Cathy Liu: Form and Color, Together Forever; April 18th

Todd Francis in STAF Magazine - Spain

Todd Francis has an interview in STAF Magazine's online section of Art/Skate... in Spanish.  

 

Russ Pope's, "Life Lines" at Needles and Pens 021514

Russ Pope's opening for, "Life Lines" (and zine release) is happening at Needles and Pens in San Francisco, Saturday, February 15, 2014 from 7-9:30pm. 

 

Transportation Unit Decks Available at Equal Dist.

Stoked to have some Transportation Unit in the Equal Dist Mini Skate Shop.  Mahalo's to Russ Pope and Damon at Armory Distribution. 

SPECIAL CRUD Contest: Todd Francis Original Painting

To say thanks for all the support during the launch of SPECIAL CRUD, its time for a contest.  The winner gets this signed original 5.5" x 8.5" lovable pigeon painting, (yes its true!) by Todd Francis. 

Here's how it's done: Order a SPECIAL CRUD tee at Equal Dist and you're automatically entered.  Another way to enter is to tag #specialcrud on a photo showing someone who'd look good in a Special Crud tee on Instagram.  Basically, we encourage you to have some fun with this and to not turn this into a selfie shooting spree.  And if you've already bought a tee, you're automatically entered too!

We'll be announcing the winner @toddfrancisart and @equaldist next Tuesday, Feb 11th.  Thanks to everyone for getting behind SPECIAL CRUD...lots more to come in the future from everyone's favorite diseased pigeon. 

Painting Size: 5.5" x 8.5"

Scumco & Sons: Rinky Dink Jr. Deluxe Ltd. #4!

Scumco & Sons just released their Rinky Dink Jr. #4 as a complete.  It comes with Tracker Mid Tracks, Solitary Arts Black Eggs Wheels (50mm 87a), Bones Reds Bearings, Mob Griptape, and Robot Guts Hardware.  

6" x 24" board. Limited to 100 setups. 6 layers of maple with various exotic hardwood 7th layer finish. Hand-screened box.

Made in Pennsylvania. 

Todd Francis: A Year In Decks...

Todd Francis' upcoming new book, "Look Away, The Art of Todd Francis" will be out early 2014 and was completed at the very beginning of 2013.  It'll be the first book spanning Todd's entire career from DLX to SPECIAL CRUD.  

Todd's a busy guy and this year alone, he created these graphics below for skateboarders that just missed entry into his book. Thanks, man... nice work!

Happy 2014, ya'll! - Equal Dist

He also made this hand-painted deck below (sample pig-shape made by Yuta Koide/Shakastics for the Solitary Arts/Equal Dist), which raised $400, benefiting his daughters softball team earlier in 2013. 

ATLAS SKATEBOARDING & Vans Shoe Release For Ray Barbee

Not to be missed... Saturday, January 4th at Atlas Skateboarding! 

SLAP: SPECIAL CRUD

Thanks to SLAP MAGAZINE for the SPECIAL CRUD post! 

STREET CANOE: SPECIAL CRUD

Thank you, Jay at STREET CANOE for the SPECIAL CRUD love!