50 Skateboard Logos Explained - The Story Behind the Brands

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2 жыл бұрын

What skateboarding logo was thought up in a dream? What company had to change their logo 3 times? Who's logo was inspired by a famous book? Which brand had to change their name 6 months in? And much much more!
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@tannermurphy1157 2 жыл бұрын

The element logo is so genius. Its my favorite one for sure. The bottom half circle represents the ground. The top half divided into four representing the atmosphere. The whole circle is the seed being planted and nurtured and the tree grows from it in the center. Such an awesome design.

@JakeFromStatefarm00 2 жыл бұрын

i think the top half dashed in four were to represent the four elements

@matiasbravo623 2 жыл бұрын

As a little kid I noticed that the tree makes the letters element

@hotsaucecommittee0 2 жыл бұрын

0:28 Thrasher 0:36 es 0:46 Dogtown 1:05 Palace 1:28 Polar 1:36 Antihero 2:05 Santa Cruz 2:36 Krooked 2:48 Osiris 3:02 Dime 3:05 DC 3:31 Alltimers 3:45 Supreme 4:04 Girl 4:15 Birdhouse 4:24 Call me 917 4:45 Baker 5:05 Element 5:15 Etnies 5:25 Shake Junt 5:37 Skull Skates 5:59 Nike SB 6:11 RDS 6:24 Airwalk 6:39 Quasi 7:13 Black Label 7:20 Powell 7:30 Blind 7:56 Independent 8:40 Chocolate 9:04 Spitfire 9:25 Real 9:32 Volcom 9:54 World Industries 10:16 Zero 10:23 FA 10:27 Enjoi 10:38 Alien Workshop 11:09 Toy Machine I didnt count stuff like wet willy or flameboy

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

You’re a legend 🙏

@jacobdavis5518 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much

@verycaring2387 6 ай бұрын

Alva?????

@brandons5479 2 жыл бұрын

I use to love the Enjoi logo and there boards. Every other company would try to make these big all over print decks and enjoi would keep it simply with a medium size panda logo right under/near the trucks. The simply look was clean!

@dollazNzentz 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the one where the panda pooped and he’s looking back at his turd almost ashamed. Always made me laugh

@seccondson Жыл бұрын

@@dollazNzentz i liked the one where it was the two pandas fucking 💀

@seccondson Жыл бұрын

@FoxesAreKool i remember way back when, enjoi had a logo where it was two pandas humping, very surprisingly that graphic made it on skate 3

@LuckyLupusSoundLabs999 3 ай бұрын

More a fan of graphics that aren’t just the company Logo, like the Rob Roskopp graphic or the Hosoi Hammerhead. But you can like what you want

@damnronin 3 ай бұрын

same

@davidfloyd4877 2 жыл бұрын

There is so many iconic logos....I really like the krooked eyes very simple logo but sick!

@ryanwalters3531 2 жыл бұрын

Same. I like the shmoo, bird characters and flower patterns too.

@Titoburritobandito 2 жыл бұрын

I always like simple logos and graphics.

@Amersian 2 жыл бұрын

be honest, did you ever see a skateboard in the krooked eyes logo?

@jimizxztheorginal 2 жыл бұрын

@@Amersian just went and fliped over my new krooked eyes deck to see it with my own eyes (pun intended)

@Amersian 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimizxztheorginal i truly think most people miss it, still not sure if its intentional, but knowing the gonz, its gotta be right!?

@FerstErndFuriers 2 жыл бұрын

Flameboy vs Wet Willy is so nostalgic to me, I remember one of my brothers showing me the World Industries or Flameboy vs Wet Willy site back then. I'm bummed out that my parents didn't want me skating WITH my brothers. At least THPS was hella fun.

@areksoo 2 ай бұрын

These videos bring back a lot of nostalgia. The Dogtown logo stands out to me, but in a weird way. It was popular around where I grew up because a local skate shop used a slightly altered version for their logo: Hogtown. Hogtown was an old nickname for Toronto as it was once known for all the pork processing back in the 1920s. Hogtown was definitely the place to go for skaters in the 80s/90s.

@ShredzShop 2 ай бұрын

That’s rad! I’ve never skated TO but it’s on my list! Our manager is from just outside Toronto (Port Perry). Always talking about a trip out that way, lots of great looking parks out there.

@chestercastillo9612 2 жыл бұрын

That Blind logo story is a genius by Gonz. Dang.

