Swiss skate shop 242 has made big waves with their last deck series, that they did in collaboration with Plus 41. This time they got together with local tattoo artist Wido De Marval.
Inspired by Japanese culture and tattoo design, the artist created three decks that mostly play with the "cut off head" images, an image that is very often seen in Japanese art, representing the fragility of the Samurai soldier, who should be ready at any time to die.
The 242 x Wido de Marval deck set is now available.

The Zoo York Institute is proud to announce that its highly-anticipated new series of collaboration artist boards will hit shops in early September. Inspired by Gotham’s most unbreakable resident – the cockroach – Zoo York’s new pro model board series features custom roach graphics by five renowned NYC artists including Greg Lamarche (SP.ONE), Steve Nishimoto (Nish), Kyle Talbott (Mesk One), Stephen Halker, and Jules Kim (Bijules).
Look out for the release!

We give you a look at the Only NY Summer 2008 collection. The brand brings back the Only NY logo t-shirt and the Nah-Son t-shirt in fresh summer colorways. Also they present snap-back caps as well as a skateboard deck.
Expect the new collection to be available soon in stores and you can already grab it in the Only NY online store.
More images after the jump.

After working with Jeff Koons, Murakami and many other high profile artists, Supreme not got together with Sean Cliver, known for his book of skateboard graphics and also for work in the film industry. With Supreme the artist worked on two t-shirts and two skateboard decks. Always one deck matches one t-shirt.  Via Honeyee.
There is no set release date, but expect this line to drop soon.

Dave’s Quality Meat has released some new skatedecks. The decks have a similar design to the recently released DQM x Nike Blazers. But if you want to have DQM spelled out, then you have to buy all three!

Fittingly, In4mation has 4 new skate decks lined up for Fall. Yoshi at Fatlace has given us a little preview, and here we have an image of the "Sandor," the  "Sperminator," the "CMYK" and the "Sabbath" designs together. The "Sabbath" and "Sperminator" should be obvious in visual to name connection. Elska Sandor designed her namesake board, and the pattern will be found on future In4mation releases. Look closely at the CMYK and, bang, the name just pops out all over. 
By the way, the In4mation Summer ‘08 Lookbook you can check out here.

Manik surprises with another interesting collaboration and worked with comic artist Pete Bagge. The series consists of t-shirts and skateboard decks. These are available now at Divisioneast.
More after the jump.

Manik is a skateboard brand delivered by the guys behind the Goods store straight out of Seattle. The brand keeps a stylish and clean profile and is sold only through selected shops – Cali Skat Dep. is one of those stores. This is the S.King line with hand sketched boards that feature some segments seen in the Chinatown districts of Seattle. This is a series of five, and if you lay them next to each other you’ll see the full graphic/neighborhood.
Once again a strong art deck series by one of the most premium skate brands on the market.

Upper Playground in association with superFishal announces the launch of three new graphic skateboards created by artist, Jeremy Fish. Each season, superFishal will offer a series of screen printed decks in which each graphic is created through collaboration between Jeremy Fish and another artist. For the Spring/Summer collection, Jeremy collaborated with three of the most prominent names in the contemporary art world; Sam Flores, Matt Irving, and Travis Millard. The screen-printed decks will be a limited release of 300 for each design and will retail at $80. Upper Playground and superFishal are also offering the decks in a set of three for $210, with the first 100 sets being signed and numbered by Jeremy Fish.
Make sure to also watch the video below with some background info on the decks.

Manik got together with the Atlas Skatestore in San Mateo. They worked on a set of t-shirts and also some skatedecks to commemorate the opening of the Push Project Art Show at the store. Definitely a nice pack, that is now available at Atlas only.