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Christian Heise at German DIY Park Jam
How many cool looking concrete DIY obstacles can you avoid while doing a freestyle session? Skull Skates pro freestyler Christian Heise has it down to an art during some demos at the recent 2er On Fire...
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PD, Gurl23, The Boy Art Show at SBC
The recent art show opening at East Vancouver’s SBC Rampstaurant featuring social commentary fueled and controversial works by PD, The Boy and Gurl23 went off without a hitch. The night was a full-on...
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Skull Skates The Hives Deck
The Hives formed in Sweden in 1993 and were aligned with skateboarding right away, signing with the Swedish label Burning Heart. Having released ‘The Black & White Album’ in 2007, it seems...
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Luther Slashing Moss and Griptape Expression
Luther, Moss-Covered Witchmaker Candlemas of the Barrier Kult on a recent trip with Gullwing Trucks through Oregon. Frontside grind on a moss-covered bridge barrier find. Photo: @donnovan.rice Luther’s...
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Gullwing & Flatspot Whistler Death Race!
Nothing will ever be quite as gnarly as the Chinese downhill from Hotdog: The Movie, but this event looks pretty close. September 18th, push your luck with head to head racing down the Whistler snake...
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Skull & Sword at the Hot Shop
Stoked customer today at PD’s Hot Shop in Vancouver. The Hot Shop has built a number of Ray ‘Bones’ Rodriguez reissues with Mini-Cubics, etc., but this time the black reissue Rat-Bones especially look...
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Skull Skates Pro Abstract Adventures
Skull Skates pro freestyler Christian Heise got to have a behind the scenes skate session at the recent ‘30 Years of the Screaming Hand’ art show in Germany. Plus - on the other end of the spectrum,...
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Aluminum Casting Obsessions
Heavy truck obsessed end of the day at PD’s Hot Shop yesterday - Titan Trucks rebuild with NOS Gullwing Pro Bolts, spec bushings and pivot cups, keeping a close eye on higher than usual bushings and...
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30th Anniversary Jaks China Creek Comp
Jaks China Creek contest this year was ruling as usual. Sunny day, tons of people, kids ripping, free hot dogs, historic Jaks vests everywhere. People were definitely conscious that is was the 30th...
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Darren Navarette and the Skull Skates Mutant
A couple of outtake photos from Brian Shamanski below from the recent Mutant deck article written by Darren Navarette in LOWCARD MAGAZINE. “Navarrette lost it when he saw the board. He skated it all...
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Skull Skates x BA. KU. Pig Shapes
The Barrier Kult continues to capture the imagination of even the most hardened OG Vancouver localizers, one example being this great new custom grip tape work from legendary Seylynn ripper Eve Feaver...
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D.O.A. and Gob at the Rickshaw
D.O.A. and Gob are both Vancouver punk bands who have decks with Skull Skates and now you can watch them live with each other. Watch two important and different generational representations of...
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Skull Skates Dead Guys Complete
One of Skull Skates’ favorite kids came by PD’s Hot Shop today to finally get his dream complete. Dead Guys reissue, Tracker x Skull Skates SixTracks, re-issue Rat-Bones. Again, a board that an...
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Early 80s Style Horse Complete
Reptilian shape-shifting Royal bloodlines, football field sized alien space craft in Alaska, Ishtar originally creating ‘Easter’ and other rad conversations helped in creating this killer Skull Skates...
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Duane Peters Complete at the Hot Shop
A lot of killer complete highlights lately from PD’s Hot Shop in Vancouver. Another one today that’s definitely worth noting. Dedicated Skull Skates customer Sverin is a man of many intense talents...
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Full Spectrum at PD’s Hot Shop
Interesting day today at PD’s Hot Shop in Vancouver. Within hours - three different boards that reflect very different ideas of what skateboarding means to different people. 1. SKULL SKATES BA. KU....
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‘Smooth Skateboard’ Revelations at PD’s Hot Shop
It was an epiphany for the PD’s Hot Shop employees in Vancouver some years ago when they realized that it was the dialogue that was driving kid’s skateboarding into weird, often misdirected zones. A...
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R.I.P. Gerry Hurtado aka Skatemaster Tate
“I go to work at Skull with Feed-I and PD Well life is never dull with Sue Diamond and RD.” Everyone at Skull Skates is saddened to hear about the passing of Gerry Hurtado aka Skatemaster Tate this...
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Hot Shop and Skull Skates Skateboards in Vancouver
The third Tony hawk complete with NOS plastics and built to spec to what Hawk rode back in the mid 80s has been built at PD’s Hot Shop and is ready for the next customer to walk into the shop and...
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Skull Skates Halloween
Revisit the atmospheric and all encompassing Skull Skates promo video ‘Death Rides a Skull Skate’ by Mike McKinlay made last year. Mike really channels his inner GSD with the hand painted skeleton...
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