HOUSE OF VANS TORONTO // PHOTOS

Ricardo Napoli is a Brazilian photographer and videographer who lived in New York city for 15 years and now lives in Toronto. ...

Skateboarding and pro wrestling really aren’t all that different. With either one, you’re risking injury to enjoy an activity that’s constantly frowned...

  “If you don’t give back to the community, especially with skateboarding, nobody will buy from you. It doesn’t matter how nice...

Another great video by Montreal lensman Ben Lachance WithCharles DeschampsFrank NadonWill Phelan AndVince CormierMorgan DTAlex LopezGab VeniotMatil BrouillardCed VigneaultMarco PelletierSam DeschênesJF LessardJessy...

Wesley Lee, Drop down to 50-50. Cayer By Adam Wawrzynczak There was once a time when skateparks acted primarily as warm-up spots....

After repeated viewings in an attempt to digest everything in Alright, Ok, the latest video offering from Vans and director Greg Hunt,...

Story and photos by Tommy Berlin On February 23rd, the Ninetimes crew traded in the cold Canadian winter for the warmth of...

Over the course of the summer, many things changed for the worse, however, this summer was ideal for skateboarding. As many businesses...

Introduce yourself: My name is Heidi. I’m a trans woman and my pronouns are she and her. I’m a skateboarder from Brazil,...

Over the years I had always wanted to do a photo exhibit, but I never really had a reason to do one....

The Garden of the Provinces and Territories has been the go-to staple Ottawa street spot for decades. Skaters refer to it simply as...

Story by Cort Watt Photos by Matt MacLeod In early March, right around the time Covid was starting to really hit, I...

Introduce yourself. My name is Malik Walker. I’m 23, from Calgary, and now living in Vancouver. When did you move here? I...

Introduce yourself. My name is Tiffany Scott. I’m from Lubbock, Texas. I’m 29 and I have an eight-year-old daughter. How and when...

Introduce yourself:  I’m Meghana Iyer. I’m 19 years old and I’m from Calgary. I’m a student at AUArts, and I really like...

Nations Skate Youth held an Indigenous Youth Skateboarding Workshop recently with the Tsuu T’ina Youth Program, near Calgary, Alberta. While there were plenty of...

Usually when I come back to Calgary, I end up staying with family south of the city limits. That means long drives...

Spots like this are great. You never know who will be there, what new junk will have turned up, and how it’ll...

— If you’re a skateboarder who has grown up with a local skateshop, you know how crucial they are to the scene....

As the second edition of Canadian Skateboarding – A Visual History has just rolled off the press and been released, we connected...

It seems to me that each year longer I spend on this earth, the more complicated things get. For me, for you,...

Much like the rest of the country, skateparks in Vancouver have been closed for over two months now. Emilyside, the name coined...

The self-indulgent journal of a self-filmed video part. By Cole Nowicki *** The tripod extends, one piece revealing itself from the other...

— What’s that noise? What are you doing? I’m setting up a complete. I’ve got like two more bolts to go. It...

On Sunday, March 8th in Vancouver, a host of community skate groups got together at Strathcona Park to celebrate International Women’s Day...

When was the possibility of a pro model shoe first brought up with you? What’s that conversation like? When it was first...

By Adam Wawrzynczak The surroundings in which you find yourself can have a large impact on your perspective. A man holding a baseball...

— Along with a smile as big as her camera bag (it’s massive), Norma brings so much originality to the table. She...

— Growing up as a male skateboarder in the late ’90s and early ’00s, I encountered next-to-no women in skateboarding, and I...

— Dedicated and passionate, Annie Guglia wants to share the joy of skateboarding with everyone. Despite a hectic travel schedule, she manages...

— Within a short timeframe of meeting Sarah Kelly, it’s obvious the redeeming qualities that tend to garner respect are all there:...

— Back in 2012 I met Shari White, and we became fast friends. She had recently moved to Vancouver from Gold Coast,...

Alison Matasi, a.k.a. Nugget; if you skated Hastings Bowl in the early 2000s you would have seen her airing over garbage cans...

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For over 17 years, Antisocial Skateboard Shop in Vancouver has been many things to many people. Firstly, of course, it’s a place...

This year’s Women’s World Cup of soccer went off. The level of interest, excitement and coverage seemed unprecedented. Not only was it...

Every year in May, hundreds of skaters from all around the world gather in Seattle for Wheels of Fortune (WOF) – the...

From Winfield, BC, to making the big move to San Francisco in the late ‘90s, Jessie Van Roechoudt lived the skate dream....

Eleven-year-old Rayssa Leal paid no mind to the numbers at Street League’s Los Angeles stop this past July. She took on and...

Interview by Kristin Ebeling Photo by Norma Ibarra Kristen Landry, or “Eastside Krispy” to the homies, is a humble and kind Vancouver...

Lizzie Whelan is a new face to the skate community and comes out to all our events with a tight squad who...

Last weekend in Vancouver, Granville Island and the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition came together for a community celebration of skateboarding. For two full...

Recently, during the Vancouver Skateboard Coalition’s All Aboard Celebration of Skateboarding on Granville Island, a panel of skateboarders convened on stage for...

The other night, immediately after my first viewing of Dime’s “Knowing Mixtape Vol. 2,” I wrote down one line in my notebook:...