@HoonAgain 2 жыл бұрын

Had fun drawing most these logos but I’m most proud of the original Toy Machine logo I made by cutting and soldering metal in my 3D Art class. Kids did that then. Also, thanks “Cease and Desist” for all the influences on logos. That guy serves and deserves credit.

@codymachado Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah I also did something similar in my shop class. An I’m pretty sure kids still do that shit in shop class

@MrJasonodonnell 2 жыл бұрын

Have been around skating for 30+ years, I always Judge quality of art by what people outside of that art circle think, I will never forget seeing average people put Powell stickers on car windows just because they liked the art- It said a lot about how Powell got it right, now every Honda bundy has a thrasher t-shirt and scooter kids all have santa cruz socks

@marvelousstanley1239 2 жыл бұрын

I'm disappointed to not find anyone in the comments talking up osiris. As someone who never skated the one thing that made me want to try were those amazing osiris shoes. I still think a stuffed pair of osiris shoes is one of the coolest things to come from the skateboarding world.

@MrJasonodonnell 2 жыл бұрын

@@marvelousstanley1239 I worked in Skate during this time, you Do make a very fair point. I was legit in a skate store yesterday and they had a row of Osiris D3's in the most insane colourways.

@gimmeehands1 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the Powell logo. It is my favorite and I think all around the most catchy. The wings with the ripper coming out, one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

@Dirandownthestreet 2 жыл бұрын

This video is great, thank you for not counting up or down and getting straight into it, and no music was a nice decision as well. Super entertaining learning about these logos with just the right amount of info for each.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! 🙏 We're new to the KZfaq game and still learning how to make videos work! Thanks for watching!

@swansonskateboards2650 2 жыл бұрын

Zero single skull probably the best, I’d like to see an episode about board technologies such as element helium boards and why these brands discontinued them ❤️🛹

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

@marcbolhuis 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShredzShop You got it wrong on the Zero logo, Jamie ripped it from the Toy Story movie in 1995. Jamie also got the name and logo for Mystery from the 1999 movie Detroit Rock City

@kreeperfrm559 2 жыл бұрын

I still have a helium element board, why were they discontinued???

@swansonskateboards2650 2 жыл бұрын

I had one years ago and I obliterated it doing a Rick flip down a drop. Wasn’t satisfied obviously with it but curious on why these technologies were discontinued ❤️🛹

@mikeshipway5990 2 жыл бұрын

Flight decks and slicks and shit I'd watch that too

@Zorcky-2C 2 жыл бұрын

5:05 Élément logo need a little bit more explaination. The 4 éléments are represented. -Tree: Earth -Full circle: Fire -Bottom half circle: Water -Top 4 lines: Wind Maybe everyone know this and I am stupid to explain that

@thatguygrand 2 жыл бұрын

Very concise yet informative for all the logos without rambling too long, really enjoyed it :)

@rustino660 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being in middle school & playing around with the fonts in Microsoft word. I was so geeked up when I found the Thrasher font lmaooo good times

@Matt_tenny92 2 жыл бұрын

I actually just met some guys from the Toy Machine and Foundation skate teams a few weeks ago at a demo they did Skateboarding has impacted my life so much that about 4 years ago I started my own skateboard company called Galaxy Skateboards and am pleased to say that I have the honor of doing that full time now too

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Running a skate brand full time is a ton of work and an amazing goal to accomplish. 🙏 👏

@DonnieWish 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always so cool and entertaining Levi , I dig them so bad and look forward to watching the next one

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated! 🙏🙏

@og_queenie3303 2 жыл бұрын

me too here from germany, great videos everytime and conclusive.

@stevenvillegas7884 2 жыл бұрын

Man This Is a Really Good Video,Thank You Levi

@garyvoigt321 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great one!

@yorique2267 2 жыл бұрын

This was a really well put together video, for real

@joshl.8950 3 ай бұрын

They're all **iconic** ! For me the Screaming hand just screams to me every time! Every time I see a Screaming Hand shirt at a thrift store it becomes mine. And World Industries just makes me so nostalgic for getting my CCS in the mail with no intention to purchase anything but just to drool over the cool boards, shoes and art :) Heck they're all so nostalgic

@bodybydrakellc309 Жыл бұрын

New Subscriber! Bless your heart! this is awesome. you are talking about all the brands I grew up with and its so cool! never knew all there fun facts. one of my new fav channels. please keep going!

@neo19830901 Жыл бұрын

NICE VIDEO, thanks.

