Saturday, March 7, 2015

SKULL SKATES BLASPHEMY DECK TO BE RELEASED MAY 1

IT IS NO SECRET THAT EAST VANCOUVER'S ROOTS IN PUNK, BLACK METAL, SPEED METAL, HARDCORE AND SKATEBOARDING ALL CULMINATED AND CROSS POLLINATED IN THE 1980s.  ONE SIMPLY HAS TO READ THE 'THANX TO' NOTES INCLUDED WITH BLASPHEMY'S ALMIGHTY 'FALLEN ANGEL OF DOOM' LP TO SEE LEGENDARY HARDCORE 1980s SKATEBOARDING NAMES LIKE 'JAKS TEAM VANC', 'TA', 'MIKE ANNUS', 'CARLOS', ETC. ALONGSIDE CULT BLACK METAL NAMES LIKE 'WITCH AND THE ALLMIGHTY MORTUARY DRAPE' AND 'WAGNER THE ETERNAL ANTICHRIST SARCOFAGO' TO SEE THE EARLY LIKE-MINDED CONNECTIONS. 
VANCOUVER'S SKULL SKATES (EST. 1978) WAS ALWAYS A PART OF THE EAST VANCOUVER SKATEBOARDING SCENE, CONSTANTLY SIGNIFYING THE MOST HARDCORE AND CULT IN SKATEBOARDING WITH IT'S CONNECTIONS WITH THE JAK'S SKATE TEAM AND AMERICAN PROS LIKE DAVE HACKETT, STEVE OLSON AND DUANE PETERS. 
BASED ON THIS LONGSTANDING HISTORY, SKULL SKATES AND BLASPHEMY AGREED UPON RELEASING A SKATEBOARD DECK FEATURING THE CLASSIC 'FALLEN ANGEL OF DOOM' COVER ART.  

OFFICIALLY LICENSED
9.5" x 33", 15" W/B
TUBTECH CONCAVE
MADE IN CANADA
TO BE RELEASED MAY 1, 2015
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