Last week, SBTG (Mark Ong) travelled to Auckland for the launch party of the DC x Royalefam Circus of Mutants collection. SBTG was also there to judge the skateboard art competition, and presented the overall prize to GaryGrouch. He walked away with a DC prize pack, along with a thousand dollars, and a custom one-off, hand painted kicks by SBTG. Lucky man he is, that pair of hand-painted one-offs are to die for, you’ll see what I mean when you see the pictures below.

The launch party would never have been possible without the hard work put in by the good people at DC Shoes and Loaded NZ. And in case you’re itching to get your hands on the Circus of Mutants collection, it’ll be available in January 2010. But do check out the microsite at http://www.dcshoes.com/sbtg/ to find out more!

And here’s a better look at the hand-painted one-offs by SBTG for the winner.

SBTG will be updating his blog soon, so don’t forget to check it out. And for more photos on the New Zealand trip, check out our Facebook page!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I think all you sneakerheads out there should have heard of this collab between your favourite Sneaker Freaker and New Balance. But because we at Royalefam love you sneakerheads as much as we love our friends at Sneaker Freaker and New Balance, here’s the teaser video that they did. (Watch closely because the release date is somewhere in this video!)

So Skippy drops 5th December… And while none of us can get our hands on it yet, here are some photos to whet your appetite

Mark (SBTG) is currently in New Zealand for the launch of the DC x Royalefam Circus of Mutants collection. The launch party takes places tomorrow, 11 November 2009 and the highlight of the night includes the appearance by Mark (SBTG) himself.

He will be judging the winner of the DC x Royalefam skateboard art competition, and the winner will be presented with a special one-off custom sneakers designed by SBTG.

Stay tuned for more information on the launch!