Photo | Nettspend x Vans Keep It Local at Laurel Skatepark

by | Dec 29, 2025 | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, HIP HOP & RAP, PHOTOGRAPHY

Richmond’s Nettspend and Vans turned Laurel Skatepark into a canned food drive that was part skate scene, part community pull-up, built around a simple ask: bring something that helps someone else eat.

For readers who may not know him yet,ย Nettspendย is one of Richmondโ€™s most visible breakout artists of the last few years. You can read about him HERE.

Photographer Vinny Candela


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