is Jamie's handle.
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Vans Team's European Vacation on Thrasher's Burnout
Part 1 of Thrasher's Burnout with the Vans team on a filming mission across the pond in Europe gives some subtle hints at the video's progress. Be sure to check out Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 and the grand finally Part 9 for some AVE, Gilbert, Chima Ferguson, Jason Dill, Daniel Lutheran, Kyle Walker and John Fitzgerald shredding. Click here to see the full Thrasher Europe Tour article.
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Vans Team's European Tour Article from Thrasher
We know you've been patiently following along with Thrasher's Burnout and his chronicles of our Euro Tour for the past month, eagerly anticipating the hammer photos that went down. Wait no more! Here's the full article, courtesy of Thrasher. (Next time just subscribe and you'll have the issue before anyone else.)
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Daniel Lutheran Sequence in New Transworld
Check out the latest issue of Transworld Skateboarding to get a better view of this Dan Lu sequence and to read Chima Ferguson's full interview.
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Lutheran, Berle & Majerus are ESPN's Top AMs
Everyone loves lists. Click through to ESPN's latest Top 10 AMs list which features three of our young guns: Daniel Lutheran, Elijah Berle and Alec Majerus.
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DANIEL LUTHERAN'S STRANGENOTES 5&5
Check out Indy Truck rider, Daniel Lutheran's, Strangenotes 5 & 5 where Daniel answer 5 questions amidst 5 park lines:
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Case of The Mondays: Daniel Lutheran's KOTR Trip Sixty-6
The latest issue of Thrasher is the heralded, annual King of the Road issue, it includes an hour+ DVD of the fun and it's in skateshops now! This year a number of Vans riders were On The Road including Daniel Lutheran who was on the Toy Machine team who took second. We caught up with DanLu to get a set of six of his road memories from this year's KOTR. 6 Essential Road Jams 1. Strangers - The Kinks ...
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Adventures with The Vans Team in the Midwest Part 2
In the latest Adventure we get a mash up of how Chris Nieratko spent his summer vacation on the road with the Vans team in the Midwest. In the second installment we see what kind of corn-fed talent lives in Ohio, the guys arm themselves for war and one kid gets some regrettable autographs all mixed with a bunch of dad-cam footage of Gilbert Crockett, Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and Alec Majerus. To view the full day by ...
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Daniel Lutheran Goes Country on RIde Channel
Toy Machine tours always seem like a helluva good time so it only makes sense that The Ride Channel would want to tag along on one and document it. In Episode 1 of Toy Machine Goes Country Daniel Lutheran, Leo Romero, Josh Harmony, Collin Provost and Austin Stephens head to Nashville for some adventures: In Episode 2 Daniel Lutheran and company head to Nashville: In Episode 3 Daniel Lutheran and company shred Nashville some more and say goodbye to Dakota ...
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Adventures with The Vans Team in the Midwest
In the latest Adventure we get a mash up of how Chris spent his summer vacation on the road with the Vans team in the Midwest. The first installment takes us to Des Moines, Kansas City and the famous Arthur Bryant’s for ribs with Johnny Layton, Tony Trujillo, Gilbert Crockett, Dustin Dollin, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran and Kyle Walker. PLAY FREEBIRD, MAN! To view the full day by day photo recap from the tour check out the Vans Midwest ...
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Vans Skate Team Year in Review
As we enter a new year and take a step closer towards the Vans video now in progress we must bid a fond farewell to 2012 and all the good times we had. From Gilby going pro to Elijah getting Year's Best Am to the release of the Stage 4 to celebrating 20 years of the Half Cab and teaming up with Metallica for the anniversary to all the covers and coverage and contests; the guys have been kicking ...
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Vans x Ride Channel Giveaways
Vans has teamed up with The Ride Channel to give away 7 exclusive items, one a day for the next week. Just click through to The RIde Channel and comment on why you should win a Vans waffle grip iPhone case, a big Vans hat, a Vans team jacket, Jason Dill limited edition snakeskin Syndicates, Vans paddle balls, checkerboard Slip Ons or a Half Cab t-shirt. Winners will be announced on Ride Channel. Happy Holidays!
