DECKARAMA RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS
Well Wednesday is usually our skate night, but this Wednesday Muff, Eric, Daniel and myself headed out to the Deckarama Skateboard Art Show. Legendary Skateboard Artists Jim & Jimbo Phillips were on hand to MC the event. If you remember names like Rob Roskopp, Jeff Kendall, Clause Grabke, Natas Kaupas, Salba, Duane Peters and Christian Hosoi then you had to be at this event. It all started out with a little meet and greet. Everyone was just roaming around looking at all the different styles of art that was on hand. You know that Eric Sepulveda found the food table right away check him out to the right looking very mischievous. After all that then came the presentation. Jim Phillips started out by telling everyone his story from the beginning of his career. It was truly inspirational to hear Jim's story and what he has done for the whole Skateboard & Surf Scene. Not to mention what a kick ass dad he was by sharing his talent with his son and friends. He was saying how by doing art it gave him freedom to go skate and surf with his son everyday, I thought that was dope! Well Jim had a lot of art to show look below for Jim and Jimbo snapshots from the slide show. Jimbo was next after his dad and he showed us that he as well shares the talent of his father. Jimbo has been drawing since a very young age I think it was six here's a shot of him at his first art desk courtesy of pops. Jim Phillips became so busy at a time that he couldn't keep up with all the work NHS Inc. needed so he had to hire on some help and who better to hire than his son and some of his skater friends. Well to make a long story short this event was a great flashback for me. I got  a kick out of seeing all the logos from the past products we used to ride like Slimeballs Wheels, Cell Blocks, Speed Wheels, OJ'S and many more. Well I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who put this event together it was a very good presentation. Jim & Jimbo keep the good work up I still love your art style for sure and I'm glad to see it still being used regularly. To contact Jim or Jimbo Phillips visit the Phillips Studio Web Site at www.jimphillips.com and make sure you buy his book you don't want to miss out! Last but not least I will leave you with a photo of Jim, Jimbo and myself.

JIM'S SNAP SHOTS

JIMBO'S SNAP SHOTS