The newly refurbished Vans store was the place to be last Thursday as Vans welcomed everyone along to have a look at the new store, latest Vans product and also have a special sneak preview at the Teenage Kicks customised shoes for the Teenage Cancer Trust. With a large selection of customised Classic Slip-ons on display from the likes of PPQ, Mysterious Al, Gavin Turk , Zandra Rhodes, Mat Horne, Marina and the Diamonds as well as many others there was no shortage of interest in getting a first look on the very soon to be auctioned kicks. The...

Sam Partaix is a dangerous man. Hideously talented on a plank (massive interview in Kingpin recently), decidedly good looking and with an unnervingly alluring french accent. As if he didn't have enough strings to his bow, he's decided to dabble in the arts. As documented earlier today on the blog, he's cleaned up recently at the Vans Downtown Showdown in Hamburg (oh, you can add that he's now minted to his ever expanding list of credentials), just one of many competitions he has cropped up and cleaned up in. Sam has decided to document his recent travels and has...

On Saturday, 14th August, Hamburg’s Red Light District hosted the biggest skateboard event the German harbour city has ever seen. Canoe were lucky enough to attend, soak up the amazing atmosphere and hang out with a few legends! Over 5’000 people visited the Spielbudenplatz throughout the day, witnessing nine of Europe’s best Skateboard teams battle it out against each other. €14’000 out of the €50’000 prize purse went to the days winning team: Element Europe. It wasn’t just the skaters having fun as the weather held out throughout the day, a thronging crowd of spectators and a high level...

Never before has a release been as anticipated as the first ever skate movie from Vans. Titled 1966, the film was shot in various countries across the globe featuring sections from the most respected and talented skaters in the European arena today. In addition to their obvious and active roles in the movie, the riders were also instrumental in the making of this project by suggesting ideas, destinations and music - giving the production its own unique stamp. The US, China, Czech Republic, UK, Dubai & Abu Dhabi, Spain and France were all visited and explored as the team...

Yet another fly drop from Vans for this season: Vans - Coloured by Crayola. Crayola's seminal crayons are pretty much a staple of every kid's childhood; I remember spending countless hours scrawling some pretty killer works of art myself when I was a little tyke. I'll show them to you someday. If you're lucky. Here's a pretty crazy fact for you: Crayola produces a mind boggling 3 BILLION crayons each year, selling to over 80 countries. Anyway, this year Vans and Crayola get together to introduce the Vans Coloured by Crayola collection. You'll find Vans Classics styles capturing the intrinsically...

For those that don't know, the Vans Vault collection is the cream of the Vans crop. Vault is where the footwear brand reaches out to the world's most visionary, exciting creatives and works with them to produce what is, quite frankly, beautiful, high end shoes. Luxury materials, exclusive designs and highly limited numbers - the Vault collection is bespoke in the truest sense of the world. The likes of Marc Jacobs, Taka Hayashi and Donny Miller have all collaborated to make Vault shoes. Enough said. Anyway, Soto store in Berlin recently presented the new Vault collection for Fall 2010,...

To celebrate the launch of the Girls Fall 2010 collection hitting stores, Vans will be hot footing it around the country and stopping at Vans retailers to spread the word of the latest super chic collection to drop in-store. The Vans ‘Girls Off the Rail Tour’ has called upon a London stylist to be on hand in each city to spread her invaluable fashionista knowledge to anyone looking for some clever styling tips. As well as being the first to check out the fantastic new collection, you will receive all the VIP treatment that the shopoholic inside you desires!...

The World At Your Feat  – a newly founded blog to document and photograph interesting people and the shoes they wear. There is a lot that can be said about a person by their choice of shoe and how they interpret it. From dress shoes, sneakers, trainers, high heels, boots or sandals – The list goes on and so do the stories about the people who wear them, when, and why. Check it below and have a think about what you wear and why... http://www.theworldatyourfeat.com ...

So as some of you might know, the annual Pro-Tec Pool Party went down this weekend at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, California. Here's some cheeky (and quite hefty) video of the pro finals: Bucky Lasek took home his second Pro-Tec Pool Party title in as many years before a capacity crowd Saturday night in a newly renovated Combi at the Vans Skatepark in Orange, CA.  Bucky claimed $30,000 with former winners Rune Glifberg and Omar Hassan placing second and third in a deep Pro Division final that featured charges by youngsters including 15-year old Brazilian Pedro Barros, 17-year old...

Here's a little news on what we've been up to the past few months. To view in a web browser with hot links, click HERE. If you'd like to subscribe to our infomail (which goes out every 6 weeks) and keep up to date with what we're doing, just send a quick email to justin@canoeinc.com. ...