“You Are Inside Your Heart”

A new Vans Snow film from Benny Urban and friends

December 16, 2024
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Vans is excited to unveil a new snowboarding film – “You Are Inside Your Heart”; a video portrait of Benny Urban.

A stalwart of the Vans snow team and a friend to everyone, Vans had the pleasure of shining a light on the life of Benny, filmed over the course of two and a half years and during one of the most pivotal moments of his life – first-time fatherhood.

“You Are Inside Your Heart” was a family affair, reuniting with his childhood best friend Alexander Tank who directed the piece and a whole host of Vans snow riders who look up to Benny as their own big brother. Shot on location across Europe, the team spent time in Norway, Finland, Slovakia and of course Benny’s local haunts of Austria and Germany.

Benny was joined by Vans riders across the globe for the film including Antii Jussila, Nils Arvidsson, Sebi Springeth, Dominik Wagner, Simon Gschaider, Jake Kuzyk and Jill Perkins.

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Speaking about the project, Benny says: “It’s been such an incredible opportunity to have had so much creative freedom on creating a film with Vans. It's probably been the craziest two years of my life since our daughter was born right in the middle of the project. It's the best thing that has ever happened to me and throughout this whole filming process I was learning so much about fatherhood and simultaneously trying to power through with this project and continuing my life as a professional snowboarder“.

Alongside the release of his new film, Vans have also dropped Benny’s 2nd colourway of the MTE Hi-Standard Pro. Benny’s white-and-black boots combine next-level skate-adjacent tech with styling that’s decidedly skate-inspired thanks to the use of Vans’ retro V logo.

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“You Are Inside Your Heart”

FILMED BY:

Alex Pfeffer
Harry Hagan
Anton Kiiski
Peter Mader
Aleksi Kemiläinen
Jukka Metsäaho
Mikael Ahtikari
Robin Pailler

DIRECTED & EDITED BY:

Alexander Tank

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