Vans Germany official website.Vans is an original extreme sports brand born in 1966 in Southern California, USA. Vans is an original extreme sports brand born in 1966 in Southern California, USA. It started with extreme sports, including skateboarding, surfing, BMX, skiing and so on. And skateboarding as the root, the lifestyle, art, music and street fashion culture into the Vans aesthetic, the formation of a distinctive youth culture logo, become a young extreme sports fans and trendsetters recognized as a popular brand worldwide!