There is definitely alot of hype around “How to Make it in America,” HBO’s new downtown NYC-based series. Whether the show makes it or not remains to be seen but one thing is for sure, they really went the extra mile in the marketing. Aside from the Green Lantern mixtape and the Alife hats, they’ve gone so far as to produce the pro model deck of the skateboarder character Wilfredo Gomez and are selling it on HBO.com. Since Javier Nunez plays the yet-to-appear character, it only makes sense that Shut made the decks. There’s another Shut connection too, Creative Director Eli Gesner is a consultant. Peep his credit after the jump.

Shut has another fall banger hitting shops right now, the Wallpaper pro series. Featuring decks with Todd Jordan (8 X 32.0625), Tony Manfre (8 X 32.125), Javier Nunez (7.75 X 31.5), and Felix Arguelles (7.5625 X 31.5) illustrated with spooky haunted house-looking light fixtures and wallpaper, these joints should correspond nicely with the upcoming Hallowe’en holiday. Fifty-two bones in case you were wondering.

We told you that the Shut team was heading off to the Cayman Islands to take over Skate Cayman this past week. Well the crew is back and sent over some snaps from throughout the session. Shut Concierge Michael Cohen took these pics of Javier Nunez, Todd Jordan and Luis Tolentino having a blast with the campers, the Fuel TV crew, and in the wave pool, which was evidently way more gnarly than anything in the skate park. The Shut x Skate Cayman segment will air on Fuel next month. More pics after the jump.

Shut’s Todd Jordan, Luis Tolentino, and Javier Nunez are in for a tough one this week. The three are heading to the Cayman Islands to arguably the illest skatepark in the world for the grueling task of hosting a session of Skate Cayman, the Cayman Island’s skate camp. In it’s first year, Skate Cayman has already had Shaun White, Bucky Lasek and Greg Lutzka and will be featuring Tosh Townend, Rune Glifberg and more in addition to the Shut crew before the end of the summer. Skate Cayman goes down at Black Pearl a 52,000 literal skate paradise. That’s way better than X Games, no?

Jav came back up to NY after killing it at the Tampa Pro and laced the Shut shop on Orchard with his Tampa Pro Best Trick winning board, his “Knife” series pro model with artwork by Steve Ellis. Another look at Jav’s deck after the jump.

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Veteran NYC skater and Shut rider Javier Nunez took the Tampa Pro Best Trick title last weekend. Peep his $3000 nollie half Cab heelflip to switch five-0, dude has maaad style.

As print mags continue to die, its actually pretty dope to see what is rising up out of the pulp. Vancouver’s Sneeze Magazine is inconceivable to most, perplexing to some, but loved by the few that matter. Huge 22 x 16 photos, hardly any words and no binding make this book stand out like face eating monkey at a job fair. Check for Shut’s Javier Nunez on the cover of Sneeze #4, which is lurking on street corners and in skate shops worldwide right now. The issue also features Alex Olson, Kim Matulova, DJ Krush and photos by Mike O’Meally. Well worth looking for.