News — Vans

Vans is proud to announce the Vans Skateboarding x Daniel Johnston Collection in partnership with the nonprofit Hi, How Are You Project to raise awareness and resources for mental health. Working directly with Johnston’s friends and family, and the nonprofit organization founded in his honor, Vans was inspired to create a head-to-toe collection celebrating the artist and musician’s work as a mental health advocate and his iconic cassette-tape artwork. Check the whole collection available at Urbane here.

Pro skater Lizzie Armanto and Vans have unveiled The Lizzie, the brand’s first signature skate shoe designed by a woman in over 20 years.  As a signature model, The Lizzie is designed specifically for Armanto’s skating preferences. She prefers increased board feel, so the outsole and footbed were reworked to a shallower profiler, enabling greater contact and control. The shoe also features traditional construction methods like vulcanised midsoles, extra flex grooves, and sticky rubber tread. The toe cap is reinforced with Vans’ DURACAP compound for extra durability. The shoes are composed of organic cotton, natural rubber and bio foam form part of the shoe’s...

Are you hungry for the newest release from Vans skateboarding?  Check out the new Beef and Broccoli Half Cab from Spring 22.  Completely redesigned for modern skateboarding, the all-new Skate Classics collection delivers more of what skateboarders need to enable maximum progression.  The repositioned DURACAP™ reinforced underlays and fully redesigned uppers, combined with a new two-part foxing tape that features a deeper knurl pattern on the toe, make the new Nubuck Skate Half Cab durable enough to withstand daily skateboarding abuse.  Check out the new Beef and Broccoli colored Half Cab here.

Vans introduces it's first collection with skateboarder Cher Strauberry: The Queen of Candyland. Cher is a skateboarder, musician and artist born and raised in the East Bay. She is an integral member of the Unity Crew/Movement blazing paths for LGBTQ skateboarders worldwide. Her involvement with Unity started at day one and was the person who screened the first Unity tee shirt. In 2019, while filming for Supreme’s Candyland Bill Strobeck met Cher and brought her into the influential mix of skateboarders associated with Supreme. Her clips in Supreme’s Candyland and Vans’ Credits are just a glimpse of her raw talent....