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Daniel Lutheran & Taylor Smith's Tampa Am Footage
Alec Majerus won last week's 2012 Tampa Am. That means everyone else lost including our own Dan Lu & T.Spliff. Watch this footage and just how they lost:
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Daniel Lutheran on Off The Wall's Classic Tales
Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and the dudes go on a filming trip for the new Vans video. Along the way Johnny takes the gang to a crazy spot in Texas that he wants to get some tricks at. On the newest Classic Tales on Offthewall.tv Daniel tells the story of how Johnny friggin goes for it, has the gross out slam of a lifetime and needs to shave.
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Daniel Lutheran Ditch Fun on ESPN
There's no home more welcoming to skaters than Daniel Lutheran's family's in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There's a hot tub, min ramp, good vibes, beautiful view and great people. Ben Karpinski put together a small crew including Daniel and his brother, Andrew, and headed out to Che Lutheran for ESPN.
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Watch Lutheran, Caples & Majerus Live at Tampa Am TODAY
The 20th Annual Tampa Am Contest started Friday and you can watch the entire weekend of fun on The Skatepark of Tampa's live broadcast. Our own Daniel Lutheran (Jam 21), Curren Caples (Jam 26), John Fitzgerald (Jam 23) and Alec Majerus (Jam 25) flew down for the fun and skate on today, Saturday. here's the full schedule of events: —Friday, December 7th – 3pm – 5pm – Pre-Contest Show —Saturday, December 8th – 3pm – 6pm – Pre-Contest Show —Sunday, December 9th – 11am – 6pm ...
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Daniel Lutheran on Skateboarder Mag's Daily Film Blog
The latest Daily Film Blog on Skateboarder Magazine features a film outtake of Daniel Lutheran in North Carolina from the latest issue's Toy Machine tour.
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Daniel Lutheran Kills Thrasher's Burnout
The Toy Machine Team is on tour and Thrasher's Burnout is there to capture all the memories. The latest instalmment has the boys in Salt Lake City and Daniel Lutheran getting busy at nearly ever spot.
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Johnny Layton & Daniel Lutheran on Thrasher's Burnout
The latest Thrasher's Burnout features The Toy Machine Team with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and company shredding in St. George.
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JLAY & Dan LU On Thrasher's Halloween Burnout
Check out Johnny Layton and Daniel Lutheran at Toy Machine's annual costume demo on Thrasher's Burnout.
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JLAY & Dan LU ON Skateboarder's ASmith Blog
Back in 2010 Skateboarder Magazine's staff photographer, Aaron Smith, was offered an opportunity to go back home to Kansas City with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran a few Toy Machine guys to shoot photos as they wrapped up filming for the Brainwash DVD. Skateboarder just posted Part 1 Aaron's leftover photos on todays ASmith Photo Blog and Part 2.
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JLAY, Dan LU & Taylor Smith ON ESPN For Bro Style
Head over to ESPN for a story the did on Leo Romero & Griffin Collin's new griptape company, Bro Style, with a full gallery including Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and Taylor Smith.
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Trujillo & Lutheran on Transworld Sightings
Head over to the Transworld site to check out their latest Sightings with our Tony Trujillo, Daniel Lutheran and a bunch of other top notch rippers.
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Daniel Lutheran Bro Style Commercial
The latest Bro Style commercial has a ton of random bro cam shredding from the bros including our own bro, Daniel Lutheran:
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Last Stop: Ohio Photos & Video
And that's gonna be time for the Vans Midwest Demo Tour. Check out the photos from Dayton/Kettering, Ohio after you watch this footage:
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Stop 4: Carmel, Indiana
The fourth stop on our midwest tour took us through Carmel, Indiana to Rise Skateboard Shop; check out all the photos. And if you're in Kettering, Ohio come out and meet up with us.
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JLAY & DAN LU on Thrasher Toy Machine Video
Toy MAchine's Fist of Fury captures the fun of the road and the stoke that comes from finding new spots. But most of all, it's got some amazing skating in it. Here's Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Leo, Provost, Marks, Harmony, and the rest of the guys. As seen in the October issue of Thrasher. Loading the player ...
