If you haven’t already, make sure you hit up Laura Austin’s column for her new series “Decent Exposure.” Intended to give some of the ill shot takers in shred some shine in front of the lens, Laura starts off with the multi talented Ben Birk. East coast and not afraid to talk shit, you kinda have to love or hate what’s he got to say. Read the whole thing here.

Whether you are doing Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chanukah, or Festivus for the rest of us, we’re pretty sure you can appreciate the holiness of this epic shot of sunrise over Whistler by our columnist Craig Wetherby. Gnarly shredding to all and to all a good night! HAPPY HOLIDAZE!

01 Magazine has just dropped their photo issue online. Their 4th issue has a lot of dope stuff in it, particularly pieces with Leo Fitzpatrick, Todd Jordan, Patrick O’Dell and of course Lil Wayne. Peep the whole issue right here. Via Club Mumble.

Slap has some of the sickest content of the year in their NYC Metro mega feature currently running on their site. With Zach Malfa-Kowalski shooting Dan Pensyl, Brian Dellatorre, Jon Newport, Eli Reed, Jack Sabback, Guru Khalsa, Jake Donnelly, Jimmy McDonald, Joey Pepper and about ten more dudes going nuts at all of the city’s ill spots, it’s like a full on session guidebook. Peep the whole thing right here.

Billabong has gotten together with famed surf photographer Steve Sherman for the Black & White series. These limited edition, organic cotton tees featuring some of Sherman’s classic black and white shots are part of Billabong’s Spring 2010 collection. “Surfboard Graveyard” gets you every time. At look at the tees after the jump

Everyone knows who Estevan Oriol is these days, with his images and Mr. Cartoon’s iconic artwork currently dominating the Los Angeles Latino art scene, but not everyone knows that Estevan’s gift was handed down directly from his father, Eriberto. For the next installment of their “Cut From a Different Cloth” collabos, Altamont has linked with Eriberto Oriol to produce a collection that takes iconic LA imagery to an even deeper heritage level. The photos speak for themselves and if Eriberto’s logo looks familiar, it should, it was done by none other than Mr. Cartoon. Full looks at the collection after the jump.

Fotoweek went down in Washington DC last week and included an exhibition at the Fight Club bowl. SkateDaily’s Derek Rinaldi hooked us up with this recap.

As a non-profit organization, Fotoweek DC was created in 2008 to highlight the power of photography and their first annual event drew about 20,000 people throughout various venues in Washington DC. This year, galleries from the Smithsonian to the more cutting edge galleries along 14th Street anticipated another successful turnout. One exhibition took place off the traditional art trail on Saturday November 7th, at Fight Club. Known as much for its basement bowl sessions and holiday parties as its live music and art exhibits, Fight Club hosted an evening of photography curated by Magnum Photographer and Burn Magazine curator David Alan Harvey. Harvey displayed some selections from his 35-year history with National Geographic and 16 years at Magnum. Other exhibits included Chris Bickford’s “After the Storm”, a black-and-white tone poem on the nature and culture of surf on a remote barrier island in the Atlantic Ocean; Michael Loyd Young’s “Blues, Booze, and Barbecue”, a collection of photographs taken along the famous Highway 61, at juke joints, in private homes, and on the streets, illustrating the bond blues creates between the Delta and its people; A.J. Wilhelm’s “Kabul Opium”, a documentary piece on heroin addicts suffering from the fallout of the opium trade and border relations between Iran and Afghanistan; and many selections from the best of this year’s BURN magazine photography essays and singles.

More photos by Jay Henry after the jump.

Next up from the etnies artist series are the “Spots” and “Horseplay” tees by photographer Oliver Barton. “Spots” is a montage of, you guessed it, skate spots, and “Horseplay” is Sean Malto and Mikey Taylor doing what they do best. Look for these to hit retailers soon.

Corresponding with the opening of the SB Pop Up in Berlin, Nike has put together the “Alive With Pleasure” boxset to be sold exclusively at the store. “Alive With Pleasure” includes a signed poster and book by photographer Alex Flach and a tee. The set is limited to 100 pieces. Nike SB Pop Up Berlin is located at Torstrasse 72.

Level mag has a dope new interview with Mark Whiteley. Why? Because he’s got a sick new book coming out on Gingko Press. Your are gonna need to be up on this. Via Club Mumble.