Remember the Grunge days? To celebrate the re-release of Pearl Jam’s debut album, Ten, Volcom has done a limited edition tee shirt and record pack. If you are lucky you can get a 7″ record with live performances of “Even Flow” and “Porch” along with your collabo tee. Only select retailers have the vinyl so be prepared to dig. Volcom is also giving away two autographed test pressings of the vinyl, for more info go here. A look at the full pack after the jump. Via SnoCon.
Long a favorite of surfers and beach heads worldwide, Havaianas have flipped in recent years from being $3 throw-away flip flops you buy in Brasil to fashion pieces collabed with the likes of Rosa Cha and Swarovski and running more than $200. Next up for this once modest brand is a collab with Kidrobot. The Robothead all-over glows in the dark and all three come with a glowing Robothead keychain. You can pretty much guarantee you’ll be the only one in Ubatuba with a pair of these. Individual looks after the jump.
DC Founder and speed freak Ken Block has just released a new edit of his “Gymkhana Practice” video. Gymkhana is an automotive sport that basically consists of taking a tricked out rally car to an airfield or other open space and beating it to death. It’s pretty sick. Peep the first edit of the video after the jump. As part of all this Gymkhana craze, DC has launched a minisite as well as some limited edition tees. Check it all out here.
As a tribute to Marvin Gaye on the 25th anniversary of his unfortunate death, Western Edition and RAW have gotten together to produce an amazing in memoriam limited edition collection. The collection consists of a red beanie in Marvin’s trademark style, a tee, and deck. The companies also released this thoughtful statement to accompany the news of this collaboration.
Every man’s life has a beginning and an end. The fact of the matter is, however, that it is what a man does with the time in between those two moments that defines how he will be remembered when it is all over. From his humble beginnings in our nation’s capital to his bizarre and tragic death at the hand of his own father, Marvin Gaye filled his moments in between with ideas that will forever maintain his status as a true genius. On April 1, 2009, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Marvin’s passing, we will, for lack of a better term, celebrate. Western Edition of San Francisco and RAW of Boston have released this collection to pay respect to the musical history that Marvin Gaye left for all of us to use as inspiration.
In response to their feeling that “the current state of skateboard-influenced-bags is being overrun by non-skateboarding brands” eS has teamed up with The Brown Buffalo Design Company to produce skate luggage designed by skaters for skaters. The result is a collection of 8 packs and bags that cover just about any travel situation a skateboarder might encounter. There is a photo bag, a military rucksack, a board case, an enclosed skateboard travel bag, and several backpacks including the Bobby Worrest sig pack that includes a 6 pack cooler only compatible with Coors Light. Just kidding, Coors Original might fit in there too. For more info go here. Detailed looks at all the bags after the jump.
Vans Snow has announced a collaboration with Protect Our Winters for the 2009/10 season. The collabo will consist of re-constructed versions of it’s top of the line men’s Cirro and women’s Veil snowboard boots with eco-friendly materials including 100% recycled PET textile, 50% recycled PET synthetic and non-toxic water-based solvents. A portion of proceeds will go directly to POW to help them fight global warming. You can’t be mad at that.
The Berrics and Deathwish have just released two collabo decks, one with Lizard King and another with Erick Ellington. There are only 50 of each so you better get over to the Berrics Canteen at light speed if you want one of these bad boys. Actually, they’re probably already gone.
For 2009/10 Bataleon Snowboards have hooked up a version of their Evil Twin board with Parra. Of course its butters. Hit up Transworld Biz for a dope check-in with Smiley from Bataleon about their game changing Triple Base tech, some of their new green initiatives and how things are looking in this seemingly bleak point in snowboarding. Another look at the Parra deck after the jump.
FTC continues to bring the heat with their special projects with the release of “Face to Face,” a new album by Bay Area DJ and Producer TD Camp. Produced in collaboration with Hella Records, “Face to Face features just about all of the Bay’s heavyweight rappers including Zion I, San Quinn, Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina, Casual, Pep Love, and Bored Stiff, as well as Snoop Dizzle, Q-Bert, Goapele and more. “Face to Face” comes out April 21. You can cop some free downloads from “Face to Face” here.
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