The last big release, Origin, of 2010 will be hitting shops and iTunes October 18. It will feature one of the best teams out there, Habitat, and the always creative aura they produce. So get ready to check out Stefan Janoski, Silas Baxter-Neal, Danny Garcia and the rest of the team in all there glory.

Small Wheels just dropped a cool little video featuring Austyn Gillette at the Ranch. Austyn's one of those guys like Dennis Busenitz, or Guy Mariano, that just skate so damn fast, but keep it stylish. OK, so he's not as fast as Busentiz, but he's close. Check it out:

You know what my definition of being good at something is? Doing something difficult and making it look effortless. I think that comes into play in skateboarding more than any other sport-ish activity I can think of. Since skateboarding is considered by many, including myself, to be more of an art, and an outlet for self expression, than a sport, how you do it, becomes more important than what you did. You know the skaters. They have that casual style, the kind that looks like they're almost asleep, in maybe some sort of muscle memory cruise control, but at the same time they are using everything around them to add more and more layers to the painting that is that particular line, or video part.

It's years, and years, and years of repetition, plus just a natural sense of what skateboarding should be, that makes the skate styles of these Rembrandts on a skateboard just so appealing to a set of skate eyes. Your everyday, X Games/Dew Tour fan, who just cares about points and numbers may not notice, but to a skateboarder, what these style masters are able to do with their skateboards is mind altering. They just find things along their way, that most wouldn't even considered skating, and turn them into part of a trick, that just blows your mind.

Where I'm I getting with all this? Well, I just wanted to make sure that everyone who reads this is aware of a guy named Sefan Janoski. He's has one of the most effortless-looking skate styles out there. He's a quiet guy, who lets his skateboarding do the talking, but the talking his skateboarding does is kind of quiet too. Simply because, he makes everything look so easy. He's been doing his thing for more than a minute now, and skateboarding has noticed. He has had some stellar video parts over the years, his Habitat pro-model decks are a consistent seller, but ever since his signature shoe was released on Nike SB, it seems he has stepped a bit more into the limelight.

I was just in a very well known skate shop, that has one of the best shoe selections out there, just cruising around. I was checking out what was on the shelves, when one those obsessive sneaker guys walked in. You know, the ones that camp out, and wait in line for hours to get some limited edition Nike SB, only because it is some beer company's colors, or something. Well anyway, this guy looked like he wouldn't even be able to push on a skateboard, unless that is, it was with his fingers, and the video game controller in his hand. And then he asked it, "You guys got the Janoski's in the new color ways?" The shop employee said no, and that they fly off the shelves. Then the sneaker freak said, "Those are hottest shoes on Nike SB." I just said to myself, "Well, I'll be damned."

Out of all people, it's kind of funny that Stefan has a best-selling shoe on Nike. Well, not as much funny as maybe just makes you feel good. A skateboarder's skateboarder is getting recognition from the type of company that can take your mind off the bills, and keep it where it belongs; skateboarding. All you have to do is watch Stefan cruise around while he thinks no one is watching, just watch how easy he makes all his warm-up tricks look. Then, watch one of his runs and you'll see those moves linked together in one of the most effortless styles out there.

Check out the clip below form his section in Habitat's Inhabitants:

Workshop spawn, Habitat, has announced they'll be getting into the footwear game, and will have a whole new team to rock their kicks. After a decade as a deck manufacturer, the DNA boys (DNA Distribution) have decided to give the Habitat brand a new objective, which rhymes with meat, and is pretty neat, and that objective is feet.

To coincide with this announcement Habitat has also let it be known they'll have a whole new team of steez' to inhabit these treats of the feet. The lineup will go as follows: Guru Khalsa, Marius Syvanen, Austyn Gillette, and, Alex Davis. This comes as no surprise because their main team, as in their deck riders, are under contract by some footwear heavy-weights. Some company up in Oregon that goes by Nike sponsors Habitat deck riders: Steffan Jankowski, Danny Garcia and Tim O'Conner, and then there's last year's S.O.T.Y. and Habitat deck rider, Silas Baxter-Neal, who rides for Adidas.

If I had to take a guess, I'd say these shoes are going to have a Gravis feel to them. That's becasue Burton owns Gravis and DNA Distribution, which distributes Habitat. Not to say that's a bad thing, Arto left a pair of Gravis' at my friend's house, which I rocked for a quick minute, and ladies couldn't enough of MORINformed. Anyway, long story short Habitat's making shoes now, and here they are:



These are called the Quest.



These are called the Lark.



These are called the Ibex.


And these are called the Basin.