Nike Snowboarding’s loss is New Balance’s gain. Peep everyone’s favorite shredder, dancer and Olympian Louie Vito rocking these French’s Mustard colorway New Balance x 686 boots at Grand Prix last week. Just something to make you say hmmm.

Check out this sneak peek of the next generation collabo between New Balance and 686. They had this set up on the DL outside of the entrance to Agenda. We’ll get more on this from SIA in two weeks. The sneaker is above, peep the snowboard boot after the jump.

686 and New Balance went off the deep end this week by blessing 20 lucky shred heads with this insane Super Nova 3L Collection display case. Made of glass and hard wood painted to match the collection and featuring the 580 Boot, Shoe, Jacket, and New Era fitted the only people not stoked on this kit are the UPS dudes that had to deliver them, they weigh a ton! More looks after the jump.

Elsewhere in the world of kicks morphing into snowboard boots, 686 has linked with New Balance for NB’s first ever foray into riding. Based on the MT580, the New Balance x 686 “580″ even uses both the Rollbar and Abzorb tech that comes in the shoes. No word on how they ride yet but these boots have been confirmed to be mad comfy on the feet. The 580 comes in black plaid and white plaid and also features interchangeable BOA lace coilers. This collab takes it one step further and also includes limited edition dual branded 580 and 420 sneakers, three outerwear pieces, a New Era fitted, and sweatshirts and tees. This is one of three high profile 686 collabs for 2009/10 including Levi’s and Krew. More on those later. A bunch more pics after the jump.