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Stop 2: More KC Photos
The Vans Pro Midwest Tour rolls into St. Louis today. Come meet the guys at Sylvan Springs Skatepark. And the Tour Blog has some more photos from yesterday's adventure in KC.
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Stop 2: KC Photos & Video
Check out the tour blog (updated daily) to see how the Vans team spent their day off street skating in Kansas City. And if you missed the demo Sunday at Escapist here's the footage of all the fun: Meet us in St. Louis tomorrow for a good time.
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Stop 2: Escapist Photos
The second stop on the Vans Pro Skate Midwest tour was Malto-Country: Kansas City. The boys get down at Penn Valley Skatepark and Arthur Bryants for a rib eating challenge. Next stop: St Louis on Wednesday. Come out and hang.
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Vans Pro Skate Tour Stop 1: Subsect Video and Photos
The Subsect demo was off the hook. Check out the photos after you watch this video.
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Midwest Tour: Pfanner Out, T Spliff In
ATTENTION! Vans Pro Skate Midwest Tour Roster Change Announcement: Chris Pfanner joins Curren Caples on Disabled List. Not to fear however, Vans' ever so wily TM, Jamie Hart has called up flow terror, Taylor Smith, a.k.a. T Spliff, a.k.a. T Splowse, a.k.a. Yung Splowse, from the bullpen. He'll be subbing in for the Austrian powerhouse who was sidelined during the recent King of the Road tour with a beastly ankle roll. That makes ...
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Midwest Tour: Curren on the DL
ATTENTION! Vans Pro Skate Midwest Tour Roster Change Announcement: Curren Caples moved to Disabled List due to hellacious arm splintering. The bad news is Curren will be sidelined for the entire Midwest tour. The good news is bones heal, chicks dig scars, and America has the highest doctor to daredevil ratio in the free world. Please join us in wishing Curren's wing a speedy recovery. That said, Vans Team Manager Jamie Hart has already summoned backup from Vans' deep ...
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Vans Pro Skate Midwest Tour Begins!! 9/22-9/29
skate.vans.com/tour This summer the Vans Pro Skate team is heading to the Midwest to visit some of our favorite skate shops and destroy some parks. If you live anywhere along the way, be sure to come out and meet your favorite Vans pros, behold some insane skateboarding, sample some BBQ and maybe even come up on some shwag from the Vans RV. Oh yeah, and don't forget to get some killer deals on Vans products from ...
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Daniel Lutheran on Crail Couch
As Thrasher's King of the Road rolls along the teams are checking off points left and right. Daniel Lutheran and the Toy Machine team had a fun one for 100pts: get interviewed on the Crail Couch.
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Dan Lu & Taylor Smith on Skateboarder Monster Tour
Skateboarder Magazine got hooked up with a free Monster Engergy Drink tour on a big ole rock n roll tour bus and they invited Daniel Lutheran, Taylor Smith and a bunch of other bros out on the open road. Click here for Part 1 of the skate photos from the road and Part 2 here after you're done watching this video of their adventure:
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Thrasher King Of the Road Teams Announced
Last week Thrasher announced the four teams that will be in King of the Road this a bunch of Vans riders were in the mix to get voted onto the tour with Toy Machine, Anti Hero, Alien Workshop and Creature.The people have spoken, the votes have been counted and Phelps is here to announce who gets in the van from each team! Head to Thrasher for all the riders' profiles. Congrats to the Vans riders who made it! From ...
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Case of the Mondays: Dan Lu's Hazy Amsterdam Memories
Welcome back to another installment of our regular feature Case of the Mondays. This week we catch up with Toy Machine Am, Daniel Lutheran, after returning back from his Downtown Showdown Amsterdam Adventure to see what his favorite things were on his first trip to Europe. FIVE HAZY HIGHLIGHTS OF AMSTERDAM 1-This was my first trip to Europe and it was epic. I feel like they were way more fit over there. The people were out and active. Every woman ...
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Daniel Lutheran Talks Skatebaorder
Long before Daniel Lutheran was born Skateboarder Magazine was putting out the goods. To celebrate the Vans x Skateboarder collection Dan Lu sits on the throne and checks out an old issue in search of Matt Bennett:
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Daniel Lutheran Has Gone Bro!
