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Skateboard History
Most Culturally Important Skateboards in the 70s, 80s & 90s
Click here to read our Ultimate Retro Skateboard Buying Guide Introduction In a previous article on the Most Iconic Skateboards of the 1980s, we tried to develop a rationale and list of those boards that had the most popular familiarity and thus could be considered iconic. As noted in that article, these boards aren’t necessarily the …
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The Unique Rob Roskopp Face Deck and its Epic History
The Rob Roskopp Face Deck is one of the most iconic skateboard decks of the 1980s. It has an important place in skateboard history and skate culture.
Unusual Lorax Dr Seuss Skateboard By Paisley Skates
Check out this cool Dr Seuss skateboard featuring Lorax. The Unless II skate deck was released by Sean Cliver and Paisley Skates.
Jay Adams by Glen E. Friedman
Typically I have used the site proper here for written pieces and social media for photo posts, but when it comes to the photos of Glen E. Friendman, that’s a whole other story because they are a story in and of themselves. Glen’s Instagram page is sharing some amazing stuff as you’d expect and a …
Old School Dogtown Decks
Sometimes you don’t need much in the way or words. Just images. Here are some old school images showing old school Dogtown Skates boards as designed and drawn by Wes Humpston and Jim Muir. Shogo Kubo Jim Muir Ray Flores Paul Constantineau Arthur Lake Wes Humpston Join the conversation on our Facebook page. Share:
Treasures of the NHS Secret (Skateboard) Archives: Natas Art
Everyone knows Sean Cliver. Sean was one of the artists who came on board with Powell Peralta in the late 1980’s and is responsible for graphics like the Ray Barbee “Rag Doll” and Steve Cabellero’s “Ban This” deck — not to mention numerous other epic decks from the 1990’s and up to and including our …
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The Most Iconic 1980s Skateboards: Ultimate Skate Decks
Top picks of iconic 1980s skateboards and their history considering: influential skaters, brand popularity and skate art notoriety
Skate-Punk Culture as Seen in an Epic Topside
It is not too often that I focus on the topside of a board (though there are surely some great topside graphics out there) but that is precisely what I am going to do today. It really doesn’t matter what’s beneath (though if you simply must know, it’s an Uncle Wiggley) because it’s what’s on …
Felix Culpa: Vision, Sean Goff, Bernie Tostenson and the Unknown Deck
One of the things I have said about skate art before — or if I didn’t say it, I certainly meant to — is that the industry was so prolific art-wise that you can seemingly look at historical board art everyday and still, even after years of doing this, expect to run into something you’ve …
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