For the second time, the talented creative duo Morning Breath signs a series of boards with Darkstar Skateboards (see here the first one). With New Abnormal, Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto take on a...
Darkstar Skateboards
Darkstar Skateboards is a skate brand founded in 1997 in El Segundo, California by two brothers: Chet and Matt Thomas. It was named after the song of the same name by the rock band Grateful Dead. Firstly, Darkstar was a skateshop that soon became the Darkstar Wheels brand. As soon as they started creating boards, they renamed themselves Darkstar Skateboards.
Who owns the brand?
Long independent, Dwindle bought the brand after a few years. It then joined the group with Enjoi, Blind skateboards, Almost skateboards, Tensor Trucks, and Dusters. Then, the latter is under the ownership of Globe International since 2002. Since 2019, Highline Industries Corporations/Bravo Sport (Sector 9, Pro-tec, Nutcase helmets, and Six Six One) has owned Dwindle Distribution.
The brand has assembled a team of quality pro-riders, consisting of 12 skaters. To name them: Ryan Decenzo, PLG, Greg Lutzka, Dave Bachinsky, Cameo Wilson, Manolo Robles, Ke’Chaud Johnson, Adam Dyet, Reemo Pearson, Santana Saldana, Jeo Hinson and Mike Berdis.
Skateboard graphics
Known for its iconic black knight’s helmet logo, it stands out for its dark and highly detailed illustrations. For the past ten years, it has called upon the Portland creative agency, Oregon Lincoln Design, to create its graphics. The agency has already created more than 100 designs for the brand.
Always in line with their DNA, she also created with labels outside the skate industry. For instance, collabs with the manufacturer Harley Davidson, Biltwell or the cartoon Felix the Cat.
Like many other brands, Darkstar Skateboards regularly collaborates with artists for one-offs or on a regular basis. The artist Luke Pelletier, Patrick Nagel have already designed several beautiful series, the Canadian artist Meka, James Kerr aka Scorpion Dagger, Erik Foss and many others are also at the origin of beautiful graphics that you can discover below.
Guest Artist Pro Series by Luke Pelletier x Darkstar Skate
Once again, Californian artist Luke Pelletier collaborates on a new series of 3 boards with Darkstar Skateboards. This strong pale pink Guest Artist Pro Series is a kind of happy patchwork of...
Celtic Neon pro series by Darkstar Skateboards
Darkstar Skateboards breathes new life into its Celtic Pro series by giving it completely new colors with the 'Celtic Neon Pro'. The skeleton warriors created by the Lincoln design studio were...
Celtic Pro series by Darkstar Skateboards
The Thomas brothers' brand, Darkstar Skateboards has just released a new series called 'Celtic Pro'. Once again, the Lincoln design studio was responsible for creating these impressive...
Erik Foss x Darkstar Skateboards
Darkstar Skateboards has released a new Guest Artist series with Erik Foss. This New York artist is also known to co-manage one of NYC's hottest bars, the Lit Lounge. His universe is both very...
Morning Breath inc x Darkstar Skateboards
Morning Breath Inc is a New York design studio created in 2002 by Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto. They were invited by Darkstar Skateboards to create a series of boards. They had carte blanche to...
Joe King x Darkstar Skateboards
Darkstar has signed a limited series of 3 boards with artist Joe King. In addition to the quality of the pencil stroke of the artist and creator of the brand NoHOURS, the boards denote by the play...
Blacklight series by Darkstar Skateboards
Darkstar Skateboards, the brand created by Matt and Chet Thomas has released a new series of boards called 'Blacklight'. As its name suggests, the idea is that boards react to black light. The brand...
Nagel x Darkstar Skateboards 2
The success of the first Patrick Nagel x Darkstar Skateboards capsule collection led the brand to renew the operation with a 2 series of 3 boards for Ryan Decenzo, Greg Lutzka and Ke'Chaud. Women...
Nagel x Darkstar Skateboards
For its new capsule collection, Darkstar Skateboards offered one of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th century: Patrick Nagel. His obsession with the representation of women will lead...
Scorpion Dagger x Darkstar Skateboards
The Medial Helmet brand collaborates once again with one of the most interesting artists: James Kerr aka Scorpion Dagger. Since 2012, the artist has been creating animated GIFs by creating digital...
Keep Pushing by Meka x Darkstar Skateboards
Meka, aka Thibaut Desiront, aka the man behind the superb drawings of the Keep Pushing series collaborated with Darkstar on a board. Simple and effective, the logo is declined in the theme of the...
Vices by Luke Pelletier x Darkstar Skate
Faced with the success of his first series, Luke Pelletier collaborated again with Darkstar to create this series entitled "Vices". On the schedule, beer and gambling in any relaxation! In a style...
Luke Pelletier x Darkstar
Darkstar is on fire right now on collab level! After making stunning decks with Murk Lurk, the medieval helmet brand, appealed to the artist Luke Pelletier. In a retro / punk style perfectly...
Darkstar Skateboards x Murk Lurks
Formerly Globe graphic designer, Mirko Antich (Murk Lurks, real stage name) here comes a great collab with Darkstar on the classic theme of summer. But despite that, this series of boards is really...
Darkstar x Hajime Sorayama
The king of robotics pinup brilliantly put his art on Darkstar Skateboards decks for their Spring 2016 collection. As usual, Hajime Sorayama realized an extreme work of precision to make its "Sexy...
