{"id":1769,"date":"2015-08-21T03:38:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/?post_type=vintageadverts&#038;p=1769"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:42:42","slug":"vision-old-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"vintageadverts","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/vintageadverts\/vision-old-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision Old Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"vision-old-ghosts-grigley\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-212x275.jpg 212w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-77x100.jpg 77w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley-123x160.jpg 123w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/vision-old-ghosts-grigley.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Grigley&#8217;s Old Ghosts series from Vision. Not really pro models, but always associated with Grigley as it became knowledge that he was the artist behind it. Somehow or other <a href=\"http:\/\/oldghostsdesigns.bigcartel.com\">John Grigley<\/a> was smart or lucky enough to be able to retain the rights to his work. The Old Ghosts art was distinct enough to be it&#8217;s own microcosm within Vision. Even as Vision and Vision Street Wear became oversaturated and less appealing to skateboarding counterculture, there was something about these <a href=\"http:\/\/disposabletheblog.typepad.com\/disposable_random_essays_\/2009\/11\/the-old-ghost-the-guardian-and-the-grigley.html\">Old Ghost<\/a> boards that still seemed &#8220;core.&#8221; However, that Hippie Stick doesn&#8217;t quite fit with the others&#8230;  The photo is a double exposure print of separate photos by Grant Brittain and Tod Swank.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Detail of the boards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"old-ghosts-detail\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-275x204.jpg 275w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail-160x119.jpg 160w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/vision\/old-ghosts-detail.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"galleryadcopy\">\n<p>Vision Old Ghost Series<\/p>\n<p>Guardian 10&#8243; x 30&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>Hippie Stick 10&#8243; x 30 1\/4&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>Street Ghost 9 3\/4&#8243; x 29 3\/4&#8243; <\/p>\n<p>John A. Grigley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Grigley&#8217;s Old Ghosts series from Vision. Not really pro models, but always associated with Grigley as it became knowledge that he was the artist behind it. Somehow or other John Grigley was smart or lucky enough to be able to retain the rights to his work. 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