British turned U.S. skate brand, Flip, has been making some of the most iconic deck graphics in skateboarding from the start. Anyone who has skated since the 90s has a favorite Flip creation, whether it's the psychedelic Tom Penny graphics like the Magic Mushroom and Cheech and Chong decks. Or the English punk rock inspired Ali Boulala graphics. Or maybe the Nordic themed Rune Glifberg editions.

Whichever is your favorite one thing for sure is Flip has always killed in the art department. It's a style that is almost unmistakable, which is priceless in the world of marketing skate decks. One look at a Flip creation and you know.

Well, to keep their iconic image going they got together with artist, Chase, to create coincidentally the IKON series. A very bright, colorful, abstract and rider-specific deck series.

General Rowley even sat down with the artist himself to see what was going through his head when he created this series. So cruise over and check it out by clicking here. See what it takes to design a whole series of skateboard graphics. You don't have to be a pro skateboarder to work in skateboarding; pick up a paint brush. And remember skateboarding is, and always has been, D.I.Y.

Curren Caples is one of the best young skateboarders out there right now, especially in transition. And there's a contest coming up that will feature 30 of the best tranny skaters in the business on the beach skating one of the best bowl setups around. The Converse Coastal Carnage Bowl Jam is a 3 day event at the US Open of Surfing with $75,000 in prize money up for grabs, and Mr. Caples is one of the invitees.

In an ironic little side note, the person Curren is named after, none other than pro surfing legend, Tom Curren, has stood on top of the podium with a 1st place check in his hands at the US Open a few times. Now, a little over a decade later there's another Curren about to make waves at the same contest site, but this one will be on wood and wheels.

Check out this interview Hurley did with Curren. He talks about skateboarding, surfing, migraines, money and more.

The Danish Destroyer of pools himself, Rune Glifberg, filmed a little video on what you can expect from his new signature jeans from Volcom. See what goes into designing your own personalized jeans, and most importantly see the skate related feature. Oh yeah, and watch quite possibly the best pool skateboarder in the world pillage pool like the Viking that he is.

Three of the amigos over at Flip skateboards have signed on to compete in Rob Dyrdek's new competitive skateboarding creation, Street League. Geoff Rowley, David Gonzalez and Luan Oliviera have decided their going to Hate, Kill and Destroy the new skate contest series, and apparently from the photo evidence above Steve Berra is passing himself off as Luan Oliveria these days.

In more Street League news the schedule has been announced. It will be a three contest per year circuit, and the 2010 stops are: August 28 in Pheonix, AZ, September 11 in Ontario, CA and September 28 in Las Vegas, NV. Stay tuned for more updates from the league that is street because there are still a few more spots that need to be filled.

The maple leaf of the Flip skateboards whole world coalition, Mark Appleyard, recently sat down with CCS to talk about board graphics, Extremely Sorry and Werd Life, among other things. He also skates the Flip mini for all you mini ramp enthusiasts.

In case you're a little slow, by maple leaf, I meant he's Canadian, so listen close for any aboots and ehs'. Mark has lived in Huntington Beach, CA for the past decade or so, but you know what they say. "You can take the Canadian out of the log cabin, but you can take the maple syrup out of their accent." Actually, by they, I mean me.