FOLLOW MY VANS: HAWAII WITH LEILA HURST EP. 4

Follow My Vans Episode 4 is here from my time in Hawaii with Leila Hurst at the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. In this episode Leila and I are still in Kauai because of lay days for the contest. A lay day basically means that there aren’t good enough conditions to run, so they will wait until there are. In this case we had a few days off so we hopped a flight to her home island of Kauai from where we were staying on Oahu and did lots of fun stuff with her family. Her dad gave us a shooting lesson, we made some flower leis, and had some impromptu ukulele lessons. The final episode is coming this weekend, thanks for watching! -amanda

ps. grab the music from this episode “stampede” by sucre & “hawk fly tiger run” by wanderhouse.

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FOLLOW MY VANS: HAWAII WITH LEILA HURST EP. 3

Follow My Vans Episode 3 is here from my trip to Hawaii with Vans Surfer Leila Hurst. As soon as we heard we had a few lay days for the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing we made a mad dash to the airport to hop over to Kauai, the island Leila grew up on. In this episode we head to Leila’s house, cook dinner with her family, explore the island, and go rock jumping. If you missed episode one & episode two you can catch up on those now. -amanda

ps. grab the music from this episode “pays to know” by MYPET & “curbstomp” by meg myers.

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FOLLOW MY VANS: HAWAII WITH LEILA HURST EP. 2

The 2nd episode of Follow My Vans from Hawaii is here! There were a couple of lay days in the Billabong Pipe Masters contest so Vans Surf’s Leila Hurst and I did some exploring… horses included. Plus, Leila got a little afternoon surf sesh in. You can catch up with episode 1 if you missed it, more coming soon. Thanks for watching! -amanda

ps. grab the music from this video “legendary” by mr. downstairs. 

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We Vans Girls have had a pretty good year in 2012. I rounded up a few of my favorite moments and posts from the year for you all to check out. From musical performances to DIY tutorials here’s my top 10 in 2012: Refinery 29 came and took a fun photo tour of our office and my stylish coworkers. Hey, I wasn’t there to make the style cut but at least my desk did haha.  You guys Followed My Vans all around the 2012 Vans Warped Tour this year, I had such a blast making these 10 behind the scenes episodes on the road with some of your favorite bands.  We were full of ways to customize your kicks this year… Alyson taught you how to dip dye your Vans in this rad tutorial. While Brittany showed us a new take on studs, spikes, and Slip-Ons. Our friends from the band Bearcat stopped by our office to play us some acoustic tunes.  Elsie & Emma from one of our absolute favorite blogs, A Beautiful Mess, featured two super rad DIY tutorials on their own Vans shoes.  We met up with the band Sucre in downtown LA for some Q&A and a gorgeous take on their song ‘Light Up.’  Vans Surfer Leila Hurst taught me how to make surf board bags… or any kind of bag really, in this fun video. Our friends in the band States sent us this sweet video to post for you guys of their song ‘As Good As It Gets (Inside)’ acoustic. I had an absolute blast shooting Coachella this year with my good friend Brianna. We shot bands, style, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Happy New Year everyone and thanks for keeping up with us on the blog! -amanda

We Vans Girls have had a pretty good year in 2012. I rounded up a few of my favorite moments and posts from the year for you all to check out. From musical performances to DIY tutorials here’s my top 10 in 2012:

Refinery 29 came and took a fun photo tour of our office and my stylish coworkers. Hey, I wasn’t there to make the style cut but at least my desk did haha. 

You guys Followed My Vans all around the 2012 Vans Warped Tour this year, I had such a blast making these 10 behind the scenes episodes on the road with some of your favorite bands. 

We were full of ways to customize your kicks this year… Alyson taught you how to dip dye your Vans in this rad tutorial. While Brittany showed us a new take on studs, spikes, and Slip-Ons.

Our friends from the band Bearcat stopped by our office to play us some acoustic tunes. 

