Solitary Arts - Things I Make for My Daughter by Geoff McFetridge for Apartamento Maga

The 50 Greatest Skate Logos

Don Pendleton wrote an article today for Complex Magazine and the Solitary Arts moon made his list of the 50 Greatest Skate Logos. I'm thankful that Don has been such a powerful and good force in skateboarding through his own art and graphic designs over the years.

Mahalo Don and thank you for your constant support and stoke.
- Yong-Ki

Bob Lake in Culver City

Bob and Jen Lake just made their MOCA visit (round two) in Los Angeles and are heading up north to Portland. While down in Culver City, they met with friend, Ron Siegel and his kids for an afternoon coping session. Safe travels and aloha guys!

Brandon Jacobson Photography

Brandon Jacobson is the in-house sales guru for Girl Skateboards and he's been steadily shooting photos in his spare-time. He sent a few my way recently and with today's front-page Crailtap photo of Jordan DeOliveira, I thought it was fitting to share those additional photos into one post.

Below, Jordan's flying dreads followed by Brandon's setup with some Solitary Arts stickers in support, closing with polaroids he shot while in Paris a few months back. Mahalo Brandon! - Yong-Ki

Little Wings August 6, 2011 in SF

Regional Bias 2011
Little Wings
Royal Baths (Farewell Show!)
White Cloud
Sea of Bees

Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco)
Doors open at 7pm for happy hour art show, food, and DJs. Bands start at 8pm.

General Admission tickets: $10-$20 sliding scale donation

Color Collector's Issue 2011 Featuring Allister Lee

The new Color Magazine, Collector's issue (4 standard issues and 2 special editions a year) is in and amongst its many great photos and articles related to, "Collecting", Allister Lee tops it for me personally with his successful 500 Black Marker Poster. I had the honor of releasing his poster this past Spring with great results and tons of appreciative fans worldwide. Color delves a bit deeper into Allister's workspace in Toronto and his affection for black markers. The next 5 orders will receive a copy of this Color Magazine ($7.99 newsstand price), compliments of the Solitary Arts.

You can still get Allister's 500 marker poster at Equal Dist., while supplies last.

Staf Magazine version 2.0

As featured in Staf Magazine version 2.0, Malaga, Spain

LAUNCH: Community Through Skateboarding

Bob Lake's friend, Andy Weiss in Ft. Collins, Colorado just started LAUNCH, and we can't be more thankful for such a positive force in skateboarding.

LAUNCH: Community Through Skateboarding, is a Colorado-based organization devoted to empowering individuals to better themselves and their community through skateboarding. They strive to provide an environment that fosters a culture of creativity and self-expression for skateboarders of all ages.

The Solitary Arts donated a complete Big Red to help raise funds for the upcoming ALL HANDS ON DECK event on August 5, 2011 from 6-11PM. Check-out the list of other artists who have donated for this cause, HERE.

LAUNCHSKATE.ORG
222 Walnut Street
Ft. Collins, Colorado 80524

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Thanks to Danilo for the link...

Jef Hartsel in the Gonzales Pool

Jef Hartsel's first photo ad, circa 1985-1986 at the Gonzales Pool.

[o] Grant Brittain

Check out more ads and photos of Hartsel HERE on the Solitary Arts site.

Tommy Guerrero In Stuttgart, Germany July 26, 2011

Tommy Guerrero will be playing at the Skateboard Museum in Stuttgart, Germany on July 26, 2011.

Our friends at Arrow + Beast in Stuttgart are the only ones that have Tommy's, "Hecho En SF" t-shirts in celebration, thanks to brother Gene Dadoy.

Since Gene, who lives in Stuttgart via Hawaii, will be missing Tommy's performance (he'll be in Hawaii on that day), we wanted to spread the aloha spirit for him, as he would if he was there, by sending the next 8 folks that purchase Tommy's, "From The Soil To The Soul" re-issue on CD, a deadstock sticker-pack with 2003's, "Soul Food Taqueria" and the classic, "Hecho En SF" sticker.