@romeisfallingagain 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video. thanks for the knowledge

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

🙏glad you enjoyed!

@kreeperfrm559 2 жыл бұрын

I do not skate anymore but grew up with skateboarding culture since the early 90's, I love this channel, very nostalgic

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching 🙏

@mrjohnnyk 2 жыл бұрын

Love this no nonsense approach. Good video!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@MMALAB 2 жыл бұрын

So informative. I was curious for a long time about some logos, but now I got my answers.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!!

@germanpride Жыл бұрын

awesome video thank u

@ShredzShop Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@rafistrizh8816 Жыл бұрын

great video🎉

@angelokefalas3750 2 жыл бұрын

Another killer video! 👊🔥🤘

@Raaamiah 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Levi! Very informative

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 🙏 Glad you enjoyed!!

@islamicsalami7208 Жыл бұрын

Wow, really good video and interesting topic. Thanks for all the time and research that you put into this.!

@ShredzShop Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!🙏

@SenpaiTheExplorer Жыл бұрын

really cool video. i always loved history.

@yskate 2 жыл бұрын

Very Nice!!

@SANTINIIO 2 жыл бұрын

The Element logo is genius in my opinion, because it's so easy to recreate. I can't tell you how many times I drew or spray painted that logo growing up.

@pokemonteam2755 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing thank you

@matthernandez5481 Жыл бұрын

Dude super ultra mega fire video. I love it

@benoitdeclercq9722 2 жыл бұрын

this was sooo awesome . .really like logo's now even them history! do more clever vids m8!

@calebnicholls2624 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this one !!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Yo! Thanks Caleb!!

@RaoulDukeSr 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous vids always...you guys rock 🤘

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

They're a ton of work! Glad you enjoy them!! 🙏 👊

@RaoulDukeSr 2 жыл бұрын

@@ShredzShop I can only imagine the workload ! No other chanel gives the depth and accuracy of info....not even close ⚡⚡🤘⚡⚡

@DazHagen 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing.. great video

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!! 🙌🙏

@thomastakeshita4979 2 жыл бұрын

Super quick and interesting thanks

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed! 🙏🙌

@hatshooter5121 Жыл бұрын

I love the morphium skateboards poppy design,it's a pretty small german brand located close to me,but my first "good" deck was a morphium and no matter what i ride,i always find myself coming back to them

@liquidjesus7778 2 жыл бұрын

Great content bro 🙏

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy the vids! 🙌🙏

@f.i.s.hskateboarding1841 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video, ive always loved the element logo.

@chrisburzenski2317 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Levi! Love the art & artists!

@ShredzShop Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!

@johnagen3688 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME STUFF!!!! New sub! I guess I'm an old school skater, as it was life during the eighties thru about 99! THOROUGHLY enjoy this content! As for logo favs,..... wow so many, Powell for sure, Santa Cruz, Airwalk, alien workshop, vision etc... I wish I could find an old pair of my vision parachute pants!!!! Miss those days! Thank you for sharing this insanely interesting content! OMFG how could I almost forget the iconic thrasher logo!

@ShredzShop Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!! Glad you enjoy and it helps with the nostalgia!!

@skimy619 2 жыл бұрын

NICE!!!!! 🍻🍻 Payter kaayo 🤘🤘🤘

@SouthernDesignAgency 2 жыл бұрын

Such a sick video!!

@loafabread1446 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly never would've guessed the girl one,thanks for telling us that!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

The more you know!! 👊

@ssjcj4081 2 жыл бұрын

Love this page!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 🙏 🙏

@commandZee 2 жыл бұрын

You guys forgot to state the obvious, the 'b' in the Birdhouse logo is the Powell Peralta 'P' inverted.

@dpatrick1a 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same.

@JLNightmare 2 жыл бұрын

I was talking to Brian Sumner a while back about ADIO shoes and he was telling me how Jamie Thomas designed the ADIO logo while they were hanging out in a garage. Man, I miss ADIO shoes :(

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, that’s a sick tidbit!!!

@JLNightmare 2 жыл бұрын

@Adio 882 i skated in Adios from 2004 till 2011. When it became almost impossible to find i would buy a size bigger or a size smaller, (whatever the shops had left) just so i could keep skating in them. Then when they were completely gone, i had to try and find a replacement.. but no other shoe will ever feel as great as Adio. i think the closest ones to Adio that I've skated in are the ES Accel OG and ES Cessna.. Probably just ES in general but i doubt any other shoe will ever feel as great as ADIO. indeed something special about those shoes that makes you love them

@chevyatkins558 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact Nike tried to make skateboarding illegal back in the day .now I see all the skaters wearing Nike SB

@johnagen3688 Жыл бұрын

To me,nike and skateboarding do not belong in the same sentence. Nike will never be skateboarding to me. In my opinion far to prissy mainstream and just not the tru essence of skate culture to me. Save nike for tennis fux and such. To me it just doesn't belong in the skate world.

