Zion of Nike

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

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I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

[biggietoms]

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

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I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

Bastien. I think Alex Carolino was on the euro team. Also Nassim G. But yeah, still slipping. I had to think pretty hard for these.

[Dirty Douggie]

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

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I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

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Bastien. I think Alex Carolino was on the euro team. Also Nassim G. But yeah, still slipping. I had to think pretty hard for these.

Bastien Salabanzi was quite their poster boy back then.

Ray Barbee also. Justin Henry, Beatrice, Pfanner (euro TM now i think), Chima...

[Swithflip]

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

[close]

I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

[close]

I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

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Bastien. I think Alex Carolino was on the euro team. Also Nassim G. But yeah, still slipping. I had to think pretty hard for these.

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Bastien Salabanzi was quite their poster boy back then.

Ray Barbee also. Justin Henry, Beatrice, Pfanner (euro TM now i think), Chima...

Corey Glick is not black. At least to the rest of the world.

[Dirty Douggie]

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

[close]

I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

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Bastien. I think Alex Carolino was on the euro team. Also Nassim G. But yeah, still slipping. I had to think pretty hard for these.

[close]

Bastien Salabanzi was quite their poster boy back then.

Ray Barbee also. Justin Henry, Beatrice, Pfanner (euro TM now i think), Chima...

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Corey Glick is not black. At least to the rest of the world.

I guess Vans' problem is due to its cultural heritage being very "white". I mean : californian surf culture from the 60s did not give much visibilty to people of colour, nor did hesh skate culture.
Now, today, i feel as this lead to 2 things :
- as long a Vans tries to get skaters in line with that heritage, they aren't likely to sponsor many black skaters.
- also, Vans might not be the most appealing compagny for a young black kid in the position of choosing between sponsors. I mean, look at the role models a black kid can identify with at over at Nike or Adidas : TJ, Ishod, KB, Nyjah...

I remember Patrick Kigongo making a very intersting point about that on Mostly Skateboarding when Kader left Vans.

To a certain extent, Emerica, being stuck in its Cali stoner image, is in a similar position.

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

[close]

I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

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Bastien. I think Alex Carolino was on the euro team. Also Nassim G. But yeah, still slipping. I had to think pretty hard for these.

[close]

Bastien Salabanzi was quite their poster boy back then.

Ray Barbee also. Justin Henry, Beatrice, Pfanner (euro TM now i think), Chima...

[close]

Corey Glick is not black. At least to the rest of the world.

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I guess Vans' problem is due to its cultural heritage being very "white". I mean : californian surf culture from the 60s did not give much visibilty to people of colour, nor did hesh skate culture.
Now, today, i feel as this lead to 2 things :
- as long a Vans tries to get skaters in line with that heritage, they aren't likely to sponsor many black skaters.
- also, Vans might not be the most appealing compagny for a young black kid in the position of choosing between sponsors. I mean, look at the role models a black kid can identify with at over at Nike or Adidas : TJ, Ishod, KB, Nyjah...

I remember Patrick Kigongo making a very intersting point about that on Mostly Skateboarding when Kader left Vans.

To a certain extent, Emerica, being stuck in its Cali stoner image, is in a similar position.

Thats is how I feel about Vans since 98 when I started skate. Even Vans black skaters are hesh who seems to identify more with white californian culture.

[conqueso]

just being from the east coast its hard to identify with vans. to me there shit is mostly just ugly. especially all that slip on all over print stuff. keep that shit at the beach please. half cabs look good but they make my feet hurt so bad I haven't worn a pair in 10 years and probably won't ever again.

[matty_c]

Those aves are comfy as I got some of those pro slip ons too I reckon they good and I’m an old arse man

But that chequer shit can go fuck itself along with those pinstripe dickies they used to make

Never happen now but imagine hader and r neale wearing different clothes and vans and filming parts
holy shit

Edit to say by clothes I mean former clothes
Leaving hader cause its funny

[fs180]

what's the difference between vans and element? seems like the same company sometimes.

love some vans shoes but they need to stop making loops on the heel of the shoes. nobody uses those and they make shoes look cheap as hell.

hope Zion gets on hes a ripper.

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I also remember hoping Jerry got fully on Vans even though he's not that active of a pro just because he would be the second Asian skater to fully get on after Cab, who is part japanese. If I'm wrong about that please lmk.

[McJagger]

I also remember hoping Jerry got fully on Vans even though he's not that active of a pro just because he would be the second Asian skater to fully get on after Cab, who is part japanese. If I'm wrong about that please lmk.

Don't forget my man Willy Santos

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I also remember hoping Jerry got fully on Vans even though he's not that active of a pro just because he would be the second Asian skater to fully get on after Cab, who is part japanese. If I'm wrong about that please lmk.

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Don't forget my man Willy Santos

+Hosoi

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I also remember hoping Jerry got fully on Vans even though he's not that active of a pro just because he would be the second Asian skater to fully get on after Cab, who is part japanese. If I'm wrong about that please lmk.

