Montreal’s Pif creates LOVIAH Pants
Whether it’s grinding down 30 stairs Hubbas, putting an end to a decade long drinking problem or launching his own brand in...
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Whether it’s grinding down 30 stairs Hubbas, putting an end to a decade long drinking problem or launching his own brand in...
Refined aesthetic meets Vans Skate progressive tech for effortless form and function. Vans Skateboarding x Quasi Collection is available now globally. Vans...
Highlighting ImpactWaffle™ tech, sustainable materials, and Zion’s hometown through new silhouette and a short film titled “We’re From Here” Vans is proud...
Vans Skateboarding is proud to announce the latest collection with Vans team rider and Vancouver-based skater Breana Geering, translating her inherently creative...
Vans Skateboarding and Alltimers Throw Convention Out the Window with Latest Collaboration, Introducing the All-New Zahba Vans Skateboarding is partnering up once...
Q: How’d you become a skateboard shaper and what inspired you? A: I became a shaper by default when I fell in...
Celebrating 30 years of the Half Cab and 25 years of Blue Tile Lounge Available through House of Vans Toronto pop-up on...
King Skateboard – Book 2 is done and it’s 100 pages of pure editorial, documenting skateboarding across Canada from coast-to-coast in 2022....
The goal of the project is to collect and donate money to the Ukrainian UNICEF Foundation which is helping children and their...
Vans Skateboarding has joined forces once more with Dime on a fresh design of the Skate Half Cab™ ‘92. Drawing influence from...
An all-gender capsule by Lizzie Armanto built around Vans’ first signature skate shoe designed by a woman in 20 years. This season,...
It wouldn’t be much of an exaggeration to call Copenhagen a skater’s paradise, with a population of just 650,000 in the central...
To celebrate the opening of their new space in Toronto tomorrow, BEVY proudly welcomes Justin Fabus, Tyler Pearson-Mallin and Adam Banks to...
Vans has teamed up with Boys of Summer once again on a footwear collection that’s dedicated to the BOS crew and keeping...
As told by Adam Wawrzynczak Photos by Aaron Cayer This past February, the city of Ottawa launched a free weekly indoor skateboarding...
Last week Andriy Boyar, Editor-in-Chief of the Ukrainian skateboard magazine ZIRKA, reached out to us, offering to share small interviews with Ukrainian...
Vans’ Three-Part Series Kicks Off with Historical Look at a Cultural Icon After three decades, the origins and creative DIY spirit of...
Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, is proud to celebrate 30 years of the Half Cab™, with the unveiling...
Vans teams up with skate team rider Gilbert Crockett on a new colorway for the Crockett Hi and a well-curated apparel pack...
Fun day in Ottawa with a few members of the massive Empire squad. Not a bad day! All photos @danmathieu
Vans proudly unveils a new take on the Wayvee, designed from the ground up with input from skateboarders like Vans’ Brighton Zeuner,...
Vans is excited to announce the addition of adaptive skateboarder Felipe Nunes to the Vans Family. The announcement is also marked by...
Partnering with like minded Dime, a brand that sits comfortably at the intersection of fashion and skateboarding, Vans brings this iteration of...
Vans Canada and the Montreal Olympic Park are proud to announce the second phase of their Vans Skatepark, with the unveiling of...
Don’t Waste Time is a skateboarding zine from Winnipeg, Manitoba dedicated to preserving and promoting skate culture. In this article Jackson Toone,...
Outloud North Bay is a community safe space targeted towards helping the LGBTQ+ youth of North Bay. Their current space opened about...
If you are looking to get inspired and motivated, then you’ve come to the right place. Brandon Alton is a prolific photographer...
Photographer and King Skate Mag contributor Jacee Juhasz recently released a book with his photography from the summer of 2020. Being fans...
Back in October, during the Montreal lockdown photographer Félix Renaud had a vision of a different world where the air was no...
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...
Via Vans: Vans team rider Fabiana Delfino’s smooth style and powerful approach is redefining skateboarding from the ground up. The Florida native’s...
Over the course of the summer, many things changed for the worse, however, this summer was ideal for skateboarding. As many businesses...
Over the last year Vans skate team rider, Cher Strauberry, has broken boundaries and established her place within the global skate community....
Introduce yourself: My name is Heidi. I’m a trans woman and my pronouns are she and her. I’m a skateboarder from Brazil,...
Via Vans Canada: Montréal, QC. (October 21, 2020) – What started as a skate video project among friends to showcase their hometown spots, has...
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...
From the streets of New York City to the hills of San Francisco, and all the other stops throughout his life, Keith...
Quasi Skateboards and Vans just teamed up for a special project centred around the new Crockett High shoe. Take a trip to...
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...
Los Angeles’ Lotties Skate Shop, and its owner Mike Gigliotti, have taken us back to a place where the only thing in...
Usually when I come back to Calgary, I end up staying with family south of the city limits. That means long drives...
Vans is set to release Kyle Walker’s second pro model shoe with the brand, along with an apparel pack that gives a...
Spots like this are great. You never know who will be there, what new junk will have turned up, and how it’ll...
Vans has just released a new pro pack from Lizzie Armanto featuring an Old Skool Pro and a signature apparel pack infused...
— 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...
via Vans: Costa Mesa, CALIF. (April 24, 2020) – The old adage has never rung more true for Vans: legends never die. In...
Vans®, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, officially announced the beginning of a historic partnership with skateboarding legend and global...
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...
After an incredible event last year at Montreal’s legacy skatepark at the Big O, the Vans Park Series will return to the...
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...
Vans Pro Skate has just released the Reflective Pack, an apparel collection inspired by an understanding of the elements skaters face, day...
— 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:...
Alison Matasi, a.k.a. Nugget; if you skated Hastings Bowl in the early 2000s you would have seen her airing over garbage cans...
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...
via Vans Canada: This holiday, Vans and legendary global team rider Geoff Rowley unveil their latest partnership: The Rowley RapidWeld Pro. Marking...
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...
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...