@Tyler-jt5iw Жыл бұрын

@@johnagen3688 Yup! 100% if anyone showed up to the park in like 99 wearin them👀, they rockin the kmart board too and only thought skateboards wher a form of transportation

@gustavocecille2063 2 жыл бұрын

I used to cut all the tabs on my t-shirts with all the awesome skateboard logos and then sew them on my back pack, I remember getting a lot of compliments back then. I loved Blind's logo the most!

@marca5883 2 жыл бұрын

awesome...i loved the H-street cross arrows thingy...shame it was missed out of your vid...

@jasondashney 2 ай бұрын

I tried to get that shaved into the back of my head in grade 8, but the barber botched it completely so I had to shave that part of my head bald

@sneedmando186 Жыл бұрын

Good vid Now I miss my old skate shop. Love ya gang

@Windds 2 жыл бұрын

I’m currently going to school for graphic design so I love this

@BurnCrushExecute 2 жыл бұрын

This was badass!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! 🙌🙏 Hyped you enjoyed!

@Cpt.Y2 Ай бұрын

All the back stories to these are cool

@nareshmeetei 2 жыл бұрын

As an artist, designer and skater myself Spitfire's logo is always my favorite. After knowing the story I love it more. ❤❤🔥🔥

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! 🙏

@brandonhofmann5479 Жыл бұрын

Spitfire or die

@CC-hp8tj 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome !

@decentdiversions 2 жыл бұрын

This was fun! The OG DC logo was awesome. I always thought the Shortys logo was inspired by Bazooka gum. You missed a chance to chirp Zumies. Sears started in Chicago?

@duncanmcewan839 2 жыл бұрын

I really like these videos in the same way I loved the ON Videos because they are informative.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely inspired by the old On Videos! We’re a much smaller operation though haha

@evanpb 2 жыл бұрын

Jimbo Phillips is one of my biggest heroes, I owe at least half my art career to him

@bylertrown Жыл бұрын

you should talk about the Thunder trucks logo. i recently learned that it was created by Jef Whitehead, who is the one man black metal band, Leviathan. he also used to be a pro skateboarder and made the logo and Thunder bought it from him for dollars. he has the logo tattooed on his chest. pretty interesting.

@codymachado Жыл бұрын

Love this video

@ShredzShop Жыл бұрын

🙌🙏👊

@kevinhawthorne5257 2 жыл бұрын

Good Video!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin!!! Glad you enjoyed! 🙏

@stvnd1 2 жыл бұрын

The Real oval is taken from the 49ers. They wanted to give the brand a connection to their city. Look at the Tommy Guerrero oval, one of their first graphics, and TG is arranged the same as SF.

@brianlambert6120 2 жыл бұрын

Always liked the H-street logo and new deals spray can 14 things you didnt know about Levi episode

@theoromanowski8720 2 жыл бұрын

Indy & Anti Hero have the best logos in my opinion! The Cross for Indy and particularly for AH the Eagle always screamed ‘heavy biker gang’ which is always cool.

@wavydavey5134 2 жыл бұрын

god the nostalgia is real rn.. had skate stickers covering everything growin up lol

@RiverheadSkate 2 жыл бұрын

You’re doing god’s work Levi.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the vid! 🙏

@nashleysk8er 3 ай бұрын

Skull Skates!! Bought my first board from them in the 80’s. Still wearing their gear today.

@ShredzShop 3 ай бұрын

👊👊

@agomodern 3 ай бұрын

Watch the movie The Burbs with the founder Rick Ducommun of Skull Skates. I had no idea but a kid is wearing a Skull Skates shirt and until just looking it up I had no idea that the founder of Skull Skates was a famous actor and in the movie.

@PatrickHenryLibertyorDeath 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid it was either Vision Santa Cruz or Bones. Peralta was the winner. Had a cohesive team feel across all decks.

@johnagen3688 Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY! !!!!! Amen!

@markfitzurka9995 8 ай бұрын

Another spicy video

@Kunn1ngDruger 2 жыл бұрын

What about a 14 things you didn't know about NEIL BLENDER? and some other super important people in skateboarding.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

That would be rad!

