With collections such as their Purple Label, The North Face has been breaking way out of the “black bubble” they have been known for forever. This push towards color has also penetrated their Snowsports line for 2009/10. Here are a few of TNF’s technical backpacks coming for next season, the “Off Chute,” the “Hot Shot” and the “Core Shot.” More looks after the jump.

Altru has gotten together with Thrasher for a series of tees. The whole collection is sick but the Neckface x Peter Ramondetta definitely takes it. It is available now at colette.

The rest of the Altru x Thrasher collection is available here.

Check out all the other t-shirts from the line after the jump. Via Highsnobiety.

Enjoi’s S/S 2009 collection has just dropped. With colored denim and good plaids set to a color story that locks up with their Parra designed decks, Enjoi is doing their part to brighten up these dreary times. More looks after the jump. Via Freshness.

Quiksilver has launched a zine on their website called Roam dedicated to documenting their skate team trips this year. The old school zine aesthetic flipped digitally with good photography and embedded video and audio is a nice alternative to standard web photo gallery presentation. The first issue documenting Quik’s trip to Brasil has just dropped. Check it out here. Via Transworld

Longtime DC photog Mike Blabac has a new book on the horizon and recently sat with Transworld for a great interview. Check it out here.

For their most recent collabo, Altamont has linked with Boogie for a mini collection featuring work from It’s All Good. Altamont is killing it and this is no exception. Full collection after the jump. Via Mashkulture.

Trouble Andrew will re-release his self titled debut album this Tuesday on Virgin Records. To celebrate he’ll be playing a free show at the Burton SoHo flagship store in NYC before hitting Bowery Ballroom for a show with Lily Allen. Full info on the free show after the jump.

Redbull’s long awaited Snowscrapers went down in NYC last night. Despite bitter cold, close to 30,000 people mobbed the East River Park to catch Shaun White, Travis Rice and Pat Moore huck for a $50,000 top prize. The overall event was definitely the best snowboard competition the city has hosted but unfortunately the riders were not able to pick up enough speed to attempt the tricks that would normally be required to win an event with a purse of this size. Rumor has it that a NYC ordinance prevented them from making the jump any bigger. Regardless, Terje Haakonsen’s one-footed method air against the city skyline was an epic moment. In a nod to the next generation of shredders, relatively unknown underdog Shayne Pospisil came out of no where to beat both Shaun White and Torstein Horgmo in head to head competition and take the $50k. The best part, he’s from right across the river in Jersey. Full Results after the jump.

Earlier this week we told you about Rob Dyrdek’s new MTV show, well its not the only thing he’s been up to. Already well known as a dude who gives back to the skate community, Dyrdek and the DC Shoes Skate Plaza Foundation have announced that they are opening the Safe Spot, Skate Spot at Lafayette Park in Los Angeles at the end of this month.

Safe Spot, Skate Spot is really dope program that helps cities create legal, cost efficient skate spots that complement the city’s pre existing urban landscape. For the Lafayette skate spot Dyrdek worked with both Newline Skate Parks and California Skate Parks to hook up over 7,000 square feet of skateable terrain complete with ledges, benches and stairs. Interestingly, Carl’s Jr hamburgers put up the money for the spot, hopefully to offset at least a few of the millions of fat grams they put into kids everyday, right?

Check out the Skate Plaza website for updates and official opening date. More renderings after the jump.

In a collaboration that actually means something, Element has joined with Toms Shoes to create the One for One skateboard. Putting a twist on the Toms program which gives a pair of shoes to a child in need for every shoe purchased, Element and Toms are giving a skateboard to a kid in Isithumba South Africa, near Durban, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, for each one that is purchased. One for One includes a deck, a cruiser and five pairs of limited edition Toms signature slip-ons. You can get involved with this program by purchasing here. Detailed looks after the jump.