skateboards

Recycled skateboard art

Recycled skateboard art

Skateboarder slash artist Haroshi creates art made from recycled skateboards. While his Mario art rocks, my favorites are the skateboard decks made out of recycled decks. That’s like, recursive or something. Skate decks eventually see its life shortened by snapping, cracking and/or wearing out. Purchasing new decks is a never ending cycle and this was […]

Hand-carved skateboards

Hand-carved skateboards

Doug McKee of Bellingham, WA carves skateboards that look like birds, insects, and sea creatures. The process of carving a skateboard takes a bit of time. The piece is carved out of green wood. Which is to say wet, freshly cut wood. Ideally the wood spits its water at you as you carve. I use […]