Eight countries, 5,000 eyes, hundreds of paint brushes, thousands of hours of painting, 6,500 glasses of  Sangria and beer, 3,000 tapas and almost 7,000 miles later, the éS Adrian Blanca Traveling Art Exhibition has come to an end. For the last three months, Adrian Blanca has been on a whirlwind art tour to celebrate his collaboration with éS. At each tour stop, spectators were able to watch Adrian create his visual madness live with permanent installations fashioned in all eight locations: One Off in Stockholm, Arrival Departure in Amsterdam, Slam City Skates in London, Street Machine in Paris, Fish and Chips in Antwerp, Doubleight in Munich and the éS showroom in Barcelona.  The tour finally concludes on US soil at the éS Showroom in New York City. (more…)

 Sneak peak at the sixth episode of the third season of Mike Vallely’s tv show “Drive” entitled “Roots.” See the Chop Shop deck in the background.

Purchase the entire episode here:
And check out Mike’s site here:

http://www.mikevallely.com

Also, we still have limited quantities of the Shut/Frank’s Chop Shop collab deck for sale in our on-line shop here.

More peeks after the jump.

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 Our peoples across the water at Division East skate shop in Jersey have been working hard to finish up their collab with Gardensk8 and the wait is over.  This weekend is the grand opening for the new improved and larger then life skate park, one of the biggest in the metro area so get your boards ready kids.

Check out this very insightful article about the history of skate sneakers, brought to you by Sneaker Freaker

SOUNDCLASH is a company inspired by music and the artists who make it. They specialize in making premium-quality limited edition skate decks packaged with exclusive music (CD mixtapes). SOUNDCLASH was founded in 2008 by L.A. Hip Hop legend AWOL ONE (The Shapeshifters) and friend/longtime skater Scott Weber. They will be releasing skate decks with several of your favorite artists including, Kool Keith, Ill Bill, Aceyalone, Living Legends and more.  Look for SOUNDCLASH decks, wheels, music and apparel at finer skate shops, boutiques and music retailers everywhere. You can check out their website here.

This week in Minneapolis, the new documentary film produced by Coan “Buddy” Nichols and Rick Charnoski will show in an advanced screening. Narrated by Chloe Sevigny, Deathbowl to Downtown  covers the history of Skateboarding in New York City, following the Zoo York artist crew through the Shut era and on to the birth of current trends. The film saw a remarkable advance screening in New York this past spring, which ended with an afterparty (complete with full ramp setup) at the legendary club Tunnel.

And we’re not talking your favorite white reggae MC by way of Toronto. The guys at Freebord have boasted for years now that their board lets you bomb any downhill stretch of asphalt as if it were powder. Its patented design subs in outer wheels for a snowboard’s edge and center wheels that pivot for a snowboard’s petex base. Translation? F*ck the slopes and stay in the city next time you wanna carve, slide and drift into switch. Our favorite part is that a prototype for the Freebord was founder Steen Strand’s master thesis at Stanford University — Exhibit X of brainiacs ruling the streets.

Seeing is believing, so peep the videos here at Freebord.com.

(image via Uncrate.com)

Check out this screen test of skater Paul Rodriguez playing a young Salvador Dali. It is being reported that the skateboarder has been cast to star in the soon-to-be feature film “Dali Was Here” directed by Delaney Bishop.

“Some of you may be wondering what skating has to do with psychedelics, other than the fact that skaters are usually ADHD compulsive danger freaks who like drugs among their many other vices. However, there is one skater who has taken the psychedelic vibe to a whole new level, Richie Jackson from Australia.” (via DoseNation)