It's official! Daniel Lutheran aka Dan Lu and his brother Andrew Lutheran aka Drew Lu ae the newest Bros on Bro Style:
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Daniel Lutheran Wallpaper & Deck Contest on TWS
Transworld Skateboarding has a buttery crooked grind wallpaper of Daniel Lutheran from their Burnt Ends Article from the August 2012 Issue for you to download as well as a chance to win a Toy Machine deck. Head over there for all the details.
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Daniel Lutheran Toy Machine Videodrone
Daniel Lutheran and Colin Provost are the latest greatest Toy Machine riders in long, history of amazing skaters. This Videodrone is their "throw away" footage. First trick is a brain melter!
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Daniel Lutheran's Transworld Interview
In case you missed Transworld Skateboarding's recent Am Issue with Daniel Lutheran's 4-page interview here it is to have and to hold on the internet for all eternity:
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Brostyle Video & Film Blog
Skateboarder Magazine's Daily Film Blog has the origin of the new brand Brostyle and Toy Machine's Pocket Cam #10 has Daniel Lutheran and Brostyle buddies shredding.
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Adventures with The Trujillos, Hassan & Lutheran
On January 20th, 2012 we closed the doors to the Vans Orlando Skatepark and said our final goodbyes. For the Season 3 finale of Adventures with Chris Tony Trujillo, Omar Hassan and Daniel Lutheran flew down for the final session as well as to check out some of Florida’s most popular residents at Gator Land.
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JLAY & DAN LU in Bro Style Commercial
Leo Romero has a new company called Bro Style and Johnny Layton & Daniel Lutheran star in the first commercial. What do they sell? Good time.
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Skateboarder Quest for Cover Video
Skateboarder has a bunch of exclusive photo from Johnny Layton, Chima Ferguson and Taylor Smith's trip out to New Mexico for Daniel Lutheran's cover photo to go along with this action-packed video:
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JlAY & DAN LU Zumiez Couch Tour Footage
Transworld has a couple minutes of footage from Toy Machine's demo for the Zumiez Couch Tour in Denver:
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Daniel Lutheran's Skateboarder Interview
By now you're well aware that Daniel Lutheran got the cover of the June/July Issue of Skateboarder but he also has a full interview as well and Skateboarder was good enough to send it over for your reading pleasure:
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JLAY & DAN LU DEMO DAZE FOOTAGE
Toy Machine just posted some amazing demo footage with Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran and the rest of the Toy team:
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Daniel Lutheran on Thrasher's Burnout
Check out the Thrasher site with some photos of Daniel Lutheran and the Toy Machine crew at the red hubba Redondo.
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Dan Lu & JLay First Try Friday
Johnny Layton called Daniel Lutheran up to The Berrics for a First Try Friday and a half cab crooks on the hubba. Dan Lu up'd it to fakie. What?
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Daniel Lutheran Photo Blog on Skateboarder
Daniel Lutheran recently got the cover of Skateboarder and to keep the party going their new guy, Aaron Smith, has posted a photo blog of a bunch of really good Dan Lu chill and skate photos. Check 'em out!
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Chima, JLay & Dan Lu on Thrasher's Burnout
Chima Ferguson, Johnny Layton and Daniel Lutheran head out with Thrasher's Burnout, Greg Hunt, Cody Green and friends on a SoCal mission. Chima gets undeniably worked.
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Daniel Lutheran Gets Skateboarder Cover
Daniel Lutheran nabs the June/July cover of Skateboarder with a massive 50-50 grind on a double kinker at his old high school in Albuquerque, clenching his first cover and securing his status as the hometown hero. All of his friends and team mates gathered at Collin Provost's place for a BBQ / cover surprise party. John Bradford, who shot the cover, showed up with some brews and a mystery box for Daniel to open. "BOOOM! You got the cover ...
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Vans Team Help Open Jack's Garage in Dana Point
Jack's Garage in Dana Point had a grand opening of mega proportions on Saturday and decided to invite some of skateboarding's elite to christen the new Jack's Garage skate shop. The Vans posse showed up to sign body parts and posters and Dill and AVE decided to unveil their new Syndicate collaboration shoes. Hot dogs and pizza were provided for the beach babies; shirts and posters were handed out to everyone from girlfriends to grandmas. There was ...
