Alain Goikoetxea

Vans Europe Presents: Natural Born Cooler

Vans Europe proudly presents Natural Born Cooler. Directed by Paul Labadie and showcasing exclusive footage of the Vans European skateboard team who travelled across Luxembourg, Spain, Austria, Cyprus and Italy last year. Kris Vile, Chris Pfanner, Victor Pellegrin, Nassim Guammaz all deliver full parts and Vans introduce Albert Nyberg to the team. The video also features the rest of the Vans European skate team including Ross McGouran, Josh Young, Alain Goikoetxea, Jonathan Thijs, Sam Partaix, Joseph Biais, Martino Cattaneo, Yeelen Moens, Flo Marfaing and Muki Rüstig.

Natural Born Cooler delivers the very best of the Vans European skateboard team.

The "Zementwerk" Project

Heavy, dark, dusty, rough as hell and at this time of the year it keeps a brutal iciness inside. A huge building with an amazing construction in the middle of a breathtaking landscape waiting for us to get conquered.
April 27th 2017, it´s snowing outside and the thermometer is telling us minus 5 degrees celsius. "Ben, put on your beanie and a proper warm parka, it´s going to be a long day".

Finally we´ve found our lost place to turn our vision into reality.

We just call it "ZEMENTWERK"

The whole project started with the idea of a place, a building , a spot, anything that
hasn´t been skated yet but at the same time a location that tells a story by it´s own.
An old lost place which makes you excited like a little kid to go there, open rusty doors, discover rooms with their old inventory. Walking paths that haven´t seen any footsteps for a long time. All on your own risk.
That´s where we wanna go, do some DIY and make it skateable.

It took quite a while to get the ball rolling but teaming up with Leica Camera, SOLO Skatemag and some friends who love skateboarding as much as we do there was no reason to row back.

With a few addresses on our list we set forth to find the right location for the project.
Lucky us we made it first try. That´s our venue, without any doubt. This is it!
An old lost concrete factory and a lot of options to skate. We figured out a few spots to put some DIY work and fixed a date to bring the riders and staff.

Let´s get it done!


Directed by Jens Hennefarth & Christian Vankelst

Produced by Philipp Reinhard

2017 La Kantera Pro

Good times and tons of action went down for the first edition of Volcom’s involvement with the Euskaltel La Kantera Pro!
With a solid crew consisting of Grant Taylor, CJ Collins, Omar Hassan, Alain Goikoetxea, Rune Glifberg, Robin Bolian, Vincent Matheron, Colin Provost, Caswell Berry, Axel Cruysberghs, Victor Pellegrin, Jamie Lynn, Volcoms sales rep Txufo or little rookie Marcel Cama, the Volcom team kept the vibes up and the spirits high in the pool, chairs, comentators booth, judging chair or late night in the afterparties mayhem.

Stone Made Product Test

Volcom Stone Made Jeans and Chinos product Test
Last May 2016 a solid crew formed by Alain Goikoetxea, David Sánchez and Alain Saavedra flew to California on a pool mission. The plan was to wear test the Volcom Stone Made product attributes (Superior Stretch, Durability, Water Resistance and AntiMicrobial) so we limited the crew to one pair for the whole week. Shredding ten pools along with all of the other damage seven days on the road brings is a lot to ask so it was killer to see how the pant stood up to the test especially without a single wash. Test: Approved! Watch the video!

Bru-Ray: Volcom in New Zealand Part 2

The good times roll on and on, from the streets to the pool, and every park in between. With a crew this stacked, you know what to expect.

Bru-Ray: Volcom in New Zealand Part 1

New Zealand is a dreamland. Part one kicks off in the gnarly concrete pits before Grant seals the deal on a mountainous rail attack.

Holy Stokes! A Real Life Happening - Official Trailer

Nearly two years in the making and featuring an international cast of skaters ranging from street legends to transition destroyers to hyper-talented up-and-comers rolling and rallying across the planet, Volcom’s forthcoming feature film Holy Stokes! is shaping up to be the feel good hit of the summer.