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Don't forget my man Willy Santos

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+Hosoi

+Salman Agah

[biggietoms]

Early 2000s Vans was so sick… very diff than what it is today. Rowley was obvs doin his thing which was sick, Cardiel, Scott Kane, Darell, Ethan Fowler Van Wastell, Basiten, Angel Ramierz,  Greco, Dollin…. a buncha others.

If someone can post The “ Pleased to meet you” Tour video from 2005, this embodies exaclty what im talking about.

[Hevonen]

Early 2000s Vans was so sick… very diff than what it is today. Rowley was obvs doin his thing which was sick, Cardiel, Scott Kane, Darell, Ethan Fowler Van Wastell, Basiten, Angel Ramierz,  Greco, Dollin…. a buncha others.

If someone can post The “ Pleased to meet you” Tour video from 2005, this embodies exaclty what im talking about.

Never seen it before but that was a very nice video thank you

[Owen]

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Early 2000s Vans was so sick… very diff than what it is today. Rowley was obvs doin his thing which was sick, Cardiel, Scott Kane, Darell, Ethan Fowler Van Wastell, Basiten, Angel Ramierz,  Greco, Dollin…. a buncha others.

If someone can post The “ Pleased to meet you” Tour video from 2005, this embodies exaclty what im talking about.

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Never seen it before but that was a very nice video thank you

I also hadn't seen this before. Thanks for posting.
It's easy to forget how good Dollin was back in the day. By the look of things, he really killed every demo in this vid. Lots of good Johnny Layton clips in there too

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I also remember hoping Jerry got fully on Vans even though he's not that active of a pro just because he would be the second Asian skater to fully get on after Cab, who is part japanese. If I'm wrong about that please lmk.

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Don't forget my man Willy Santos

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+Hosoi

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+Salman Agah

Happily stand corrected. Still think Jerry should collect a vans check even only for the occasional ig clip here and there. But Vans and Jerry would rightfully want more from each other than they would probably get from the deal.

[Coastal Fever]

So are we calling him Corey Blick or Corey Glack now?

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

That makes sense.  According to the US Census Breau, 13.4% of the US is African American/Black.  When you consider that includes all ages/genders and that skating is a traditionally white heavy sport/activity, the numbers seem in line. 

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Zion’s Vans announcement is coming in time for the Olympics.

I heard another Red Bull hat wearing former Nike guy may also be getting on as well.

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Zion’s Vans announcement is coming in time for the Olympics.

I heard another Red Bull hat wearing former Nike guy may also be getting on as well.

torey pudwill, of course

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Zion’s Vans announcement is coming in time for the Olympics.

I heard another Red Bull hat wearing former Nike guy may also be getting on as well.

DANNY SUPA!

[urbneathme]

Zion’s Vans announcement is coming in time for the Olympics.

I heard another Red Bull hat wearing former Nike guy may also be getting on as well.

terp on red bull AND vans?!?

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Zion’s Vans announcement is coming in time for the Olympics.

I heard another Red Bull hat wearing former Nike guy may also be getting on as well.

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terp on red bull AND vans?!?

Have a gnar!

[duniwayRobber]

what's the difference between vans and element? seems like the same company sometimes.

love some vans shoes but they need to stop making loops on the heel of the shoes. nobody uses those and they make shoes look cheap as hell.

hope Zion gets on hes a ripper.

RIPPPPPPPP

[matty_c]

He was a sick poster you cunts are fried

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Vans is hard to put black skaters as emerica and toy.

I know vans has a few, but in a team of 30 skaters like 3 black dudes.

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Ray, Chima, Glick, Pfanner, JHenry, and Beatrice are the only Black skaters on vans
49 skaters listed on the team page, ~12% of the team is Black

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I think you interpreted his Ancestry.com results incorrectly

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I'm on one, you hella right

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Haha if Glick can get in there, Tyson is half and should be on the list.

Vans has definitely been slipping on sponsoring black skaters, even when counting people who were once on: TK, Darrell, Kader...can't think of anyone else.

Shows how young you kids are. Bastien Salabanzi had a pro shoe for Vans and is probably one of the best shoes they ever made.

[Mr. Kamikazi]

OZ Vans is a day ahead but there ya go.

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Yeahh

White midle class guy brand is trying to get tha flavor.

[Mchizzle]

Goddamn, Rowley was in full control at that time.

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Early 2000s Vans was so sick… very diff than what it is today. Rowley was obvs doin his thing which was sick, Cardiel, Scott Kane, Darell, Ethan Fowler Van Wastell, Basiten, Angel Ramierz,  Greco, Dollin…. a buncha others.

If someone can post The “ Pleased to meet you” Tour video from 2005, this embodies exaclty what im talking about.

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Never seen it before but that was a very nice video thank you

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I also hadn't seen this before. Thanks for posting.
It's easy to forget how good Dollin was back in the day. By the look of things, he really killed every demo in this vid. Lots of good Johnny Layton clips in there too