As artist Jeff Gaudinet explains: “This thing started by accident, mispronouncing “Skate Moss” (while talking about both skateboard & Kate Moss with my friend Oniram). So I decided to create this useless / pointless platform…” The platform being taking images of the timeless supermodel and printing them on skateboards. Pretty simple, but endlessly opportunistic given the […]
Skateboarding
30
May
Artist Jeff Gaudinet's skateboard ode to the timeless supermodel
17
May
Homer, Bart & two Krusty the Clowns get Rat Fink treatment
After the popularity of the first set of Simpsons decks done by Santa Cruz, the NoCal skateboard company is going back to The Simpsons well for another set of boards. Homer, Bart and two varieties of Krusty the Clown get the Santa Cruz treatment, tho the full-face Homer and Rat Fink-style Bart are probably the […]
16
May
To grind or to frame, that is the question...
Skate it or Hang it? That is the question nearly every man who skates has had when confronted with the beauty of a truly well designed new deck. Of course 99% of the time one opts for the former, but every so often we’re so enamored by a particular pristine graphic (such as Doodah’s Supermodel […]
10
May
California artist lays his evil monster art on 7 pro models
Sacramento, California artist Skinner lays his monster/Dungeons & Dragons/heavy metal inspired art on a new series of limited edition decks for Creature Skateboards. The pro-model “Creeps” decks are illustrated for riders Graham, Heddings, Bingaman, Hitz, Gravette, Partanen and Navarette, all made in America with seven layers of “Poweply” constructed Canadian maple. Pick them up for […]
19
Apr
Bones Brigade, Christian Hosoi & other proto-skateboard icons
Tired of Tokidoki? Not into engineering grad school chic? California-based Element Case honors the local skate heritage with a new collaborative series of iPhone 4/4S protective cases aptly titled the Skate Legends Series. Powell Peralta, G&S and others have teamed up with Element Case to design custom screen printed backplates for the iPhone 4/4S featuring […]
10
Apr
Two minimally designed decks in either silver or black
Saturdays Surf NYC has been on a hot streak, opening up a new Tokyo flagship store and scoring a place in GQ‘s Best New Menswear Designers in America 2012 list. Now they’ve teamed up with seminal New York skate shop SHUT, who’ve been making boards in NYC since 1986, to produce 2 skateboard decks. This blend […]
29
Mar
Because you will never bore of beautiful topless models on boards
People will never bore of putting beautiful topless women on skateboard decks, and we will never bore of sharing them with you (as can be evidenced by the 1970s Pin-Up Girl Skateboards and Doodah “Supermodel Deck Project”). The latest series comes courtesy of New York denim brand 3×1, who’ve teamed up with British lensman Ben […]
13
Mar
Boom-Art's limited edition decks by French painter Alain Aslan
Some things just go together, like boobs and skateboarding (and apparently kittens, but that’s another story). Much like Doodah’s Ingenious “Supermodel Deck Project” from last year, for some reason skateboarders seem to appreciate the female form. Or maybe skateboarding is just funner naked, who knows. The point is that Boom-Art — a gallery dedicated to all […]