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Come Meet the Vans Team this Weekend!
Hey Southern California skate rats, we want to see you in Dana Point tomorrow, Saturday, April 7 at 1 PM for the Grand Opening of the new Jack's Garage skateshop. Vans team riders Anthony Van Engelen, Johnny Layton, Andrew Allen, Daniel Lutheran, Curren Caples plus Jason Dill and whole slew of other pros from around the industry will be on hand to meet and greet and shred the gnar with you! In addition to the demos, free give aways ...
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Vans Video Update from South America: Part 2
Last week we told you the guys went down to South America for a filming mission with Greg Hunt for the new Vans video. Geoff Rowley, Tony Trujillo, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and Chris Pfanner landed safely in Chile and then…radio silence. A week passed with no word on their where-abouts or well being. We started to worry. It wasn’t like them not to check in. We emailed Sharon Lutheran, Daniel’s mom, because if anyone ...
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PhXAM UPDATE: DAY 3 Hatchell Wins Again!
Sunday brought the final installment of the PHX AM 2012 with some cooler weather and windy conditions. Our boys Taylor Smith and Curren Caples made it into the semi finals and skated in the first heat. Taylor nailed a few sick lines until he himself became sick and took a barf break from heat exhaustion. Curren took off into orbit with face high airs over the death box but it wasn't enough to land him into the finals. The ...
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PhXAM UPDATE: DAY 2
Saturday, March 31th PHX AM 2012 Update Saturday morning started off with a big boost of moral as we all put our hands in the center and did a cheer for our team. Taylor Smith took his heat by storm and busted a kickflip lip down the hubba in the faces of his competitors. This allowed him to qualify 20th and advance to the finals. Curren Caples was flying high again today with a flawless run that qualified him in ...
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PHXAM UPDATE: DAY 1
Friday March 30th PHX AM 2012: Let's Get Ready To Rumble The bros rolled over to the park at high noon for their practice session in the 90 degree heat while Griffin Collins went to go pick up Dan Lu and Cody Green from the airport. The park was filled with tie dye clad air babies, leather desert rats and eager Johnnys that were fine-tuning their routine. The crowd didn't stop Curren Caples from blasting face high airs ...
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Vans Video Update from South America: Part 1
A new international filming mission has begun. A five man crew of Tony Trujillo, Chima Ferguson, Daniel Lutheran, Johnny Layton and Chris Pfanner along with Greg Hunt, Cody Green and Anthony Acosta just embarked for South America yesterday. Straight off a 15 hour flight to Chile, directly into an autograph signing at an "extreme" mall. The place had a skatepark, wave machine and nothing but shops that sold stuff that was "extreme." A bunch of kids came out and got ...
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Daniel Lutheran ESPN Interview
Mr. Sunshine Daniel Lutheran aka Dan Lu has a little interview on the ESPN site where he discusses traveling abroad, his upcoming Skateboarder interview and more.
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Daniel Lutheran Mob Footage
Mob Grip put together some park footage with Daniel Lutheran and the Toy Machine guys to get you fired up:
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Daniel Lutheran 's Adventure
Back in December the House of Vans in Brooklyn, USA held a best trick contest and a coat drive to benefit NY Cares. In keeping with the spirit of positivity HOV flew out the most positive person on God’s green Earth: Daniel Lutheran. Young Daniel is so charming he even convinced one girl to donate the coat right off her back:
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Adventures with Chris Season 3 Preview
Season 3 of Adventures with Chris begins next week on February 22 and features Ray Barbee, Tony Trujillo, Jason Dill, Daniel Lutheran, Omar Hassan, Curren Caples and Steve Caballero. Here's a sneak preview:
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Daniel Lutheran Comes to An End With Acosta's Angles
What’s the old saying? Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% percent perspiration? Well, it’s pretty safe to say the way skateboarding is conveyed for visual consumption is 60% talent, 40% angles. 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. Because, let’s be honest, if a trick drops ...
