The Demon...The Starchild...The Catman...The Spaceman. Together they are KISS, one of the most wildly successful bands in history, with a career spanning almost 40 years, with 45 certified gold records, and over 100 million albums sold worldwide. Wearing their trademark face paint, the band carved out a place in rock history with their over-the-top live shows - introducing pyrotechnics, blood-spitting, fire-breathing, and a smoking guitar to amazed concertgoers. Now KISS and Volcom have collaborated for a limited number of KISS X Volcom merchandise, melding the four iconic faces of the band with Volcom's signature full-zip hooded sweatshirts and sock...

The Last Orangutans documentary is presented by Volcomunity + Volcom V.Co-Logical in partnership with Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), and was filmed, edited and directed by Mark Samuels. This film stemmed from product collaboration with Volcom V.Co-Logical Series and S.O.S for the Fall 2012 year, where 5% of sales from select Volcom products (by way of its 1% for the Planet membership) we’re given directly to the UK based S.O.S organization in efforts to support their conservation and educational work revolving around the critically endangered Sumatran Orangutan. This film was seen at select global film festivals during the 2012 summer film...

Founded in 1996 by Lisa Hudson, Kathleen Gasperini and pro snowboarders Tina Basich and Shannon Dunn, Boarding For Breast Cancer (B4BC) is a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing breast cancer awareness. The inspiration for B4BC came from a close friend of the founders. Monica Steward, a dedicated snowboarder and musician, started her battle with breast cancer at the age of 26 and passed two years later of complications that stemmed from a delayed diagnosis. B4BCS's mission is to eliminate breast cancer deaths in present and future generations by arming young people with the tools necessary to reduce their risks and...

With five other store openings in 2012, on Saturday 20th of October, Volcom continued to develop its retail network through a new retail store on the high-street of Chamonix, Rue Paccard (N°179) and a partner store in Les 2 Alps a week later on Friday the 26th. The Chamonix store is spread out in two levels covering over 190m2, catering to a complete customer base though a selection of both technical outerwear and street apparel for men, girls and youth. Supporting the wide range of outerwear, fellow PPR owned brand Electric, is represented through a range of eyewear. Volcom’s new...

Running from today until the end of October, Volcom have created a competition pushing all girls to go and get creative and take photos of themselves and post on instagram. This is not just any photo, you have to be wearing your favourite denim in the image and make it spontaneous. Don't forget to include the following hashtag once the photo is taken: #girlsroadtested Each week from now Volcom will pick a winner taking home the fantastic VBJ Denim Pack. See below a few examples of when the Canoe Girls showed of their favourite denim but more importantly don't...

Next week is our latest Press Day showcasing the upcoming SS13 Collections our brands have to offer. On Wednesday and Thursday our doors will be open from 10am until 6pm so if you haven't already booked an appointment to view the collections please contact carly@canoeinc.com to reserve a time. See the details below for everything you need to know prior to the event: WHEN: 10 - 11TH October / 10am - 6pm WHERE: The Vinyl Factory, Fouberts Place, Soho, W1F 7QH (Entrance via Marshall Street) Brands Include: Bench, Breo, Burton Snowboards, Columbia Sportswear, Crocs, Evisu, Jansport, Puma, Reef, Sealskinz, Vans,...

Volcomunity is about cool girls doing cool things. Each blogger represents a facet of diversity, uniqueness and individuality with a common thread. They are all girls that love life, fashion, creativity, travelling and unprecedented journeys. One of these girls is LA fashion blogger and model Natalie Suarez. Natalie had been a close part of the Volcom family ever since she started modelling for Volcom in 2010. Her superb fashion sense, inspiring song covers and exciting life on and off duty makes her a fascinating ambassador. "I designed this collection for that really cool, strong independent girl. She's different from everyone...

Last Thursday we hosted a BBQ event at our Brick Lane offices to celebrate the launch of the Volcom V.Co Logical SOS collection - a capsule collection designed to support the work by the Sumatran Orangutans Society (SOS) by donating 5% of sales of an orangutan print sweater to SOS. We enjoyed an afternoon of great company with old faces and new - Kaz from Gone Boarding, Rachel from Shred Betties, Ben from Who's Jack, Charlotte from Style Cartel, Abisola from Abimarvel and others. It was also fantastic to have Helen from SOS on hand to talk through the society and the amazing...

The 2012-2013 Volcom VQS season presented by MUSCLE MILK, kicked off it’s Cali portion of the tour on Saturday the 11th at HB Pier in fun, peaky 3 – 5 foot surf. The weather was perfect all day and the waves were firing!! People flocked the beach to watch over 160 competitors battle it out for prizes, $1000+ cash, and valuable points towards the 2013 VQS Champs. It was an amazing day filled with crazy antics and butt loads of fun with some insane surfing in between!! Here’s a recap of the day and some photo highlights. ...

After letting the gold slip between her fingers on a few occasions, as she says herself, Maud finally finishes first with an impressing heat score of 16.06 (out of 20) at A Coruna, Galicia, Spain. She managed to get the second best score of the day after Ramzi Boukhiam (who won men’s) and clearly dominated the final. Maud talked to ASP after the event and said “That was by far the best conditions we’ve had all year on the Junior Tour and I felt really confident. With the Title race pretty much done, I felt like I could just relax and...