SHUT has added four new beanies to their product line. The essential headwear pieces come in four delightful shades of heather and have arrived just in time for winter’s actual descent onto the Big Apple. Get them at SHUT Skate Mechanics now. The other two after the jump.

In this second installment from Vans, we meet up with Rodney Smith, Eli Gessner, Chris Pastras and Alyasha Owerka-Moore and talk about the birth of Shut skateboards and the evolution of skateboarding on the East Coast.

Stepping up their support of Queens’ ollie king, Redbull got together with SHUT for a day with Luis Tolentino at the SHUT Skate Mechanics store. Not only did Luis give some love to the next generation but he also acid dropped off the top of the Redbull truck right on Orchard street.

Last night Radcollector was proud to sponsor the first SHUT Skate Movie Night at the ACE Hotel in NYC. Luminaries like Mike Parillo, Michael Halsband, and Chad Muska posted up in the packed basement of the hotel as Alex Corporan (who is also designing a Full Bleed room at the ACE) and SHUT’s Michael Cohen hosted an evening of free PBR, product giveaways and a walk down NYC skate memory lane with Deathbowl to Downtown. Check out our gallery of images from the night by Taji Ameen after the jump.

Check out our homie and east coast skateboard pioneer, Rodney Smith the first episode of The Collaboratory from Vans OTW.tv. Rodney is the founder of Shut Skateboards and Zoo York and a NYC skate legend and in this episode some of the original Shut crew describes him and what he meant to many people during the rise of east coast skateboarding.

As part of ABC’s on going series “Made in America“, news goddess Sandra Bookman visited our homies at Shut whose decks are all made in America and proudly state “American wood, American made.” Check out the interview that features Shut founder Rodney Smith, co-owner Adam Schatz & skater Shawn Powers.

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.

Shut Skates has just released a first look at some of their upcoming decks. The “Gang Throws” which uses hand signs to spell out Shut is definitely the sickest while the “Goddess” maintains Shut’s dedication to producing varied shapes. These decks will be available through Shut and in skateshops this spring. Detailed looks at all four after the jump.