Everyone knows that one of the biggest New Year's Eve parties on the planet is in Times Square New York City. We're giving you the chance to post your photos to our live billboard right in the heart of the New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square. Simply upload your photos to Vans.com/BeHere and be a part of it all. Happy New Year from Vans!
You can upload as many photos as you want between now & midnight on January 5th, 2010. (Tip: don't add your last name or a website in your message. We want to protect your privacy)
We've posted a few webisodes of Vans Team Rider Arthur Longo in "Bloody Board" in the past—now you can watch the entire movie for free right here and now! Arthur and company get busy in Europe riding all kinds of exotic terrain, and the movie showcases their adventures from last season. By the way, Happy New Year from Vans... we hope your 2010 is filled with many good days of shred and fun.
Mark Landvik "Black Winter" Webisode
12/27/09
Contests are cool and all, but sometimes we need to focus on what's really important: powder. Last month, ESPN.com posted a Standard Films' "Black Winter" webisode of Lib Tech ripper and Vans Team rider Mark Landvik shredding some crazy pow lines as usual, even kicking off a mini avalanche in the process!
You see Lando's full part, along with many others in "Black Winter," available on iTunes for only $7.99.
Hana BEAMAN on the ESPN Insider Report
12/24/09
Hana Beaman. Photo: Stan Evans.
On the heels of Hana Beaman's victories at the Grand Prix Expression Session in Copper and the first stop of the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge comes the announcement that she will be filming with the legendary Standard Films crew this winter. On this month's ESPN Insider Report Hana breaks down her plans for the season with updates on upcoming contests, fellow filming partners and big Spring trips. To check out the full ESPN Insider Report CLICK HERE.
IPOD and Hana Beaman at the Winter Dew Tour
12/21/09
Congratulations to Vans Team Riders Iouri Podlachikov (pictured above) and Hana Beaman for their performances at the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge, CO over the weekend. Our main man from Russia took 2nd in the Men's Superpipe, while Hana added another 3rd place victory in the Women's Slopestyle. Even Colorado flow team rider Eric Willett got in on the action, beating out well-known pros from around the world to take 3rd in the Men's Slopestyle! You can find complete results over at www.allisports.com, along with tons of photos, videos, rider interviews and more from the wild weekend. Word is the partying got a little out of hand—check out this VIDEO our friend Leanne Pelosi posted about a flipped Toyota on Main Street... Those crazy kids.
VANS Launches INTERACTIVE “BE HERE” CAMPAIGN
12/18/09
Vans introduces “Be Here,” an interactive campaign that allows potentially millions of young people from around the world to share their image along with thoughts, hopes and personal messages with a global audience via the vans.com/behere website with the best submissions getting live airtime on a giant video screen at New York City’s iconic Times Square. During this holiday season, from December 15 until January 5, participants can submit messages and photos by logging on to vans.com/behere or by emailing behere@vans.com. U.S. residents can also send texts to @vans + message to 87884. The cross-channel campaign runs on a place-based social media distribution platform built by LocaModa, Inc.
“As 2009 comes to a close, this is a truly unique opportunity for Vans to share the thoughts of potentially millions of young people in an original and expressive way,” said Doug Palladini, Vans Vice President of Marketing. “Vans is opening a window into the minds of global youth culture via the screen in Times Square to share individual creative expression, a cornerstone of the Vans brand.”
While every appropriate message will appear on the vans.com/behere site, the best submissions and accompanying images will be run in almost real time on a massive live video screen in Times Square during ten minutes of special Vans programming each hour, 24 hours per day. Participants are notified of their moment of fame via email with a link which allows them to view the photo of their message on the Times Square Billboard and share it via Facebook or corresponding url. They can also watch for their messages on live streaming video on vans.com as well as Vans’ Facebook and MySpace pages.
Messages can be simple greetings to loved ones or could be inspired by topics of the day such as reflections on 2009 and hopes for the upcoming year. With the global scope of the campaign, English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese languages are supported.
For more information and to participate in Vans’ global video message board, visit www.vans.com/behere.
And the video comes courtesy of our friends over at the Vans Girls Blog.
Electric has posted a new gallery of their latest ad campaigns on their website, including this one from "The Future" of Vans team rider Arthur Longo. Always creative and visually stimulating, Electric's unique ad campaigns usually highlight not only the product but the personality of their athletes as well. Check them out for some slick designs and good looking googles.
I Am SNOWBOARDING San Francisco Stop Photos
12/16/09
San Francisco's Club Six Gallery played host to the I AM SNOWBOARDING art show last Thursday. Heads from all over turned out to check out the exhibit and celebrate the life of fallen snowboarder and friend Jeff Anderson. There was a raffle to benefit the Jeff Anderson Memorial Fund and Brothers Skatepark in Mammoth, CA with free giveaways from Volcom, Vans, Northface, Burton and the Tony Hawk Foundation. The exhibit will travel next to Portland, Oregon at the NEMO Gallery on Friday, January 8th, 2010. To see more pictures and find out how you can help, go to www.iamjla.org.
