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Join Vans this Saturday, February 25th on Australia’s Bondi Beach to witness one of the biggest bowlriding events in skateboarding with a purse of $80,000 AUD (more than $85,000 USD). This 8th year running by Vans Bowl-A-Rama will include pros Pedro Barros, Bucky Lasek, Mike Owen, Anthony Furlong, Josh Stafford, Sam Beckett, Juergen Horrwarth, Nathan Beck, Renton Millar, Kevin Kowalski, Sky Siljeg, Jackson Pilz, Curren Caples, Rune Glifberg, Rion Linderman, Josh Borden, Alex Perelson, Omar Hassan, and masters Steve Caballero, Jeff Grosso, Pat Ngoho, Sean Goff, Lester Kasai and Eddie Elguera.

It all goes down on Saturday, February 25th from 10am – 7pm and for those of us that can’t be there to watch it in person, a live webcast at www.vans.com/bowlarama is ready to rock where you can catch the action from the comfort of your own computer.

Webcast Timezones
Sydney, Australia: Saturday, February 25th from 10am – 7pm
Auckland, New Zealand: Saturday, February 25th from 12pm – 8pm
Jakarta, Indonesia: Saturday, February 25th from 6am-3pm
Central European Time: Saturday, February 25th from 12am to 9am
Eastern Standard Time: Friday, February 24th from 6pm to 3am
Pacific Standard Time: Friday, February 24th from 3pm to 12am

Viewers can also watch the event with the free, multi-platform Vans Live 2.0 app, available for download now on iTunes for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and for Android devices at Android Market place, giving you high-quality feeds, video and photo libraries and news updates whenever and wherever you want.

The Sheckler Foundation has announced a contest that will send two lucky winners to hang out with Ryan Sheckler at Summer X Games 18 in Los Angeles on Friday, June 29th and Saturday, June 30th. This VIP package trip includes airfare and hotel accommodations. Just make a minimum donation of $10 to The Sheckler Foundation before May 25th, 2012 and you’ll be entered to win. Entrants must be over 18 to win. The winner will be drawn on Thursday May 31st, 2012.

The latest web video from Flip Skateboards, Doomsday Fun Day, is a collection of footage from the Flip team.

Vans continues its week long discussions with Johnny Layton. In day two of Johnny Layton Week he talks about getting on Vans, his near Baseball career, the origins of the name Big Boy, Brian Wenning, ollieing the Pulaski Wall and his dad’s experiences in Iraq

Kevin Shealy has recently joined the flow ranks at Hype! Skateboards.

Check of Blueprint’s contribution to Transworld’s annual Skate & Create video competition that features Nick Jensen, Sylvain Tognelli, Marty Murawski, Paul Shier, Danny Brady, Jon Nguyen and Kevin Coakley.

FTC’s Spring and Summer Look Book video, filmed and edited by Mike Poore, features James Capps, Jovontae Turner, and Mike Carroll.

This Thursday FTCSF will be a premiering 5BORO’s ‘Join Or Die’ video from 7:30 to 10pm at the store.

Vans Rider’s Week continues this week with another Toy Machine team member and long-time Vans rider, Johnny Layton. Today J-Jay gives an in-depth interview covering his early days, his ties to Neil Heddings, how he won his spot on Toy Machine, who he pissed off by switch tre-ing MACBA, how he could have been a pro baseball player and his historic ollie at Pulaski. Read it all here.

Issue #7 of Grey Skateboard Mag is now online in its entirety. The issue features interviews with Tom Knox, Anthony Van Engelen and Jensen and Brady as well as a Polar Skate Co. article.

The latest web clip from Paradise Wheels features Mike Rosa, Jimmy Lannon, Richie Zuczek, Yonnie Cruz, Brian Delatorre. Check it out.