Just in time for hill bombing SF’s unusually balmy fall days, comes the first ever cruiser board from Western Edition. The Bay Cruiser board is meant to invoke all the joy of cruising San Francisco and is shipping right now to WE retailers worldwide.

There was a bit of a stir a little while back when the pics surfaced of these sick, sick Western Edition Sk8 Hi’s. A lot of people, including some of those close to the brand, didn’t know how they came to be. Turns out they were done by RAW skater Nate Keegan’s homie Hush, who took apart a pair of Sk8-Hi’s and meticulously reconstructed them into the WE 10th anniversary tribute joints you see above. Check out some more of Nate’s pair after the jump. These are 1 of 2 – the only other pair went to WE’s Ian Johnson, who created the graphic. Via Re1000.

Back in March we showed you the fresh Western Edition 10th Anniversary Miles ‘59 Quintet Series decks. Well it turns out that they also hooked up a one of a kind pair of Vans Sk8 Hi’s as a cherry on top of their anniversary cake. A perfect extension of the deck artwork, these feature full panel close-up illustrations of Miles’ band members and a tri-color Western Edition logo on the back. You will absolutely not be able to get these. Via NSB.org. More looks after the jump.

Western Edition has just released their new deck series for Summer 2009, “Structure.” The Structure series is based on landmark architecture photos taken around San Francisco by skate photographer Ando. WE team members Jovontae Turner, John Igei, Brad Johnson, Nikhil Thayer, and Yoshiaki Toeda were all lucky enough to score one of these. Available worldwide now.

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Western Edition has announced that SF shredder Lavar McBride is joining their pro team and have dropped this little clip to commemorate the occasion. A full video part and pro model deck are already in the works. WE is grinding! For all things Western Edition go here.

As a tribute to Marvin Gaye on the 25th anniversary of his unfortunate death, Western Edition and RAW have gotten together to produce an amazing in memoriam limited edition collection. The collection consists of a red beanie in Marvin’s trademark style, a tee, and deck. The companies also released this thoughtful statement to accompany the news of this collaboration.

Every man’s life has a beginning and an end. The fact of the matter is, however, that it is what a man does with the time in between those two moments that defines how he will be remembered when it is all over. From his humble beginnings in our nation’s capital to his bizarre and tragic death at the hand of his own father, Marvin Gaye filled his moments in between with ideas that will forever maintain his status as a true genius. On April 1, 2009, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Marvin’s passing, we will, for lack of a better term, celebrate. Western Edition of San Francisco and RAW of Boston have released this collection to pay respect to the musical history that Marvin Gaye left for all of us to use as inspiration.

Looks at the whole collection after the jump.