This week Louis Vuitton will be celebrating the launch of the Stephen Sprouse collection in their Soho flagship store. For the occasion the store will be entirely wrapped in Stephen Sprouse graffiti and among the special items to release is also the above skateboard.

“For instance, the company is wrapping the store in vinyl and spray painting neon graffiti all over the facade. The window display will feature a 6-foot neon light installation in Sprouse’s Rose motif. The store’s interior, enhanced with black brick wall facing, will also be sprayed with the neon graffiti.

The collection will launch in its entirety at the SoHo boutique on Thursday. The complete worldwide launch will follow on Feb. 2, though the Rose pieces will be available at Louis Vuitton stores worldwide starting Friday.

For the launch, the luxury goods company is also creating two limited edition pieces, which will only be available at the SoHo location: a Stephen Sprouse graffiti skateboard replete with a hard case monogram skateboard trunk, and a Stephen Sprouse “Roses” T-shirt. The company hopes to sell three graffiti skateboards with trunks for $8,250 each, and 70 T-shirts for $250 each. “I don’t expect them to last very long,” Lalonde said. “By Friday, there probably won’t be any more left.” “Via WWD.

The price tag of the skateboard is definitely pretty high, but it is a great collectors item.

Paper Mag is repeating their 24 hours department store that they already did last year in Los Angeles. Once again lots of great brands are on board, including Undefeated, Strangeco, Jeremy Scott, Converse, Opening Ceremony, Fruition and many others. The 24 hours department store is from the 7th of November to the 8th of November.

Last year Undefeated presented a Spalding basketball collaboration. This year they worked with designer/artist Geoff McFetridge, who also designed the U-Man logo for Undefeated. The deck is sold cmplete at the Paper Mag 24hr store this Friday and Saturday.

Check out the details of the event after the jump.

Rogue Status once again got together with Alien Workshop, this time to produce a Rob Dyrdek Pro Model deck. The deck comes in black/red and features their signature gun show print. Both sides of the deck feature large R.D. initials.

Take a detailed look at the Rogue Status x Alien Workshop Rob Dyrdek deck after the jump.

Ryan McGinness is involved in several interesting projects lately. Just recently we presented to you his collaborative work with Arkitip magazine. Here we show you now the “Growing Handplants” artwork as a skateboard edition. Coming in an edition of 500, the skate deck comes with a screen printed artwork by the artist. The decks are signed and individually numbered by the artist and now available through Iconoclast.

Have a look at the complete Ryan McGinness “Growing Handplants” skateboard edition after the jump.

First pieces of the new BBC/Ice Cream Fall 2008 collection are getting into stores today. The first thing that jumps into the eye is their new Mid cut sneaker. In this first delivery it comes in a red/white and a black/white colorway. They also released their deck sneaker in two canvas colorways – red and black. All footwear comes with a "Diamond & Dollars" all-over print on the upper.
Matching the new sneaker line-up, BBC/Ice Cream offers a range of luggage, including duffle bags and backpacks, in red, black as well as military green.
In our modest opinion, the silhouettes of the footwear are good, just give them a more subtle design and you are good to go.
Leaders has the entire range in stock now.
Detailed views of all sneakers and the bags follow after the jump.

Here is the first look at the limited edition Alphanumeric complete skateboard.  These completes include an Alphanumeric "Calculus" deck, Alphanumeric "Each One Teach One" wheels, and Destructo trucks.  These boards and wheels are al high quality wood and urethane.  The Destructo trucks are a strong, reliable, and stable truck, made of weapons grade aluminum.  These skateboard completes will be available this summer.
A full image after the jump.

Born in Belgrade Serbia, street photographer Boogie possesses a rare talent for documenting the human condition. His black and white photographs capture the character and the inhabitants of some of the most tumultuous cities in the world.
Traditionally photojournalism focuses more on content–recording a moment or an event–and less upon formal concerns. However, Boogie gracefully integrates both a documentarian’s eye with a finely honed artistic sensibility. Many of his images are at once deeply poignant, and totally unsettling.
Boogie’s work has taken him from Serbia, to Cuba and throughout South America. In his new book, Sao Paulo, he features his remarkable impressions from one of Brazil’s poorest and most troubled urban metropolises. Boogie has also produced a new skate deck featuring his photography.
Both the deck and the book are now available here.
More images of both the deck and the book after the jump.

Two of NYC’s finest got together. King Stampede and SHUT NYC produced the “Cult” skateboard decks. Limited to 75 pieces, each deck comes in black with a white print, individually numbered.
Expect these to be released this summer. More images after the jump.

The Zoo York Institute is proud to announce an exclusive collaboration with NYC’s unbreakable hip-hop collective, the Lordz of Brooklyn.

This limited edition collab features a co-branded ZY skateboard deck and T-shirt with custom graphics that chronicle the band’s gritty Bay Ridge upbringing, graffiti roots, blue collar pride, and deep family ties.  Slated to drop in late April, only 500 decks and tees will be available at select retailers worldwide.

We present you yet another interesting art deck by FTC Tokyo. This time they got together with artist Shun Kawakami of artless Inc. The board features a nice piece of art that uses both sides of the deck.
It is now available at Scene.