Last week on Instagram, we asked: what trucks are you currently skating, and why? An impromptu straw poll of sorts. Polls obviously carry...

Keep the Door Open I’m going to keep this brief, because I hope you’ll move onto to the rest of this issue,...

— — — — — — Plus: Introduction: Keep the Door Open One-Off: Kristen Landry Walk the Planche: Rayssa Leal Isn’t a Numbers...

By Adam Wawrzynczak There have never been more brands in skateboarding as there are right now. This is far from an earth-shattering...

Introduction and interview by Luke Callahan Photos by Liam Glass and Gordon Nicholas Character design is a practice common in the animated...

Photos by Ryan Lebel After skating in long johns on salted roads all winter in Halifax, it wasn’t hard to convince the...

Story and photos by James Morley I didn’t really know what to expect from a trip to Puerto Rico. It was the...

Story and photos by Chris Fitzsimmons At the beginning of March this year, I travelled to Barcelona for 10 days to meet...

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Story and photos by Chris Fitzsimmons The spring season was a month into its stormy, wet weather and there had only been...

Saturday Night at Hastings Beach Words by Stepan Soroka Photos by Jeff Thorburn The locals at Hastings skatepark call our bowl “Ma.”...

On Saturday, July 27th in Toronto, Dickies and Blue Tile Lounge teamed up to host the first Framework DIY workshop. A turnout of...

This metal globe has occupied a high-traffic spot in Parkdale since 2005. It’s one of those places where things are set up...

We caught up with Matt Jensen to talk about his shop, Goodnews, and the Victoria scene. When did you open and where...

From his inception as the ultra-marketable, kinked-rail grinding, unprecedented tailsliding aggressor known as “The Muska,” Chad Muska has gone from musician (Muska...

Companies might want you to think that print is dead, because it saves them some advertising dough and let’s them control the...

That Feeling It’s that feeling of relief after landing a trick you’ve been trying for ages. It’s that feeling of surprise when you...

— — — — — — Plus: Introduction: That Feeling The Backstory: Lee Yankou Walk the Planche: Evolution of the Muska Shopkeeper: Matt Jensen...

Monday night in Vancouver, Dickies and Menu got together to host a good-times jammer at a wall-worn curb spot. Slides were slid,...

Words and photos by Ryan Lebel The latest Anthony Van Engelen Signature Shoe was launched in NYC last week and Vans spared...

Dig into “Greened Out”, a new video out of St. John’s, NFLD, from Jared Hawco. Afterwards, scroll down for an interview with...

Age? 20.Hometown? Collingwood, Ontario.When and where was this part filmed? Vancouver. I moved there in May of 2018 and recently moved back...

By Cole Nowicki How does one remain relevant in the world of professional skateboarding? In a sport [sic] not governed by meritocracy,...

Thanks for a great time, Vans! All photos by Jeff Thorburn —

Story by Jake Cormier // Photos by Ryan Lebel After spending a few weeks here, you become very accustomed to the European...

Dan Mancina in Calgary Words and photos by Jeff Thorburn Kevin Lowry, Evan Podliuk, and I arrived at Ramsay Elementary School in...

Drop in on a short conversation between two guys that couldn’t skate more differently but are the best of friends. Interview by...

A selection of some of the finest skateboard photos shot in Canada recently. —

Last weekend in Vancouver, the 5th annual Stop Drop & Roll women’s skate contest took plaza at the Downtown Plaza. Women came...

Shopkeeper, with Wes O’Driscoll at Nowhere Fast in Edmonton Interview and photos by Tommy Berlin — For anyone who doesn’t know, where...

I recently caught wind of some interesting work that Tremaine Glasgow is doing, and felt compelled to share some of his experiences...

What was the first book you read as a teenager that made a mark on you? One Day in the Life of...

Being a skateboarder can be confusing. There seems to be a series of unwritten rules that govern the correct way to “be”...

Words and photo by James Morley We were midway through a weeklong trip to Puerto Rico (if you look closely you will...

Addition > Subtraction What do you actually like? It can be a difficult and frightening question to answer, depending how who’s asking....

Here’s a bit of what to expect in our latest issue, on it’s way to your local skateshop now: — Plus: Introduction:Addition...

by Cole Nowicki It doesn’t require much to hold a skateboarding competition. On its most base level, all one needs is a flat...

by Cole Nowicki When it comes to skateboarding’s historically fraught relationship with security and authority in general—both sides are dicks about it....

They’re different from the quasi-renegade concrete pours on underused parcels of land that we call DIY parks. They’re different from modular parks...

by Cole Nowicki Andy Anderson is pro. That’s a bit of information I wasn’t privy to until I tuned into the Tampa...

Make a few moves in your adult life and you’ll inevitably end up with friends and family all over the place. Such...

Words and photos by James Morley Over the past few years, the amount of time I have had available for shooting skateboarding...

With a temperature of -30 in Calgary, The Source rented out The Compound YYC indoor park for a private session the other...

Within the confines of what looked like a chop shop you’d see in a car theft movie, mostly sheltered from a very...

Being that we both grew up in the same city around the same time, it would only be truthful of me to...

Todd (1984 – 2018) is survived by his meticulously documented, confoundingly creative and (for him) frustratingly obscure 34 years spent on a...