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New Spectacular Skateboard Artwork by Haroshi



Japanese artist Haroshi creates some truly impressive sculptures out of a very uncommon medium. By taking old, broken, or abandoned skateboards, he repurposes them for his artwork. We've featured his stellar pieces before, and now he's back with some more incredible recycled…

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Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on January 10, 2012 at 12:53pm — 1 Comment

Sweet Skittles-Covered Skateboard



How "sweet" is this skateboard? Skittles recently gave Australian pop singer Cody Simpson this Skittles-covered longboard before he headed out on his first world tour.



"Good luck on tour, Cody Simpson!," said Skittles. "Can’t wait to see you do a 360 Double Rainbow with your new Skittles-covered longboard."



Wonder if he's now one step closer to… Continue

Added by Eugene on September 19, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Awesome Skateboard Deck Sculptures



The wait is finally over! As fans of Haroshi's recycled skateboard deck art, we've been waiting with bated breath to see more of his incredible pieces which are now currently on display at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. Although some were… Continue

Added by alice on April 28, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Recycled Skateboard Deck Art Comes to NYC!



If you live in NYC, this is one show you're not going to want to miss! Starting April 16th and running until May 14th, you're going to see skateboard decks like you've never seen them before. Jonathan LeVine Gallery will be presenting Future Primitive, new works by Tokyo-based artist Haroshi. You may remember Haroshi as that madly talented self-taught artist who takes old skateboard… Continue

Added by alice on April 12, 2011 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Ménage à Trois Skateboard Art (7 pics)



Art is created in many different forms. Tyson McAdoo loves creating dyptech art on skateboard decks. In White Lies, McAdoo portrays a sexy, punk rock vixen on three skate decks, side-by-side. The medium he uses really accentuates the urban vibe of the piece. It's a "ménage à trois," says McAdoo. "3 is the magic… Continue

Added by Eugene on January 10, 2011 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Skateboard Skatepark



New Zealand-based artist "nansei" aka Shannon created this extremely cool skateboard skatepark, which has an Inception-like theme going on. "It's a skate park, on a skateboard, in a skate park," she says.



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Added by Eugene on December 28, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Interactive Tron Skateboard Ramp

Old-time skaters ENESS jumped at the chance to bring skateboarding into the future by blending interactivity and high-tech mastery for the Tron: LEGACY premiere. Each rider is equipped with an ipod and a custom-built app that measures their air time, while trigger graphics react to their every… Continue

Added by Eugene on December 18, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

World's Largest Skateboard Disaster

This summer, California Skateparks brought the World's Largest Skateboard to Camp Woodward PA. One afternoon, campers and staff took the enormous skateboard out for a ride. Late in the day, California Skateparks owner, Joe Ciaglia decided to take his creation for a solo… Continue

Added by Eugene on July 12, 2010 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Uganda Skateboard Union (Trailer)

U.S.U. trailer '10 from Yann Gross on Vimeo.

A while back I posted about the Uganda Skateboard Union and how they are bringing skateboarding to the kids of this war torn nation. Like skateboarders everywhere they want to catch their best tricks on film so we have this video… Continue

Added by Kevin on March 24, 2010 at 3:05pm — 2 Comments

Breathtaking Skateboard Photography (16 photos)



Anyone who has tried to skateboard knows how difficult it really is. It requires a great deal of balance, timing, and precision, but when done correctly it looks completely effortless.



Anthony Acosta can skate as well as he can shoot a photo. After assisting a professional photographer friend of his, he put the skateboard down as his main trade and started…

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Added by Eugene on March 15, 2010 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

Art of Recycled Skateboard Decks (11 pics)

Some of the freshest artwork we've recently seen involves taking something old and making it new again. In this case, artist Haroshi took old skateboard decks and carefully crafted them into fresh pieces of art. HARVEST by Haroshi is an exhibition at the PLSMIS Gallery in Tokyo which showcases his collective work - expect to see everything from bears to moose to Mario's… Continue

Added by alice on February 24, 2010 at 12:00pm — 7 Comments

Andy Warhol Skateboards By Alien Workshop

Skateboarding has come a long way as an industry. Gone are the days of ripping off popular art for graphics and thinking no one is going to notice. Now days if you want to have Andy Warhol art on your boards you have to contact the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts. The good news is that skateboarding as such a cultural and economic powerhouse these days they are likely to say… Continue

Added by Kevin on January 23, 2010 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Bamboosk8 Evolution + Innovation



Far superior in every way to traditional maple decks, Bamboosk8 unleashes their line-up to a largely unsuspecting community with stellar results. Bragging rights include: Better performance response, superior durability and admirable green production.

...plus they're just plain neat lookin'…



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Added by E on January 16, 2009 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment

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