@matthewking7191 2 жыл бұрын

Neil would be awesome and so would GSD. Never see either of them doing any interviews.

@KurbzGarage 2 жыл бұрын

That was awesome

@coolbrotherf127 Жыл бұрын

I really like the Emerica logo too. It looks like a mountain with snow on top, but an E when turned on its side. Pretty cool one.

@LordDisneyland Жыл бұрын

I loved World Industries artworks, especially on the tshirts :' (

@gratefuldrew1531 2 жыл бұрын

This is dope

@jme-one Жыл бұрын

Nice. Well done. My fav will always be Blender and Roskopp, Mostly because I skated both with some OJII's. Learn to turn.

@RAISEONER 2 жыл бұрын

as a graphic designer and skater this video is very interesting ... good job my favorite is the airwalk ollie logo

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Rad! Glad you enjoyed! 🙌🙏

@quacks_jd6562 2 жыл бұрын

Bro Powell peralta and bones brigade will forever hold a special place in my heart and it’s not even from my era

@yogibarrios 2 жыл бұрын

Probably Flip for me Would love to see more of these vids!

@SlobZombie 2 жыл бұрын

Dope video, I'm such a nerd for this topic Hard to choose, but my favorite logo has gotta be the Pig wheels logo. I had that shirt and rocked it so much. Toy Machine is second best

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

What is your favourite skate brand logo of all time & why?! Also, what brand should we do a video on next?!

@later_skateboards 2 жыл бұрын

Shredz all day thanks to sk8rbois like Levi and the homiez! You should do one on yourself. I'm sure it isn't narcissistic.

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

@@later_skateboards haha people ask. We always said we'll do one when we hit 50K subscribers...

@later_skateboards 2 жыл бұрын

If that doesn't work, do one on ipath, and satori, and habitat, and alien workshop. Or bakerboys, and bootleg and deathwish, and piss drunx. Or krooked, girl, chocolate. Or just, like, cliqueiness in skating. Or maybe do consolidated skateboards. And their take on the Olympics. I hear they love them.

@later_skateboards 2 жыл бұрын

RIP zane timpson. Just do a 24 hour loop of him shredding the gnar.

@later_skateboards 2 жыл бұрын

14 things you didn't know about popwar. 14 things you didn't know about Hollywood skateboards. 14 skateboard brands kids today don't even remember. 14 pairs of savier shoes.

@amac42069 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I found out about shake junt is that most folks in the south refer to the strip clubs as a “shake joint” when talking in slang with southern accent it sounds like shake junt!!

@victorchavez7836 2 жыл бұрын

I used to draw all if not then most of these logos during class in 2001. 😢

@truthreignsforever9286 Жыл бұрын

That Tony Hawk logo and Mike McGill logo really impacted me as a kid skater. Even the Caballero and Lance mountain. All the Powell logos were intriguing as a kid

@agomodern 3 ай бұрын

I loved the Caballero robot or knight armor looking logo and wanted the t-shirt but for some reason never bought one.

@later_skateboards 2 жыл бұрын

Damn. I miss that anti hero pigeon. And I loved learning that all timers went with the sears logo.

@OOZiTen 3 ай бұрын

I love logos man.. they’re so cool

@NOTSYLAS17 6 ай бұрын

Blind is my favorite

@Oaklandsunshine 2 жыл бұрын

I love artist logo designs

@HugoCarneiro Жыл бұрын

Do one more of these

@RyanDutchak 2 жыл бұрын

Man damn I didn’t know you guys have a shop in Cochrane! I have family there. Next time I go I’ll have to stop by!

@leviswitzer 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the last brick and mortar shredz standing. Check it out, it’s a dope shop!

@satvioo 2 жыл бұрын

the krooked designed and the first toy machine design are just masterpieces

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 🤝

@chaddisfaction 2 жыл бұрын

I never recognized that Etnies uses Bauhouse type, but have noticed its use in the Birdhouse logo.

@Itadakiman 2 жыл бұрын

This was greaaaaat!!!

@ShredzShop 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 Hyped you enjoyed!!!

@kevinrocha4527 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta make a part 2 with all the brands that didn't make it on the list like Plan B, Hook-Ups, Creature, Darkstar, DGK, Almost, Finesse, Primitive, Mini Logo, etc. Still so many to go through!

@sjohn8729 Жыл бұрын

shorties