Robert Longo Decks for Supreme

Hand Carved Skateboards From Mumbai

They may be of little use at the skatepark but these hand carved skateboards from Mumbai would look amazing in any skateboarder and art lovers house. See more pictures over at CNNGO.

Presenting The Girl Skateboards Golden Girls Series

Broken Skateboards Turned Into Skulls

These skateboard skulls are put of a promotion for a skate shop in Brazil. Designer Beto Janz explains:

Ultra Séries Skate Store has gotten a new structure:

In order to promote this new spot, designer Beto Janz customized used and broken decks, using the decks to produce skulls. Stickers with the brand and the address of the new stores were applied to them and they were left on streets nearby main skateboard places around Curitiba/Brasil – Therefore, anyone who finds them, gets them.

An “underground” way of promoting the store.

Skateboard Art by Rudy-Jan Faber

Real Skateboards X D*FACE

It turns out the D*FACE is one of Real co owner Tommy Guerrero's favorite artist. So it makes sense that they would collaborate on these awesome pro model decks. Bonus: D*FACE turned one of the graphics into a skateboard ramp somewhere in London.

Skateboard Art by Emil Kozak

I'm really digging these skateboard graphics by Barcelona artist Emil Kozak. Stylish, funny and witty you can hang them on your wall or shred the graphics off.

Haroshi: Turning Broken Skateboards Into Beautiful Art

Those chipped and cracked skateboard decks might not seem like they are good for anything but to artist Haroshi they are both source material and inspiration. From his website:

Haroshi makes his art pieces recycling old used skateboards. His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, and is still a passionate skater at present. He knows thoroughly all the parts of the skateboard deck, such as the shape, concave, truck, and wheels. He often feels attached to trucks with the shaft visible, goes around picking up and collecting broken skateboard parts, and feels reluctant to throw away crashed skateboards. It’s only natural that he began to make art pieces (i.e. recycling) by using skateboards. To Haroshi, his art pieces are equal to his skateboards, and that means they are his life itself. They’re his communication tool with both himself, and the outside world.

Remembering Skaters We Lost Too Soon

This clip is a short interview with skateboard legends Lance Mountain and Steve Caballerro regarding the Eyes Wide Open exhibit that celebrates some of the great skaters we have lost. The show features art be skate legends like Lance Mountain, Pat Ngoho, Steve Caballero and Steve Olson.

STEVE CABALLERO - LOVE & GUTS COMMERCIAL from KIRK on Vimeo.

LANCE MOUNTAIN - LOVE & GUTS COMMERCIAL from KIRK on Vimeo.

The Shining Skateboard Deck by Kevin Tong

Ellen Stagg & Living Proof Custome Skateboard

Looks like everyone is jumping on the custom skateboard band wagon from soccer teams to magazines. Still this would look good on my wall.

Skateboard Art Roadshow

Cool Hunting tipped me off to this interesting roaving show of skateboard art.

One Way or Another's Isaac McKay-Randozzi and Sandro Grison, along with their gang of creative collaborators, are touring North America in a grassroots campaign to show off the incredible artwork created by some of skateboarding's best while raising awareness for the 1 June 2010 launch the One Way or Another project's online shop.

After the L.A. event on 29 May 2010, the one-night-only show heads to Escapist skate shop in Kansas City, MO on 4 June 2010, finishing up at No Comply skate shop in Austin, TX on 7 June 2010.

Naked Stormtrooper Skateboard Deck

I really want one of these decks.

David Choe Hamerhead Decks

Someone please by me one of these Hammerhead decks!

The Skateboard Art Of Jim Phillips

Jim Phillips' art is so ingrained in my memory that when I'm an old man who can barely remember his wife's name the sight of a Rob Roskopp deck will probably bring back a flood of boyhood memories. Along with Powell Peralta the skateboard graphics Phillips was doing for Santa Cruz in the 80's was my first real introduction to the world of art. Looking at the boards on his website brings me back to boards I owned or my friends owned, the time we broke into a public pool in the middle of winter to skate it or meeting professional rider Claus Grabke at a skatepark in Germany.

Phillips was born in San Jose but grew up in Santa Cruz so it makes sense that he would go on to work for Santa Cruz Skateboards. In 1975 he became the art director at Santa Cruz and continues to do exclusive decks for them to this day. Phillips has also done some classic surf board graphics and has had his Screaming Hand icon turned into a vinyl toy.

Dan Flores X Simpsons Decks For Skate All Cities

Although these decks are made to skate I think a lot will end up hanging on walls.

Deckades Skateboard Art Show

This is for an exhibit Shiner Distribution out of England is having. Rumor is they have one of every board to come through the warehouse. Judging from the video there are some amazing decks involved.

Deckades skateboard exhibition trailer from howies on Vimeo.

The Disposable Skateboard Bible

This is skateboard artist Sean Cliver's second book focusing on deck art. Feeling that he had missed some important boards, artists and skaters in his first book Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art Cliver returned with 368 pages of skateboard goodness. For many of us who grew up skateboarding the sight of various graphics can bring a flood of nostalgia that brings back memories of skate sessions that we had long forgotten. Included in this book is an interesting look at some of the first skateboards to be made at home and early production models. Hopefully for years to come people can go into their local skate shop and see all the wonderful art hanging on the walls.