HANA BEAMAN WINS 2009 COPPER GRAND PRIX PROGRESSION SESSION
12/15/09
Vans Team Rider Hana Beaman took 1st place at the 2009 Copper Grand Prix Progression Session over the weekend to close out the first major contest of the season. After all the halfpipe riding was done, Paul Mitchell put on a unique exhibition-style contest to do something a little different: a gap jump over or onto a flat ledge that had another big gap drop with a flat rail down below. An interesting set up to say the least, and we're glad Hana pulled out the victory. Check out more photos of this unique set up over at Snowboarder Magazine's Website.
Darrell Mathes Hits Colorado
12/11/09
Vans Team Rider Darrell Mathes has been spending some time out in Denver recently, taking advantage of the snowy conditions to film some street jibbin' with Nima Jalali and the Ashbury Eyewear crew. They got a lil' blog going about their escapades... head on over to www.ashburyeyewear.com to read all about it.
I Am... Benefit Event in San Francisco
12/10/09
If you're in San Francisco tonight be sure and check out the I AM... Benefit for the Jeff Anderson Memorial Fund and Brothers Skatepark in Mammoth, CA. All the proceeds go to a wonderful cause, and there will be live music, DJs, cool art and free giveaways from Volcom, Vans, Northface, Burton and the Tony Hawk Foundation. Go out and support!
Who Knew? Andreas Wiig Has a Blog.
12/9/09
Okay, one more thing about the Air and Style, and then we're done with it, promise! We're just so proud of Andreas, beating out arguably the two best booter riders in the world in Travis Rice and Torstein Horgmo to advance to the finals. He'll tell you all about it on his blog, which he updates regularly with photos like the one above, video, press releases and all kinds of happenings from the world of the Norwegian Viking. Check it out just in case you aren't following him on facebook and twitter already. God, now I kinda feel like a stalker...
Video from Billabong Air and Style
12/8/09
Yesterday you got the photos, now there's video of Vans Team Riders Andreas Wiig and Iouri Podladtchikov at the Billabong Air and Style in Innsbruck, Austria last weekend, along with riders like Travis Rice, Peetu Piroiinen and winner Marko Grilc. TTR posted the video above, while Transworld Snowboarding posted one of their own, complete with European party music and Audis, that you can watch just by CLICKING HERE.
Vans Team Comes Up Big At Billabong Air and Style
12/7/09
Vans Team Riders Andreas Wiig and Iouri "IPod" Podladtchikov (pictured above) took third and fourth place at the Billabong Air and Style in Innsbruck, Austria over the weekend, with Andreas throwing down a Frontside 1080 Double Flip to compete with riders like Travis Rice, Peetu Piroiinen and winner Marko Grilc. Tens of thousands of spectators filled Bergisel Stadium to watch one of the biggest events of the season. The 6-Star TTR contest put Marko Grilca in first place of the Swatch TTR Title race, but of course, the season is still early. Congrats to Andreas and IPod on their first of many contest wins to come.
The Vans team certainly gets a lot of love over the pond, as we see the 4th cover shot this season from one of the crew. This time it's Nick Poohachoff nailing the cover of Playboard, an honor held last month by none other than our own Andreas Wiig. That's pretty good company Nick, congratulations on the first of hopefully many cover shots to come!
YES, IT'S TRUE... ANDREAS WIIG IS ON FORUM!
12/1/09
Last month, Europe Snowboard Magazine Whitelines reported inside sources had revealed that Vans Team Rider Andreas Wiig was leaving Nitro to ride for Forum. Today, Forum confirmed the rumors and announced on their website that indeed Andreas is making the switch to the Big "F". Andreas will be riding the new boards when he competes in the Billabong Air and Style Contest in Innsbruck, Austria this weekend with fellow Forum rider Pat Moore, among some of the other world's best snowboarders. Forum had this to say about this big-time acquisition of the Norwegian powerhouse...
The rumors are true. As winter has arrived, so has Norwegian phenom Andreas Wiig to Forum’s pro team. Joining Peter Line, Eddie Wall, Pat Moore, Jake Welch, Stevie Bell, John Jackson, Nic Sauve and Daniel Ek, Andreas is set to give it 110% this season. Whether riding the park, at a slopestyle event or filming in the backcountry, Wiig continually pushes his limits.
“It’s an honor to be part of such a talented and progressive team, a team that is setting the standard in snowboarding today,” says Wiig. “I already know most of the guys on the team and I’m looking forward to riding with them. It’s going to be good times.”
Last month, Europe Snowboard Magazine Whitelines reported inside sources had revealed that Vans Team Rider