Cool Hunting

The Quiet Life x Lakai Sneakers
The Quiet Life just released its five-shoe collaboration with Lakai shoes. Designed by Andy Mueller, these 5 sets of shoes are available directly through The Quiet Life's online shop and at most finer skate shops and boutiques. "We've been hinting about this for months in our news section about doing one shoe with Lakai," says Andy " When they first asked us to do a...

King of New York Skate Contest
DC Shoes is holding the inaugural “King of New York” skate contest tomorrow, Saturday, 16 September, 2006. One contest will be held in all five NYC boroughs on different dates over a three-week period, leading up to the final competition on 30 September 2006 where the King of NYC’s skating scene will be crowned. Held at the legendary Brooklyn Banks in Manhattan, the top...

Modern Convenience Inside Skates
At the ICFF a couple years back, Modern Convenience's Naugahyde-upholstered skateboards caught our eye for the way they make a familiar object into a sculptural toy. Now this fresh lemon-lime colorway is available exclusively at Coolestshop for $525 and for another $500 you can pick up the coordinating Formula Werks custom-painted New Balance 574s. More images of the board here. Also on Cool Hunting:...

Invader Deck
We've covered the French 80's gamer artists-fetishist Invader a couple times here before. It started with his mosaics installed around all the major global cities. Then he did sneakers, with Space Invader characters in the sole. Then a book. Now his product expansion continues with a skateboard deck, available on Invader's site and at Mekanism....

Nike SB P-Rod
Nike Skateboarding is releasing a new signature shoe-- the P-Rod is named for their crazy frontside flipping wonder-boy, Paul Rodriguez. Available in 3 colorways, baroque brown, all black, and black and white, they all have a funky texture that looks inspired by JB. If you hit the Nike SB site, be sure to check out the interview with P-Rod, plus a video of his...