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THE ML&TIMEOIA SKATE ART CAMM{-S.llTy fosters a hlghly unique btend

*f graphics, paintlng, photoEraphy, videc, music, stickers, magazlnes,and tlothing-the ever-growing creative by-Broduets stemminE frorn

this popular sport and alternative rnsde of transportation. The singlemost pstent outlet for skate art is the deck * a fast-moving, tapping

and flipping €anvas that becnmes the extension af the ridert identily.Countlss Styles and altitudes adorn the laminated and molded woodshapes, expressing gnod. evilo sarcasm, parady, political views, ethics,

ideals, irreverence, grossness and tastefulness.

EINLE fHE FSg-f GRAFHT WAg BqA.WN tR{Tn A SflAQs, the skateboarcling culture has grown ha*d-inhand with the visual a{s, The eulture'.s embraee of indiviclual styNe, approach, and intention is whatcoptinues to draw new skaterg and artists to this renegade art practice-n hybrid in a realm of its ouvn.

Tfie,eygqqtching images cn the bottom of these skntebaards frr€ one of the purest fornrs CIf self-

Sl'highly personal a*d nrostly createcJ r'rrithout artistic boundaries*just like skateb*ardinq itself.

wes Hu,"psto,r,i6;u, ;:,,, FuLL uEcK FEATURES 0vER e75 SKATEBOARDS, skate decks,Dostownskated;:is7$i':i:ilr,,.r phOtOgraphy and artWOrk frOm the 1960S tO the preSent. The

exhibition includes historic decks, unique hand-painted decks,recent commercial boards, including one-of-a-kind hand-staineddecks by Skip Engblom, co-founder of Zephyr Skate Shop andprofiled in the Hollywood film Lords of Dogtown. The sftowincludes a collection of early boards, circa 1960, qn fggn f,fsfri pro

skater Sam Cunningham, and a broad range of now rarecommercia| decks (Element, Enjoi, Krookecf,-ete;), of,fi ftecollection of Mark Whilepy, former editor of SI-AP rnagazfte itt

'San Francisco. Jasott Ftf:$ingr owner of Skateworks'tA Sant? ':

Cruz, and national{y.lcr,-.roWn,Fro SfiAt$r,-,Cor,ey Dufl.eX alss'contri buted a se lection,,of': signifi€ant deeks. Loca |ly, Ocea nsi deartist Wes Humpston, oo-fQunderof OogTown and Bulldog Skates,Tony Hawk's company Birdhouse., M,ik MeGill's Skateshop in

Encinitas, and Larry Balma, founder of the California Surf Museumin Oceanside and TransWorld Skateboafdrt li@gazine in Carlsbad

also loaned skate decks from their cqlledions.

Eric BirdTodd BratrudSean CliverSkip EngblomLori D.

Ken DavisTodd FrancisMike GiantMark GonzalesMahtab HabibianWes HumpstonEvan HecoxIan JohnsonV. Courtland JohnsonBryceobiNatasMike

se, Tony Hawk, Inc.Mike McGill, McGill's Skate ShopWes HumpstonMark AvilesSam Cunningham, Manifest BikesKen DavisRyan StrickMark D'EstoutCorey DuffelNHS, Santa Cruz Skate ShopMetro Board ShopGirl SkateboardsJason Strubing, SkateworksSkateshopWinston Tseng, EnjoiGwynn Vitello, Thrasher MagazineWestern EditionMark Whiteley, SLAP

Element

and Louise Balma,Skateboarding Magazine

lim Phillips for Santa Cruz,

Billy KroftTom LedinGwen ManfrinMike MillerMatt 136MofoJohnny MojoLance MountainJim PhillipsJimbo PhillipsPusheadJenny SchmidKirk SheltonStix and JonesChase TafoyaJake WatlingDerek WeisbergTobin Yellandand others.,,,

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When possible, skateboards in this exhlbitisn are

Artist, Skateboard fompany, and Sesignlfor example:

Mike Kershnar, Element, Good MedlclneMike Kershnar is the artistElernent is the narne qf the skate cornpanyGood Medlcine Series is the title *f a deslgn series

$am Malgeria is one of the skaters sprnsored by

TULL DECK: A sHOm HSTORv OF SKATE ART wAsAT THE IE5HER cEtlTER FOR rHr ART5,'VALNI.JT

William D. Cannon Art Gallery 1775 Dove cA 92011 76A 602-2027

Todd Francis for ElEnent;National Prese1e Silries, 2006

This William D. Cannon Art Gallery is a prdgram of lhe City of Carlsbad's Cultural Arts Office.