Just when I thought Louis Vuitton couldn’t make me happier, they go and do this.

Louis Vuitton Monogram skateboard trunk

Yes, that is EXACTLY what you think it is. It’s a Louis Vuitton skateboard in a specially designed Louis Vuitton trunk. Jesus, can you IMAGINE rocking up with that at The Advertising Guy’s half pipe he had when we were kids!? Imagine, just arriving with the case in your hand – like a briefcase. Like those pool players that arrive with a briefcase, open it up, and then screw together the two pieces of the Balabushka pool cue.

And there we were, with our Santa Cruz Christian Hoisois and Rob Roskopps and Powell Peraltas .. NO-ONE had a fucking briefcase! God, I would have been the belle of the ball!

So anyway, to fill you in, this little effort is a celebration of Stephen Sprouse – he is the guy that came up with the Louis Vuitton graffiti design. Yeeeees, that’s the one!

This, from Freshness:

Ahead of a retrospective exhibition at New York’s Deitch Projects Gallery as well as the release of The Stephen Sprouse Book by Roger & Mauricio Padilha, luxury goods label Louis Vuitton will transform its SoHo flagship into a temporary showcase by the late Stephen Sprouse. Covered the store front in its entirety will be Sprouse’s signature graffiti in neon and vinyl, while a 6-foot neon light installation of Sprouse’s Rose design will be hung at the window.

Come this Thursday, January 8th, the store will become the debut point for LV’s latest, the Rose Collection, inspired by Sprouse’s previous work. The new collection will be available at all LV retail locations on February 2nd. However, 2 limited edition items will only be available at the SoHo flagship – 3 sets of skate decks imprinted with Stephen Sprouse’s graffiti + an unique Louis Vuitton Monogram skateboard trunk (seen above), and 70 units of Stephen Sprouse “Roses” T-Shirt. The skate deck and trunk set will sell for $8,250 each. The limited edition t-shirt will be available for $250 each. All proceeds will be for 3 charities centered on the promotion of art in NYC: Free Arts NYC Program, Sprouse Estate, and Stephen Sprouse Memorial Scholarship Fund at National Academy of Design.

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$8,250 you say?

So, in Rands….that’s…. R84,315.

I don’t have a problem with that.

I mean, LOOK what you’re getting!!!!