”Prince!” That’s all I gotta say about that! So, of course they recruited the talented of…you guessed it…Todd Bratrud.
Tony Hawk, Aaron Homoki and Clint Walker were all graced with the royal touch when Todd did a series for Birdhouse of… well… um…BIRDS! He has done countless works of art for Creature Skateboards green babes with bodacious booties, zombie-mania, skulls, blood and guts galore! Creature wouldn’t have half the spooky radical-ness without Todd Bratrud’s commitment to awesomeness! Strangelove is a somewhat newish brand pretty much relying on all heavy hitting graphics as their focus. Zero Skateboards got blessed with some Bratrud goodness with a series of bloody body parts for James Brockman, Dane Burman and Nick Boserio. Todd Bratrud made some classics at enjoi skateboarding like the Bloody Fingerboard, Maggot Chow Mein and the GMO Series for skateboard professionals like Jerry Hsu, Cairo Foster and Caswell Berry. Todd Bratrud also made such stunning skateboard motion pictures as Behold, Miles, So Quick and a few more will in the Cubical which are all fabulous and have the ability to make your eyeballs sweat buckets.Īfter burning that bridge, Todd Bratrud moved on to spread his magical peanut-butter & jelly across the sliced bread of some of the coolest A-list skateboard companies (and even some of the lesser cool B & C-list brands out there). He made some iconic graphics there like All Up In Dem Guts, Congratulations It’s A Man, I Want You To Have This It’s Good Luck, to name a few of my favorites. I’ve been a Todd Bratrud fan ever since his humble beginnings saving the Cube aka Consolidated Skateboards from imploding like the blackest of black holes. Dude can draw some guts being blasted all over a skull with titties bouncing around like no other, but he can also kick a one footed ollie towards the moons of Jupiter and into the hearts of people like you and me. The word for that is “POSER.” That’s why we-are-talking/me-writing about my man, Todd Bratrud here. If by “skateboard artist” I mean artist that draws skateboard graphics and actually shreds on a skateboard, then Todd Bratrud is CHAMPION NUMERO UNO! There’s a lot of upper echelon skate artists that I have never, ever seen actually ride a skateboard. What I meant to say was, “Todd Bratrud!” Dude is IMHO in the top 3 skateboard artists to ever touch pen to paper. The classic, relaxed ride of your favorite Penny is now available in our longest board yet.If we are going to talk about skateboard art, and we are, well, I am… and you may or may not stick around to read about it… I already got derailed in the first run-on sentence. The Penny 36" Longboard is a cruiser’s dream. With a shape and size modeled after the cruiser boards of decades past. The stiff nose and tail allow you to pop up curbs, grind a ledge, film your friends or just cruise the streets. Our 32" cruiser is our most versatile board to date. This board is developed for skills progression, tight carves and pumping you’d normally get on a surfboard. 29" SURFSKATEĭesigned for the flat-day fun, the 29" Surfskate replicates the feeling of surfing the streets.
Commonly referred to as the “Nickel,” this board boasts the same great features as the 22” however its larger deck is great for perfecting new skate tricks or beginners looking for a little more stability. The 27” it is the ultimate all round skateboard. It’s also great for those younger Penny riders who are on the smaller side. Our 22” Penny is a great size for skaters looking for easy transportation and fits perfectly in our Penny Pouch Backpacks when you’re not skating. Regardless of their size, all Penny models are great for different skating styles. Did you know that Penny Skateboards come in five different sizes? The standard Penny 22", the slightly larger Penny 27”, the 32" Cruiser, the 29" Surfskate and the 36" Longboard.