Vans welcomes new European athletes

Jan 19, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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British born Ben Hennon makes the step up from the local UK team to join the ranks of the Vans European BMX team. Ben showed his skills not only on the recent Off the Wall UK BMX tour and obviously caught the eye of TM Andy Zeiss: “I know Ben for a long time and it came to a point where it wasn’t a question anymore if he could step up his career at Vans. I am stoked to have him on the EMEA team now.”

Best known as a park rider, Ben has been progressing his talent on all terrain and is now as at home on the street as he is on dirt jumps. Renowned for the biggest airs known to man Ben is a rider that pushes hard from the moment he steps on the bike. Sponsors: Vans, Eastpak, King Kong, Mpora,

Kevin Kalkoff to the European BMX team

Hailing from Annecy (France), Kevin has been part of the Vans

family for 3 years. He has been a big name on the local scene gaining lots of magazine coverage and killing it with tons of style at every contest he enters. With the Fly crew’s support Kevin has managed to travel the world and clocked up some seriously good footage along the way. Away from BMX he likes to surf and is also pretty good with a camera; watch this space for more to come from this rider.

TM Andy Zeiss: “I am very happy to add Kevin to the European team. He fits in there perfectly and he creates a buzz in and outside the team”. Sponsors: Vans, FlyBikes, Sunex