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Daniel Lutheran Week Continues with Five Favorites Video
"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes Silver white winters that melt into spring...these are a few of my favorite things!" Everybody has got their staples, their favorite things they can't live without. For Day 4 of Daniel Lutheran Week we get in the van and follow Dan Lu around Long Beach to check out five of his favorite spots: (Filmed & Edited by Grant Hatfield.)
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Daniel Lutheran Week Continues with Dial Up Memories
For as long as the world has been hearing about Daniel Lutheran they've been hearing stories about all the photos he carries around in his cellphone. He literally has thousands upon thousands of shots that he takes around with him at all times. We asked him to share a few of his favorites with us. We were going to call this The Lutheran Eleven but he just kept finding images that he was stoked on. Here are some of ...
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Daniel Lutheran Week Continues with Exclusive Interview Part 2
Back on December 6th, 2011 we officially announced Elijah Berle and Daniel Lutheran as our newest full-on ams after them putting in serious time and miles of shredding. It only made sense to introduce our newest web features using one of our newest guys Daniel Lutheran aka Dan Lu. Starting with Daniel we are introducing Rider’s Week with 5 days of all new, exclusive web content focusing on one specific dude. Let's continue with the 2nd part of ...
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Dan Lu Week Begins with Part 1 of Exclusive Interview
The first part of our conversation with Dan Lu on how he got into skating in Albuquerque. http://youtu.be/6URiPGbWdvI
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Thrasher King Of the Road Full Video + Bonus Footage
"We thought we told you that we won't stop." Thrasher just reposted the King of the Road adventure in one video! 2+ hours of footage plus a ton of additional, unseen madness all right here. The Vans Team extras start at 1:23.
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Thrasher King Of the Road Finale
2012 Thrasher King of the Road is a wrap! The Vans team killed it, narrowly getting beat by Lakai. Congrats to Gilbert, Tony, Elijah, Johnny and Daniel and to everyone involved.
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Sayonara Orlando Vans Park
After 10 magical years in our skatepark in Orlando we are sad to have to say goodbye. The mall that we occupied for the past decade is being leveled to the ground to build...another mall. And so it was with heavy heart that Steve Van Doren fired up the grill one last time Friday night, January 20th with Tony Trujillo, Omar Hassan and Daniel Lutheran for a free, open skate for all the Floridians who have supported us throughout ...
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Daniel Lutheran on Weekend Buzz
The Ride Channel's newest talk show, The Weekend Buzz, aired their second episode and this week's guest brings a lot of pep in his step, making any 7 minutes more exciting. We present to you, Daniel Lutheran discussing everything from his mom to hippy sandals to PJ Ladd and everything in between. Enjoy.
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Vans 4th King of The Road Webisode Live
Thrasher's King Of The Road Webisodes are rolling into the finish line. Check out episode 12, the last Vans Team webisode with some serious shredding, Elijah Berle with the worst haircut ever, some sexy TNT male modeling and the contortionist, Gilbert Crockett, doing what he does best:
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Dan Lu Tuesday 25 on Skateboarder
Skateboarder Magazine has their Tuesday 25 Questions with Daniel Lutheran. Always peppy, forever positive, Dan Lu has some great answers. So check them out and, "Marinate and expand all realms." And keep checking back here for a week's worth of exclusive Dan Lu content coming early February.
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Vans 3rd King of The Road Webisode Live
The 9th webisode of Thrasher's King of the Roadfeatures all 4 teams and a major make out session between Lutheran and a juggalette, JLay shredding some stairs, naked ramp riding from Trujillo, Elijah Berle casually wrecking Clipper and Gilbert Crockett's insane switch flip UP six stairs. All the Vans acton starts at 3:55.
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Vans 2nd King of The Road Webisode Live
Welcome in the New Year with the second installment of The Vans Team on Thrasher's King of The Road. Trujillo's boneless off the van is off the hook and Lutheran and Berle skating a rail in the rain is painful to watch. Check out the entire KOTR article from last Thrasher here.
