Are you the guy that ordered this? It should be in your hands already or very soon, becasue it shipped out on Tuesday. What about the sexist nature of this graphic? Exploitation? No! Well… yes, but that’s the point. When I conceived this graphic back in the 80’s skateboarding was in the middle of a boom and there was an influx of crappy equipment being sold by toy stores and sports chains trying to get a piece of the pie. Add to that the fact that some of the major skate companies were overcome with greed and began employing pimping out the image of skateboarding.
So the point of this graphic was to convey how sleazy the industry was becoming. Also, we thought it was funny. And well, there were boobs too. I am conflicted about using it these days, but I think it still resonates. Click to enlarge, but don’t order any because we’re out of wood for a couple weeks.
4 comments
houseofneil
I’ve just got 3 words to say: escape from valucheck
Kilwag
OK, possible, but I don’t think there would be an overall vision without the Nash. Plus it counters the well proven scientific theory that I invented EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE!
houseofneil
hold up, there’s some revisionist history going on here. I do believe that I was there when the graphic was conceived. The overall vision might have been yours, but the Nash logo idea was mine I believe.
Larry
oh wow, out of wood? i hope my prize is already boxed! they do make little blue pills for the wood problems.