Hi everybody,

It’s with happiness and sadness that I say that the “Vans Backyard Party” is history for 2007, I which we could have this kind of event every month, Ho well, it’s all good... It gives me more motivation to prepare next year.

I would like to say thank you to all the sponsors that believed in the “Backyard Party” concept without knowing to many details, Bubblicious (Heather Burns, Holly Menshari), We clothing (Jesse Bowden, Ian Kennedy, Shaya Scott), Exposé Magazine (Dan Mathieu), Red Bull (Gab Authier, Jaimeson Keegan, Daniel Marrett), Pro-Tec (That’s us at Sports Odyssee), ACE Trucks, Diamond Supply (Raj Mehra), and 33mag.com (Julien Roussin)

I want to also give a special shoot out to the SOUTH PARC crew who worked their ass off for a big month non stop, day and night. Thanks to Danny Vezina, Eric Blais, Stephane Vallée, Rodrigo Riffo, Casey McDonald, Matt Robichaux.

Another big thank you to all the spectators, industry supporters and mostly the skaters that showed up, I hope all of you enjoyed the free food, drinks, and the amazing skating that went down.

One more thank you to my staff of the day, Pat Laurendeau, Phil Beausejour, DJ Fiend, Bob le Chef, Frank Lam, Zema, Ryan O’dowd, Caroline Daudelin, Amielle Doyon.

With all that being said, I hope to see you all next year, and in the mean time log on to www.vanscanada.com/backyardparty to go look at photos and videos, full DVD is in the making.

ONE MORE HUGE THANK YOU FROM EVERYBODY AT VANS

Peace I’m out!!!
Eric Mercier