TWS x Fos Limited Edition New Era Trucker Cap

Transworld SKATEboarding is at it again with another Brain Floss collaboration. This time with featured artist/skateboarder Fos, known for his art direction and design with Heroin Skateboards, Landscape, & Altamont. This limited edition New Era trucker cap is a one size fits all snap back and you can buy it at Transworld online shop.

info and photo: Transworld SKATEboarding

CARHARTT PONTUS ALV “LIFE ITSELF” MODEL

Carhart presented a new limited edition deck as surprise-present to they’re long time team rider Pontus Alv. This limited edition board is called the “LIFE ITSELF” and only 100 were made. With graphics by Stefan Marx and hand numbered, the board it’s an 8” wide.
info: Carhart

FTC X ESOW Artist Collab

San Francisco skateshop FTC presents their new collab deck with ESOW. Born and raised in Tokyo, ESOWcame across graffiti in the 80s and has since devoted his time to the fusion of traditional Japanese Yamoto-e art and graffiti. A painter and pro-skater with a love for bikes, ESOW is considered a legendary Japanese street icon. He is best known for his unique characters and is regarded as one of the best character illustrators in the Japanese graffiti scene.

For FTC, ESOW created both a skateboard deck and a matching t-shirt. Both items will be released on the 1st of April.

Paul Rodriguez x Incase – Skateboard Bag

Incase teamed up with professional skateboarder and four-time X Games medalist Paul Rodriguez, to create a special collection of Skateboard Bags. the Paul Rodriguez Signature Collection merge skateboard-specific design with sophisticated materials and construction in a beautiful design and functionality.

Deckstool – Recycled Skateboard Furniture

 

Broken skateboards becoming high quality pieces of furniture by the hands (and mind) of skateboarders… 

the idea of recycling broken skateboards into furniture is super positive for the environment and have the perfect look for the modern home…

The compact size of the Deckstool makes it especially versatile for use in rooms where

floor space is limited. follow the Deckstool story here.

source: Designspotter

Atlas/Obama Skateboard Deck

 

Atlas skateshop decided to do a deck in honer of Barack Obama. This board is a limited edition and only 50 are available at Atlas.

source: Atlas skateshop

Made For Skate Exhibition

MADE FOR SKATE: The Illustrated History of Skateboard Footwear, is the name of the book that will be released in January 2009 telling the exclusive stories behind many of the shoes that carried skateboarding throught its colourful history. Nike SB teamed up with MADE FOR SKATE to celebrate the launch of the book, and togehter they will present an extensive exhibition including rare and special pieces of skateboard footwear and their backgroung stories.

7 – Lasered Skateboard art

 

Amazing exhibition of lasered skateboard art by the name of “7″ were a select group of artists have contributed their works to explore this new technology, lasering away at the seven layers of ply to make their mark on the skateboard.

More information at www.refillseven.com and lots of detail photos at Flickr.

Adidas Mark Gonzales Doley Shoe

 

Skateboarding legend Mark Gonzales decided to give a new fall look to his Doley Slip-ons. The result is a canvas laced up Doley featuring his artwork with a clean look. These customisable looking sneakers are part of the Adidas Skateboarding fall collection.

source: Active mailorder

Barefeet & Bitumem – Skate Sneakers History

 

Sneaker Freaker features the “History of Skate Sneakers” in they’re features section. The first part of the history, 1960 till 1985, is now online. The article features photos of old skate sneakers, old skateboards, old skateboard magazine advertisements and interviews with skateboard legends Stacy Peralta, Steve Alba, among others. Stay tuned for the next part.

Source: Sneaker Freaker

Vault49 Skateboard Decks

Vault49 design studio introduces they’re first set of skateboard decks. With unique artwork created by the multi-award-winning studio, these boards are available online trough deckpeck. More skateboard decks containing Vault49’s artwork will be introduced in the future. Stay tuned.