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Read The Vans Team Thrasher King of the Road Article
If you you missed last month's Thrasher's King of the Road issue no need to drop the toaster in the bath tub. We've got the entire Vans Team article right here! And if that's not enough coverage, watch Thrasher's KOTR webisodes. [[image-38]]
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Best of Indy 2011
As we bring 2011 to a close we're seeing a plethora of BEST OF 2011 wrap up videos but we'd be hard pressed to think of a better one than this slide show of Rhino's photos shot this year. It's a who's who of some of the greatest riders on Earth. Very sick. Makes us look forward to what 2012 will bring.
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Vans Team Stars in Adventures with Christmas Special
Adventures with Chris returns with it's 2nd First Annual Christmas Special. This year the absurdity gets turned up a notch as Santa Nieratko goes to see a psychiatrist about his limp lighting issues. Expect 47% more holiday cheer then before with cameos from the Vans Team's own Geoff Rowley, Anthony Van Engelen, Tony Trujillo, Daniel Lutheran, Tony Alva, Johnny Layton, Donovon Piscopo, Gilbert Crockett, Jason Dill, Chima Ferguson and East Coast Flow Trash Kids. It's all sealed ...
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JLAY & DanLu: Skateboarder's Best of the Internet
The internet has given us a many great and glorious things in 2011, but nothing so awesome as the boatloads of skate footage that was unaccessible 20 years ago. Skateboarder Magazine did their part to NEVER FORGET all the great footage of 2011 by editing this Best of Straight to the Internet clip starring Johnny Layton, Daniel Lutheran, Yaje Popson and a slew of others:
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Vans King of The Road Webisode Live
The wait is over. The Vans episode of Thrasher's King of the Road is live. Follow the insane clown antics of Tony Trujillo, Johnny Layton, Gilbert Crockett, Daniel Lutheran and Elijah Berle as they run around Denver breaking boards, making out and making a mess.
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2nd Vans King of The Road Teaser
Thrasher posted another 30 second preview of the Vans team killing it on this year's King of The Road. Just fast forward through the first 4-minutes of BS in this clip and the teaser starts at 4:05:
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Vans Officially Welcomes Berle & Lutheran
Please join the Vans family in officially welcoming Elijah Berle and Daniel Lutheran to Vans' global skate team. Elijah and Daniel are the latest skaters to join Vans’ unrivaled history of continuously representing professional skateboarding— from the Dogtown days right up to the present. In addition to Vans signature riders Geoff Rowley, Tony Trujillo and Anthony Van Engelen, Elijah and Daniel join legends Tony Alva, Steve Caballero and John Cardiel in proudly wearing the Sidestripe, along with fellow up-and-comers including ...
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Southwest Tour Snapshots Pt. 2
In October a select few dudes left Hollywood on a filming mission/demo tour to Lutheran-Land and the greater Southwest area of America. Antics ensued. Our man in the van, Grant Hatfield, tagged along to get some of that BTS (behind the scenes), making-of action that everybody loves. AVE, ball in hand. Dodgeball? Nay! Football! Ave spelled backwards is Pele? Dill's whip? Someone has a warm spot for canary yellow. Dill...urine-soaked thoughts? Hunt hunts for moments. 'Sup shorty ...
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Vans King of The Road Teaser Live
Just a few days until Thrasher's King of The Road starts airing. To get you fired up, check out the Vans Team's KOTR teaser. Our guys killed it! Good job, fellahs. Loading the player ...
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Lutheran Face Off in New Skateboarder
Daniel Lutheran and his roommate/teammate, Colin Provost, face off in the latest Skateboarder in a battle of the minds:
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Southwest Tour Snapshots
In October a select few dudes left Hollywood on a filming mission/demo tour to Lutheran-Land and the greater Southwest area of America. Antics ensued. Our man in the van, Grant Hatfield, tagged along to get some of that BTS (behind the scenes), making-of action that everybody loves.
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Thrasher King of the Road Sneak Peek
Thrasher Magazineposted a sneak peek of their KIng Of The Road Issue Cover and a couple of our guys, Tony Trujillo and Johnny Layton, got some BGPs. Look for the webisodes of the trip December 10th.
