Grant Brittain, f/s hand out, Vancouver, B.C. Photo: Eric Nash, invert, Whittier Skatepark, Whittier, CA Photo: Hagop Najarian, Go Skate contest, Sacto, CA 1985 Lien air, Kona, Jacksonville, FL: photo: Chuck Hultsįastplant, Skate Ranch, Vancouver, BC photo: OĪndrecht, Mountain Manor Ramp, Alhambra, CA Photo: Mofo., b/s air, 24th & Mission BART station. Photo: Mofo, f/s 5-0 Terror in Tahoe Contest, Lake Tahoe, CA 1985 Grant Brittain, f/s nose pivot, Vancouver, B.C. Photos: Hagop Najarian, Tuck-knee f/s air and lien air, Mountain Manor, Alhambra, CA f/s ollie, Sadlands, Anaheim, CA Photo: Miki Vuckovich, b/s ollie, Sadlands, Anaheim, CA Photo: Greg Baller, sadplant, Border Wars contest, Vancouver, B.C. Photo: O, bean plant to tail, Neil's backyard ramp The Heated Wheel "Boost" hand painted decks Hand painted Larry Bertleman, Lance's tile art is below. The Heated Wheel "Coffee Break" hand-painted numbered run of only 50.
#NEIL BLENDER COFFEE BREAK DECK PRO#
Neil's last pro model to date.ĪWS Duane Pitre from the "Notebook" series The Heated Wheel "Squirrel" linoleum print deck, 2006.
According to Neil only around 100 were made. G&S "Rocking Dog 1" pre-dates the later Picasso-esque version with the man holding the dog. "Am I The Guy You've Been Trying To Draw?"Īlternate cover art for Dinosaur jr.'s Greatest Hits album An earlier version of this drawing was used for a G&S sticker. I got the "Squirrel" lino print on wood in Dino jr. "Traffic Games" acrylic on denim fabric, photo: Neil Blender "Volvo" with my cat Daisy checking it out. "Worm Trainer" acrylic on denim fabric, photo: Neil Blender ***This is going to be an ongoing post with updates any time I find new material by Neil. Nobody skates or creates art like him, a total original. There's not always stuff up there but it's worth the wait. The Heated Wheel is still around but you can only get it from Neil on eBay. These days Neil sells his stuff through eBay ever since he shut down his The Heated Wheel site. Just make sure to get one made in Japan, not Taiwan, way better quality. If you know anything about guitars, you'll know that these sound about as good as a vintage Martin at a fraction of the cost. One of my favorites, "Traffic Games", I got when I traded Neil a very rare 1970 Yahama 12-string acoustic. (see clip near the bottom of this post) I think I have about 10 of Neil's paintings and prints now, not nearly enough I think. Neil was even the reason that I begged my parents to let me build a mini ramp in our backyard after I saw his footage in Santa Cruz Speed Wheels "Speed Freaks". These days I'm riding a Small Beating deck made by the PS Stix woodshop a/k/a Schmitt Stix. G&S wood just wasn't up to snuff with the John Lucero Schmitt Stix deck I had before it so I pretty much stuck with Schmitt Stix/New Deal after that. I only had one Blender deck when I was a kid, the "Coffee Break" one of course circa 1987.
The ad was for a mail order skate shop and his graphics immediately stood out from all the skulls, 80's neon art damage, monsters, etc.
The ad was in the August issue of Transworld. It was the Picasso-influenced "Rocking Dog" board. Back in the summer of 1986 just as I was turning 12 I saw Neil's artwork for the first time. I felt personally offended that someone would take something that's such a fond memory for me and completely ruin it for the sake of greed. After that whole debacle with the lame messenger bag company using Neil's famous "Coffee Break" graphic for their $400 bags I felt like a part of my childhood got raped. Here it is, "The Loaf" meaning Blender by the barrel-full, an all-you-can-eat buffet of tastiness. This is probably going to be the biggest post I'm ever going do but when I started gathering material for this it just kind of snowballed. OK, "art week" here on the site wouldn't be complete with something on my main man Neil.
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