Do you guys remember the Keith Haring tee that we dropped in December dubbed “WHITE WASH”? Check out this skateboard, circa ’87, that Keith Haring took a magic marker to and decorated it with his trademark characters. Last week, it sold for a cool $16,250 at Phillips de Pury. On the auction block were also works from such artists as Ed Templeton, Shepard Fairey, Kaws, Cindy Sherman etc… Haring’s skateboard ended up being the third highest selling item…
“The Skate Nazi tells it like it is. It’s either my way or Kam Highway. If you like it, cool. If you don’t like it, eat a Ding Dong. And if you’re tired, then go take a nap.” -SN
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This kid puts in serious work on the board; lots of potential and a bright future for the young boy. We’re blessed to have him skate for us.
Aloha.
Although skateboarding had it’s humble beginnings in the ‘70s, it became a little more fashionable and picked up it’s mass appeal in the ‘80s. This is when it started picking up as a sort of lifestyle, and more skaters were inclined to hit certain street spots versus the slopes of backyard pools, concrete skateparks and banks. Flat ground became more prevalent with certain key revitalizations & innovations such as urethane wheels, different board sizes & shapes as well as truck sizes. This generation of skaters had a more care free, do-it-yourself outlook on things, which made an easier progression in street and vert tricks. Skaters such as Steve Caballero, The Gonz, Mike Vallely, Natas Kaupas and Tony Hawk kept reinventing the game in both street and vert skating.