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Dan Lu in NC this Weekend
Do you live in North Carolina? Well Daniel Lutheran is going to be in Burlington & Greenville all weekend with the Toy Machine dudes. Go give him a hug on The Carolina Cook Out Tour.
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Vans Team All Up in TSM Photo Annual
The latest issue of The Skateboard Mag is their Photo Annual and our ace photographer, Anthony Acosta, killed it, filling half the magazine with Vans riders. Grab a copy on newsstands now.
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JLay & DanLu in Thrasher's Burnout
Toy Machine had a halloween costume themed demo yesterday at Active, our guys dressed as BIg Boy & Angry Bird. Check out all the the photos on Thrasher's Burnout HERE.
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Vans East Coast Extras on Skateboarder
You may recall the recent Vans East Coast article in the last Skateboarder, you know the one. With J-Lay on the cover at Pulaski. NBD. Well, they just added some photos to their semi-anual Film Blog from the trip HERE.
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TransWorld Tour Blog Continues
Transworld posted more photos from the Southwest tour HERE. Don't forget to check out the guys tomorrow in San Antonio, Tx at 4pm at Evolution Skateshop.
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Transworld Photos from the Road
Transworld photographer Sam Muller is in the van with the Vans dudes on the Southwest tour and posted a photo blog of the adventure thus far HERE.
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Vans Team in Albuquerque Today
If you're in New Mexico, get out to the Coronado Mall In Albuquerque today at 6pm and check out The Vans Team on their Southwest tour at Industrial Rideshop.
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Vans Demo in Hollywood Recap
The Vans Southwest demo tour will be in Albuquerque Thursday. The first stop was Hollywood and it was a huge success. With a crew consisting of JLAY, AVE, DIll, Chima and Dan Lu you know there's going to be a fair amount of ripping and laughing. Check them out if they roll through your hood. Check out the photos from last Saturday HERE.
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Daniel Lutheran Coastal Creeping
Daniel Lutheran is on the road again. This time he's Coastal Creeping with the Insight crew in his finest house robe: COASTAL CREEPIN' - PART ONE from Insight Clothing on Vimeo.
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Vans Southwest Tour kicks off October 15 in Los Angeles
AVE, JLAY, Chima, Dill & Lutheran kick off their filming/demo tourof AZ, NM & TX next Saturday the 15th in Hollywood.Come check out the dudes as hey pass through.
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New Team Commercial
Check out this 30 seconds of rad with the dudes:Vans Skate Team Commercial from Off The Wall TV on Vimeo.
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Daniel Lutheran Speak Easy
Daniel Lutheran is a little beam of sunshine and shines hard in The Skateboard Mag's Speak Easy:
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Jlay & Dan Lu & Taylor at Santa CLarita

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Thrasher King of The Road Burnout Party
Thrasher's Burnout has all the KotR wrap up party photos HERE. Cameos by AVE, TNT, Dan Lu, Gilbert and more.
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Gilbert Crockett KotR MVP
Congrats to Gilbert Crockett for being Thrasher's King of the Road MVP!Gilby scored 1200 points on his own. Pro status can't be far off...Also congrats to the entire Vans squad for getting second place in KotR.
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Maloof DC Recap
If you live under a rock and somehow missed all the actionof this weekend's Maloof MOney Cup in Washington DC, don't sweat it.We got you. We'll get you up to speed.The Skateboard Mag posted a bunch of rad Anthony Acosta photos HERE. You can see the rest of his photos, including Steve Van Doren's uncut sheet of $50 bills HERE. And if still photography confuses you, here's some moving images of our boys:
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Thrasher Announces KOTR Skaters
Thrasher's King of The Road starts this weekand here's Jake Phelps& Griffin Collins to announce what Vans riders will be on the mission:Loading the player ...
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Vans Team in Denver Wednesday 9/7
The dudes will be at 303 Boards next WednesdaySeptember 7th from 4 to 6pm. Buy a plane ticket, go check them out, lend them your lady.
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PHX AM HIGHLIGHT VIDEO
Highlights from the Vans team shredding the 2011 Phoenix Am contest. Featured are Elijah Berle, Andrew Langi, John Fitzgerald, Taylor Smith, Daniel Lutheran, and Gilbert Crockett.
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