In continuing the tradition of “Japan gets all the good shit” Thrasher Magazine and Grenade are releasing an exclusive Japan-only collab on the CC935 pipe glove this September. Coming in a nice christmas-y red and green, this is another solid move by Grenade as they continue to push way past being a snowboard specific glove company. A look at the red ones after the jump.

It’s not just “King Of” and the Blabac tour, DC is keepin it mad global with the Project Granite Asia Tour. The whole sqidad of Colin McKay, PJ Ladd, Ryan Smith, Jani Laitiala, Matt Miller, Marquise Henry, Greg Myers, Wes Kremer, and Evan Smith all bounced over to Asia for a week of demos, signings and skating. Incredibly this was DC’s first ever Asian skate tour. Check out some rad photos after the jump. You can also go here for extra videos and tour info.

Mita Sneakers in Japan have a treat with the “Japan Limited Edition Blue” version of Lakai’s Manchester Select. These butter blue jammies are going to go perfect with your tux at Puffy’s white party this year. Go here to try to figure out how to get a pair sent overseas. A couple more up close looks after the jump.

Why does Japan get all the best shit? Check out these IPATH Flow’s in black leather with the ill Pacific Northwest Native American-inspired footbed art. Available now at Mischief for 13,000 yen. Not sure on whether they ship overseas or not. Some additional looks after the jump.

The adidas skateboarding team went on tour to Japan recently. A dope 8 minute video from the trip featuring Dennis Busenitz, Tim O’Connor, SIlas Baxter-Neal, Lem Villemin, Benny Fairfax, Dave Bachinsky, Nestor Judkins and Vince Del Valle tearing up Osaka, Kobe and Tokyo is now available for viewing or free download here. It doesn’t matter how much footage you’ve seen before, the skateable features in Japanese cities are insane!

FTC has been an institution in the skate retail market for a long time now. Ever since opening their first retail outlet in Japan in 2007, the shop is making big steps towards becoming a full brand. Now they got together with adidas Skateboarding to work on a sneaker and apparel.

The shoe was designed by the FTC design team of Jovontae Turner and Graham James, they came up with a unique colorway that everyone can rock. FTC will be showing the shoe in Japan first to coincide with the adidas team riders’ apperance. Tim O’ Connor, Silas Baxter-Neal, Mr Busenitz, Lem Villemin, Benny Fairfax, Dave Bachinsky, Nestor Judkins and Vince Del Valle’s will all make an appearance in the Far Eastern wing of the FTC empire on October 10th. The collab shows off the new version of the Shelltoe silhouette which has plenty of details, including its use of colors and use of paneling, some real heat for the masses. Via Crooked Tongues/FTC.

The FTC x adidas Skateboarding Superstar will release in December. The FTC San Francisco shop will be preparing for their US shoe release in DEC as well. The collab includes the Superstars, a matching hoody and a tee. Hopefully we can show you soon.

That BMX is now an official discipline in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, you should know at least since we launched our Micheal Lau Interview, where the HongKong based artist talks about his role in designing the Chinese BMX team jerseys.
Today we can show you the Japanese jerseys, which were also designed by somebody that should be quite familiar to you – Tet from WTAPS. WTAPS designed the jersey and it is made by Nike.
Check out more images of the Japanese jersey after the jump.

Japanese brand Resonate has released some nice new pieces out of their Autumn/Winter 2007 collection. Both the quilted shirt and sweater are looking good with some nylon details on the shoulders and pockets. Mixing the traditional with a modern army inspired style seems to work. Both pieces come in several colorways and are now available at the Honeyee Store.