The Vans AV3 shoe is a lightweight soccer-inspired shoe with skate -friendly features like a internal PU sole and a waffle-grip outsole to prevent slippage. This shoe is legit and is comfy as hell. Plus if you skate and you are a soccer fan of any level, you can’t go wrong.

The AV3 goes for $65

To purchase Vans shoes and clothing or to find your nearest Vans dealer, please visit www.vans.com 

Maria Falbo (UK Nikita skate gal) sent a postcard in from the Big Apple. Awesome!

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As you know, the Maloof Money Cup went off over the weekend and P-Rod and PLG were victorious. Not only were they victorious for winning their respective contests, P-Rod street and Pierrr Luc Gagnon, halfpipe — these guys got some insane Nixon hookups worth $10k a pop!

To go along with the gobs and gobs of money floating around in this event, Nixon worked with the man behind the Maloof Cup, Rob Dyrdek to produce these lovely time pieces that even Donald Trump would get a rise out of. Both the watches are the 51-30 model featuring a custom 300 meter Swiss-made automatic movement with 23 karat gold platedstainless steel case, sapphire crystal and custom rounded bezel set with 76 white baguette diamonds equivalent to one and a quarter carats. These unique pieces are additionally highlighted with genuine white stingray bands and custom engraved casebacks.

According to Chad Dinenna, co-founder and marketing director at Nixon, said these things are two of the most expensive watches that Nixon has created thus far. Check out some zoom steez below in the gallery:

Tanya Morgan
The Bridge EP
Interdependent Media

Tanya Morgan is not a southern soul singer. She is in fact a trio of three emcees, together comprising a hip-hop group based partly in Cincinnati and Brooklyn. You probably have heard their impressive first album Monlighting, which received critical acclaim from The Source and XXL magazines, or their mixtape Sunlighting, available as a free download from Tanyamorgan.com. The Bridge EP, out June 17th joins two other 2008 releases for the group including Tanya Morgan is a Rap Group, a mixtape featuring DJ soul, and Brooklynati, their next LP. A metaphorical bridge towards their next release, The Bridge contains a diverse mixture of old school beats, unusual rhymes, and a taste of a laid back life. My favorite track is the last track “How Low”. Its fast paced beat is like an eighties break beat, and the three emcees flow quickly over the top. The third verse is the best: “Mom totally likes my band/and I’m trying hard to give a damn/but, uggh, I can’t”. It’s that swagger and talent that makes the EP great and has earned them a spot on the 45-date Freshly Dipped Tour with underground legends Heiroglyphics and Blue Scholars this summer. – Jonathan Mendick, Mannerist Zine

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Son Ambulance
Someone Else’s Déjà Vu
Saddle Creek Records

Son Ambulance is basically folk musician Joseph Knapp’s solo project. However, Someone Else’s Déjà Vu also includes long time band member Jeffrey Koster, some members of the Faint, and other various Omaha musicians signed to Saddle Creek Records. You may associate Joe Knapp’s name with label mates and highly successful band Bright Eyes, of which he was one a member. The first track “A Girl in New York City” starts the album off on a good note with a quick-paced samba beat. A breakdown in the middle of the song leaves us with a cacophony of percussion and samba whistles, my favorite moment in the song. On most of the rest of the album, a lone guitar or piano accompanies the folk and psychedelic-rock-inspired singing. During another one of my favorite tracks, Jeffrey and Joe hit some brilliant harmonies on “Yesterday Morning” a-la Simon and Garfunkel. The album blends sleepy lyrics with mellow guitars, double bass, vibraphone, keyboard, and sax, making it a great album to read a book to. Recently released on July 8, this album will make a good addition to your collection if you like Bright Eyes, folk music from the sixties, or dreamy Romantic poetry. –Jonathan Mendick, Mannerist Zine

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For those designers out there that work with Pantone colors on a daily basis, Pantone, Inc. has created a website for artists to share their inspiration and reasons for choosing the colors they work with everyday. The website, named My Color, My Idea and features well-known designers and artists as well as the underdogs.

My color idea is listed at Suzanne Akin

and there are plenty of other to peruse, such as one of my faves, Tokidoki

If you’re an artist or designer, log on to submit your Pantone color!

Maybe I’m just a little obsessed with the over the top granny style sunglasses, but the new Honeyrider series from Electric is HOT. They come in 4 colors, black gloss, white gloss, orange sorbet, and my favorite, seafoam!

Each has a gradient lens in either grey or brown, with the electric logo etched along the top corner edge for added style. They’ll fit right in with my curly afro-style hair… now I just need the platform shoes. You can nab ‘em at Tactics Boardshop and qualify for free shipping.

We are lagging on content, we know. But for good reason. We will be launching some really cool things here in the next couple of days so keep your eyes peeled.

 

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How would you feel if you had your own doll version of you? Kinda awkward probably. Techrider is making shred dolls that are so lifelike it’s not even funny. No word on the release of these things but you can sign up for a mailing list on their website. Here is what Techrider is all about in their own words…

“Using our patented FLEXDOLL technology, Techrider is preparing a selection of fully flexible figures that can be used to visualize tricks and body movements in a realisitc, life-like and even addictive manner.

Their exceptional move-ability and collectable qualities makes them - by far - superior to anything else in the market.” 

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Remember the good ol’ Super Mario Bros days? Calling up your friend and telling them to come over so you can spend mass amounts of hours trying to make it to King Koopa’s Castle just to knock out a little stupid bridge from under his feet so you can rescue the princess and do naughty things with her?

Well now you can relive all these nerdy fantasies at home or at the office with these weird but cool Mario Bros wall thingy-majiggers from Antoinette J Citizen. The best part about this kit, is the boxes actually make the coin sound when you push a button underneath.

More shiz after the jump…