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Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, teams up with prolific Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami for the fall 2015 season of Vault by Vans. Celebrated for his vibrant paintings and sculptures, Murakami brings his artwork to the uppers of his favorite Vans silhouette, the Classic Slip-On, and a focused apparel capsule for the Vault by Vans x Takashi Murakami collection. Murakami’s artistic anime-influenced style is renowned for its incorporation of lively colors, shapes and imagery inspired by traditional Japanese art and pop culture. Generally described as a “superflat” form, his work is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. For fall 2015, two of Murakami’s recurring motifs, the smiling flower and skull patterns, are brought to life in
During outside contests the main element to be scared of is the weather as sometimes you just can not deal with it. This is what we learnt during the WATSA Festival in Marseille last week-end, too windy, sometimes rainy, vagary of the weather finally canceled the competition. Anyway, the athletes rode a bit and JC Pieri welcomed us really cheerfully, contrary to the weather everybody was in a good mood so it was a nice moment!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.