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fakie to fakie art show.

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The art department over here at NHS decided to throw an art show. They invited the whole company to participate. We all got together to drink beer, eat free sushi, chocolate chip cookies and drink pabst blue ribbon.

Emmanuel Guzman makes some rad grip tape art.

Cryptic trinkets.

Crazy Darren Lee photo collage. This must have taken forever. Includes a male ball sack.

Jason Arnold pulls from the past and draws for the future. Next level shit for sure.

bird yurt. brilliant. squirrel’s might like it more, though.

Thomas Campbell contributed some stuff to the show. No big deal at all. Such a cool art show. Get out there and make some art.

the flip pinkyvision series.

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Meet flip skateboards newest series “PinkyVision”. You should check out some of pinkyvison’s stuff. Part surrealism, part psychedelic – An Englishman meets Day of The Dead? Yeah, that’s what I am feeling. Anyways, the boards are a blast and you should ride ‘em till the wheels fall off.

 Boulala Pinkyvision 8.25

Gonzalez Pinkyvision 8.0

Oliveira PinkyVision  7.88

Rowley PinkyVision 8.0

Saari PinkyVision 8 & 8.5

Penny board not shown (sorry). Available at the finest skate shops worldwide.

nhs sales meeting secrets.

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Everybody sales-wise flew into the greater Santa Cruz region for the annual nhs summer sales meeting. When your meeting about skateboarding, shit gets real.

Rocky Mountain High super rep, Charles “Chainsaw” Masque looking all godfather-esque in the Mark Widdman designed, Independent Chair. If you squinted, you might mistake it for the electric chair at San Quentin.

Salba introducing Salba Cruz. Shapes of all sizes inspired by Salba, killer graphics, limited runs from Kelly Belmar – look for Salba Cruz shortly at a shop near you. I saw t-shirts in the warehouse ready to ship friday.

Salba’s board.

Navarrette, Partenan, Creature Lee and David Gravette announcing Creature Fall 2011. Radicalness coming your way.

Gravette’s Hippie Skull Part Deux.

Always a good time with the creature crue.

Arto Saari and Sid Melvin talking about iced coffee and Bakersfield.

Great meeting. You’re not going to believe the tricks we’ve got up our sleeves. Rest of the year is going to be rainbows and unicorns for sure and leprachauns and four leaf clovers and pots of gold. World, lookout. 

window rapping part deux.

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Took it up to Earth & Ocean Jackson to commence the window rapping.

Stop by the store, checkout the raddest window wraps ever and give some love to Fred & Brittany. Tell ‘em we sent ya.

Drove up Highway 49 and made it over to Boards N Motion. We drove past where they discovered gold (Sutter’s Mill) and the largest bridge in California (Foresthill Bridge) but I didn’t document this, sadly.

Yes, Boards N Motion now has an independent window. So beautiful.

Took it down to Roseville for an install over at Ground Zero Roseville.

Al Partenan floor experiment. Looks great.

Headed down to Sacramento to install an Eric Koston window between 2 beauties.

Yeah, Koston looking hot between two chicks on one of Sacto’s busiest intersections. Window wrapping! Good times, indeed.

rad edits.

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Marty lives in Reno. He runs marmar studios. Look for him at the Silver Legacy next time you are playing craps. Sweet edit, bro.

A lot has been written about Montana on the wreck. Friends, Jason and Abby Forrest ventured over to Libby, Montana to check out Turner Mountain. Looks rad, hope the season is going well for you guys.

the shape of things to come.

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A new year, another great time to get the whole nhs sales crue together.

Colorado’s finest, Charles Masque was here to keep it real. He’s been growing that beard since October. Looking good, Charles. Alright, here is some of that next level shit we’ve got coming the shops way.

Sam Hitz designed the Nuclear Minions t-shirt.

Bob Merriam throwing a roast beef in the cell block t-shirt. Screaming Ham was a concept back in the day by the one, the only – Birdo.

Some of the proceeds from the Burnside box go directly to the park.

Sid Melvin’s current setup.

See you at the tradeshows?

Come on by the NHS Booth.

WWSRA, Cal Expo, Sacramento. January 12-14th.

ASR/Crossroads, San Diego. February 3rd-4th.

novak’s private art collection.

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Surf Panel, self portrait, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 18, 2001.

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Black Pack (Bucky’s Packard) acrylic on canvas 18 x 12, 2001.

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Three Princes, acrylic on canvas 24 x 18, 2002.

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Woody Junkyard. 50 woodies, count ‘em. 16 x 18, 2001.

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The Treasure. Acrylic on Canvas. 20 x 24, 2001.

I get to look at these pretty much everyday.

Jim Phillips painted these. If you’re a skater, I don’t need say more. You probably have his boards still hanging in your room, in your living room, tucked away up under your bed. For the rest of you, search and you will be enlightened. The skateboarding boom of the 1970s and subsequent success in the 1980s can be partially attributed to the creative and graphic genius of one Jim Phillips.  The mark he has left on skateboarding is undeniable and unlikely to be ever surpassed by anyone else artistically.  Shit, how many times can the fucking screaming hand be parodied?

Rich Novak, the owner of NHS, the mastermind behind the first ever precision-bearing wheels, the road rider (sold 6 million wheels by ’76), one of the godfathers of the first ever full independent suspension truck (Independent, 1978) and all around badass extroardinaire had Jim paint these in 2001.

Getting back to his roots, Phillips painted the landscapes, surfscapes and surroundings of Novaks’ and Phillips’ youth – the Pleasure Point area of Santa Cruz, CA.

I find new things hidden in the paint every time I stare at them.

Tune in and trip out.