éS has a dope new feature up with Rick McCrank giving the story behind his latest ad which was shot at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris during the Great éScape Tour this summer. Amongst other things, Rick drops science on why he doesn’t rock shoelace belts anymore. Read the whole thing here. Peep the ad after the jump.

The last thing to come from the massive Tony Hawk Show x Quiksilver 40th anniversary jumpoff in Paris last weekend is this limited edition deck by Andre. Far doper than your average limited edition but still mass produced piece, these decks were hand painted by Andre on-site at the Grand Palais and were only available to people who were there. As long as Andre’s star continues to rise and Tony Hawk doesn’t murder anyone, or even if he does, these are gonna be worth some loot.

Between X Games and everything Danny Way does, it would seem that skateboarding could go no bigger. Well with Tony Hawk at the helm of the massive Quiksilver empire on their 40th anniversary you best believe, anything can and did happen. The preview shots we showed you did no justice to the scene at the Grand Palais once it was filled with funk of thousands of spliff rolling French people. Imagine the Smithsonian in Washington or City Hall in NYC mobbed with drunken shredders going off. That’s right you can’t, because it would never happen. But that’s the beauty of France, anything goes. The day started with a street contest dominated by Bastien Salabanzi followed by Eero Antilla, and Chris Pfanner but then quickly escalated into all out craze, first with a fashion show featuring 40 of Quik’s top athletes like Kelly Slater, Travis Rice, and Alex Olson, and then onto the main event. With Busy P on the decks, Tony, Sergie Ventura, Jesse Fritsch, Andy Mac, Sandro Dias, Jean Postec, Kevin Staab, and Lyn-Z Adams gave a once in a lifetime performance that included a rare 900 from Tony and Lyn-Z’s first ever McTwist. When the show was over, every major athlete in the Quicksilver organization and about 1000 lucky beautiful people and shred-heads got to party til almost dawn to the sounds of Mix Master Mike and the ambiance of a maison du burlesque. It was off the hook. Hit up ESPN Skateboarding for additional photos and video or stay here and hit up some more pics after the jump, either way is all good.

The Supra Skytop 2 tour hit Paris over the weekend, doubling down with the Tony Hawk Show to make Paris the world epicenter of skate for one night only. To see how gnarleux things got at the signing at Colette and the after party at LeBaron, go here. One thing’s for sure, the Muska and crew do not play around when they are on the road. Tres bien!

The Tony Hawk Show is only a few hours away and Paris is on fire like it’s the World Series and the SuperBowl combined. It’s crazy, everyone has skate fever and the venue is close to being the sickest of all time, for real. Check out these preview shots from the Grand Palais that illustrate just how bananas this thing is going to be. More after the jump.

The Tony Hawk Show is set to ring off at the Grande Palais in Paris tomorrow night. It’s going to be epic and we’ll have lots of coverage for you. For now, here’s a peek at the mural Andre did for the event. He also painted mad other stuff around the venue and will be painting live tomorrow while Tony and friends skate Europe’s biggest halfpipe of all time. More looks at the mural after the jump.

This isn’t the most pro video, but if you weren’t in Paris over the weekend for the European Finals of éS‘ Game of Skate, this should give you a good idea of how it went down. When it was all said and done, Holland’s Sewa Kroetkov took first followed by Italy’s Francesco Marconato in second with Czech Republic’s Jakub Sindelar rounding out the top three. You can peep a ton more on the event at Le Site Du Skateboard but you’re gonna have to parlez francais, aight?