Heroin Skateboards just released a sneak peek at their upcoming collaboration series with James Jarvis. Just like anything the pioneering UK artist puts his pen to, its going to be rad. Stay tuned for release details.

It’s a new year, you’ve got holiday cash in your pocket; time to start shopping for your next skateboard. May we suggest the Powell Peralta Slappy Tie Dye Skull & Sword Deck. A nice mellow re-issue of the classic Ray “Bones” Rodriguez deck, its 8.5 x 30.5 size will take you everywhere you need to go. Buy here. Take another look after the jump.

For Girl’s Art Dump Alumni Series the company brought back 20 years worth of heritage by bringing back ten Art Dump vets to create a new team series. Artists include: Michael Leon (Eric Koston), Kevin Lyons (Mike Carroll), Bob Kronbauer (Rick Howard), Geoff McFetridge (Guy Mariano), Misato Suzuki (Brandon Beibel), Bucky Fukumoto (Mike Mo Capaldi), Michael Coleman (Sean Malto), Tony Larson (Rick McCrank), Rob Abeyta, Jr. (Cory Kennedy) and Jordan Mitchell (Jeron Wilson). See them all after the jump.

Chocolate has a rad release this week with the Chocolate Girls series by Todd Bratrud. Bratrud hooks up a psychadelic seventies steez on decks for Gino Iannucci, Justin Eldridge, Stevie Perez, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Elijah Berle, Marc Johnson, and Kenny Andrerson. Get them at the Crailstore, of course.

Girl has a new board and apparel release this week with the OH G collection. Featuring a board for Brandon Biebel, MikeMo Capaldi, Mike Caroll, Cory Kennedy, Eric Koston, Sean Malto and Guy Mariano plus T-shirts, hats and a backpack, the collection promises a board that is longer lasting with more pop and weights less than a standard 7ply. Check out full looks after the jump.

Just the fact that this new deck from Powell Peralta is called “Funshape” already makes it rad but the fact that it has the hand of god passing a hot dog to mankind makes it amazing. Get it now online or at Powell shops.

SHUT recently released a rad limited edition board with a rather unlikely collaborator – former America’s Top Model judge Nigel Barker. The deck, which features a dope NYC skyline photo from Barker and is dedicated to his son who learned to skate on a SHUT deck, is limited to only 100 and can be purchased only at SHUT Skate Mechanics on Orchard Street or online here. A short video about the project is after the jump.

Stereo has released two new pro decks this week with their remake of the Stereo Arrow for Kyle Leeper and Clint Peterson. The new 3D Arrows come in 8.25 and 8.0 and do not come with glasses, hit the jump for a closer look.

NYC’s TORRO! Skateboards just dropped a dope collab board series with legendary artist, MC, and skateboarder SKAM2. Notorious in his own right, SKAM2 became somewhat of a household name after Eminem dropped his name on “Stan.” For the “Links” series, he goes back to early 90’s hip hop with three decks sporting a gold, platinum, and silver chain, respectively. Get them at TORRO! dealers or online here.

If you don’t know who Elissa Steamer is, go do some research and then come back and watch this hilarious interview about her new project Gnarhunters, which is releasing a deck with FTC and hosting an art show featuring Brian Anderson, Frank Gerwer and more in San Francisco tonight. This is some old school rad!