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Vans 'The Circle' Returns for 2022

Featuring 18 BMX Stores from Around the Globe

17 Oct 2022

Follow: vansthecircle.digbmx.com | Presented by DIG In conjunction with VANS

We're stoked to announce that Vans 'The Circle' is back for 2022 with 18 shops competing from around the globe by creating videos of their local scenes. Read on to find out everything you need to know including the full list of stores that you'll be seeing videos from here from October 25th. Don't forget to come back and vote for your DIG Community Favourite too and be in the with the chance of winning an awesome footwear package from VANS.

Follow everything that goes down on our dedicated VANS THE CIRCLE website HERE.

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First introduced on a European level in 2020, the online competition gave BMX shops across the region the chance to film a team edit, celebrating their riders and the local communities. This year, three global guests have joined the European crew and will all compete to win a share of the €20,000 prize pot.

The concept remains the same. Each invited shop receives a budget to help cover the costs of filming and editing their team video. Then they have two months to pull together an edit worthy of the top prizes.

They will be judged on criteria such as inclusivity, creativity and style by a brand-new panel of judges including Linda Grabner, Greg Illingworth, Markus Wilke, Kevin Peraza and Calvin Kosovich. And the final (and most important judge) is the BMX community, who can cast their vote for their Fan Favourite on DIGBMX.com up until October 30^thahead of the live virtual finals. Alongside prizes for the Top 3 shops, MVP, Best Trick, Creative Vision and DIG Community Favourite, this year’s competition will yet again deliver a Photography award (judged by up and coming French Photographer Ben Gea), further supporting the expressive creators within the BMX community.

Check out the full list of teams below and hit the links to find out more about each:

14 EMEA Invitees:

BMXTR - Turkey

360BS - Spain

Bros Bike Shop - France

BMX Avenue - France

Action Wheels - Spain

Kunstform - Germany

People’s Store - Germany

Soulcycle BMX - Netherlands

Frontocean BMX - Italy

Rideon BMX - Greece

Dead Sailor BMX - UK

BMX Life – Poland

IL BUTTA - Italy

Source BMX - UK

4 Global Guests:

Kings Rideshop - USA

Lux BMX - Australia

Shredd Bikes - South Korea

The Curb BMX - Malaysia

Follow everything that goes down on our dedicated VANS THE CIRCLE website HERE.

The full-length edits will be live and the voting will be open HERE ON DIG from October 25th until October 30^that 9pm, with the final show taking place on November 3^rd. Meantime you can take a look at the previous years entries in the related section below.