Elsie & Emma from one of our absolute favorite blogs, A Beautiful Mess, featured two super rad DIY tutorials on their own Vans shoes. 

We met up with the band Sucre in downtown LA for some Q&A and a gorgeous take on their song ‘Light Up.’ 

Vans Surfer Leila Hurst taught me how to make surf board bags… or any kind of bag really, in this fun video.

Our friends in the band States sent us this sweet video to post for you guys of their song ‘As Good As It Gets (Inside)’ acoustic.

I had an absolute blast shooting Coachella this year with my good friend Brianna. We shot bands, style, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Happy New Year everyone and thanks for keeping up with us on the blog! -amanda

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FOLLOW MY VANS: HAWAII WITH LEILA HURST EP. 1

Follow My Vans is back with five new episodes following myself and Vans Surf team member Leila Hurst around Hawaii during the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. In this episode get to know Leila as she and I get settled in for the week. More episodes coming soon! -amanda

ps. grab the music from this video! “loosen up” by the ugly club & “stepwise” by tauk. 

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Having so much fun in Hawaii with Vans Surf’s Leila Hurst. Here’s a photo from our insane helicopter ride over Oahu’s North Shore this morning. We are filming all week for 5 upcoming episode that will be here starting next week! You can follow us on Instagram for more photos from the trip. @vansgirls @leilahurst @amandaxrae -amanda 

Having so much fun in Hawaii with Vans Surf’s Leila Hurst. Here’s a photo from our insane helicopter ride over Oahu’s North Shore this morning. We are filming all week for 5 upcoming episode that will be here starting next week! You can follow us on Instagram for more photos from the trip. @vansgirls @leilahurst @amandaxrae -amanda 

Posted 5 months ago 11 notes
Follow My Vans Episode 9 is here on AltPress! Warped Tour has ended but we still have two more episodes from the road for you guys. This week check in with All Time Low, Tonight Alive, Polar Bear Club, I Fight Dragons, and Chuck Ragan. Next week come back for the tour finale [and a lot of laughs] as I turned the reigns over to all the bands on the tour. -amanda

Follow My Vans Episode 9 is here on AltPress! Warped Tour has ended but we still have two more episodes from the road for you guys. This week check in with All Time Low, Tonight Alive, Polar Bear Club, I Fight Dragons, and Chuck Ragan. Next week come back for the tour finale [and a lot of laughs] as I turned the reigns over to all the bands on the tour. -amanda

Posted 9 months ago 9 notes
Here’s a shot of Jenna from Tonight Alive on Warped Tour this week. Episode 7 of Follow My Vans is out today on Alternative Press so you guys can see what I have been up to lately. This week I hung out with Pierce The Veil, We Are The In Crowd, and iwrestledabearonce for some good times. If you missed anything in one through six, you can catch up on those too. Only three episodes to go and the last one has all the bands on the tour already rallying jokes haha. -amanda

Here’s a shot of Jenna from Tonight Alive on Warped Tour this week. Episode 7 of Follow My Vans is out today on Alternative Press so you guys can see what I have been up to lately. This week I hung out with Pierce The Veil, We Are The In Crowd, and iwrestledabearonce for some good times. If you missed anything in one through six, you can catch up on those too. Only three episodes to go and the last one has all the bands on the tour already rallying jokes haha. -amanda

Posted 9 months ago 21 notes

Have you caught all of the Follow My Vans episodes from Warped Tour so far? Episode 4 is above, and here is Episode 3, Episode 2, and Episode 1 if you missed them! There’s tons of behind the scenes content from Taking Back Sunday, Every Time I Die, Blessthefall, Yellowcard, We Are The In Crowd, New Found Glory, Dead Sara, Four Year Strong, and more. Then you can check out today’s brand new episode 5 featuring The Used and Of Mice & Men exclusively on Alternative Press. -amanda

Posted 10 months ago 9 notes