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Ok Jason, so why don't you sum up a stereotypical American and your canvas will be the bottom of your skateboard. So Jason Lee nails it with a Star Spangled back ground with images relating to guns, god, beer, television and smokes. I hear this sold really well in Alabama.

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Randy Colvin - Velvet Safari



I dig the whole 70's Blaxploitation mixed with African Queen poster art thing going on here.

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Man I have always loved this Caballero graphic. Steve Caballero was born in the year of the dragon and used it for many of his board graphics. He was an original member of the Bones Brigade and has rode for Powell for his whole career which is almost unheard of for a skater. Cab was also very influential in the skate punk scene playing in bands such as The Faction and Odd Man Out. Now days he still skates but spends a lot of his time painting hot-rods.

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A lot of skateboarders had reoccurring graphics such as Natas' panther or Hosoi's sun but Clause Grabke is the only one I know of who had a clock. Clause was from Germany and skated for Santa Cruz. During the peak of my love for skateboarding I lived in Germany and Grabke was know the hit up the same skatepark we would have our parents drive us to although I never saw him there.

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This Rob Roskopp graphic is another all time favorite. Just a simple eyeball graphic and a bold color were all it took. I also seem to remember this shape being good to skate as well. Rob ended up dropping out of skateboarding and designing mountain bikes for Santa Cruz.

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Some of my favorite artwork has been found and scratched off of the bottom of skateboards. Many skaters have had themed artwork throughout their careers like Tony Hawks Hawk and Chritian Hosoi's Sun. One of my all time favorites has to be the Panther graphic that Natas Kaupas had. The art was done by Jim Phillips who did tons of other great graphic like Rob Roskopp's eye.