Do skateboarders care about the recession? It would seem so. Who knew we were such economists? Head over to the Elwood site to see the 10 minute east coast tour video featuring Dan Drehobl, Guru Khalsa, Kenny Anderson, John Rattray, Vincent Alvarez, Dan Plunkett, and Silas Baxter-Neal and maybe you’ll get some insight into the crisis.

Habitat has some niceness for the summer with the release of their Cork Top Cruiser boards. In addition to the Silas Baxter-Neal “Lynx” and Stefan Janoski “Pachyderm,” they’ve also done a Janoski “Daily Use” collabo with Nike SB to correspond with the release of his new kicks. “Daily Use” is limited to only 200 boards worldwide, so you’ll need to get on it quick to get one of these. The Habitat Cork Top Cruisers have real cork laminated on the top of the deck, replacing the need for grip tape, and the cork is even harvested from live trees in a way that doesn’t fuck up the trees. Thats a win-win. Look for them at Habitat dealers now.

Strange Notes has a new video of the Krux crew wiling out in Australia. Check out Louie Barletta, Justin Strubing, Silas Baxter-Neal, Chima Ferguson, and Ron Whaley shredding sunny down under in the appropriately titled Kruxtralia.

Thrasher Magazine has just named Silas Baxter-Neal as their Skater of the Year. Nice. The new issue also features Tony Hawk, Marc Johnson, Tony Trujillo and more. Via Club Mumble.