As always, Girl Skateboards manages to reinvent its iconic graphics launched in 1993, with the Girl logo in the center, the brand name at the bottom and the skater's name at the top. A layout not...
Girl Skateboards
Girl Skateboards is a skate brand created in 1993 by four riders: Megan Baltimore, Rick Howard, Spike Jonze and Mike Carroll. Actually, it’s one of the most creative brand out there and inevitably it comes from California. So with Chocolate Skateboards, Ruby Republic, Royal Trucks and Fourstar, it’s one of the brands of the distribution company Crailtap.
For instance, Rick Howard said for an interview in 2000: “Part of the reason we started Girl was so pro skateboarders would have a future. Take Royal, for instance. When Guy Mariano and Rudy Johnson’s legs don’t work anymore, at least what they’ve done for skateboarding and their ideas can continue with something they can fall back on. All the Girl Distribution companies are based around people who have helped Girl get to where it is today.”
The simple logo, the simple name and the fun direction of their graphics and videos make them to be one of the most famous skateboard brand of the industry. By the way, it was created by Andy Jenkins who was the in-house artist of the brand. He stayed a couple of years but left the company in 2017 to join Element Skateboards.
Some videos like Yeah Right! in 2003 are super renowned. Directed by Ty Evans and Spike Jonze, the video used never-before-seen effects and a quality soundtrack.
We don’t forget that Girl Skateboard is also at the origin of the creation of the brand Chocolate skateboards. Launched by Mike Carroll in 1994, he fulfilled his desire to expand the Girl Skateboards team by developing a new brand with a new vision of skateboarding.
The Blooming Series by Caleb Gutierrez x Girl Skateboards
American artist Caleb Gutierrez collaborated with Girl Skateboards to create this series called "The Blooming Series". In an interview for the release of the series, he explains : "While Cory...
Vibration OG series by Girl Skateboards
Designer Eric Gorvin, aka Gordyland has created a new series for Girl Skateboards, inspired by legendary psychedelic artist Victor Moscoso. He says he was introduced to his work by Mike Carroll, who...
Dot OG series by Girl Skateboards
Girl Skateboards presents a new variation of their emblematic logo with this series called Dot OG. It is the artistic director of the brand Eric Gorvin aka Gordyland who took care of it and explains...
Skull of Skame series by Sean Cliver x Girl Skateboards
Legendary art director Sean Cliver continued his Skull of Fame series (premiered in 2015) for Girl Skateboards with 5 new boards. The brand explains that "Each skull started with a sketch in...
Ecol-OG series by Girl Skateboards
After Element and its collaboration with National Geographic, it's Girl Skateboards's turn to raise awareness of nature with this series called 'Ecol-OG'. The animals represented on the boards were...
Ombre OG series by Girl Skateboards
We continue on the game of ply of colored wood. For this 'Ombre OG' series, a vertical gradient of 2, see 3 colors has been applied to the Girl Skateboards boards to give them a real texture. As we...
Oil Slick Series by Girl Skateboards
For this new series 'Oil Slick', the artist Eric Gorvin worked on the concept of oil slick to integrate the famous logo of Girl Skateboards. The graphic game is really interesting since we see a...
The Shutter OG series by Girl Skateboards
Designer Eric Gorvin aka Gordyland has just completed the latest 'Shutter OG' series for Girl Skateboards. The concept is based on a game of their wooden Girl figurines photographed, then presented...
The Illuminated series by Girl Skateboards
The illustrator, sign painter and owner of the New Zealand skate shop The Good Room collaborated again with Girl Skateboards for a series around the lighting. Gleen Smith chose to symbolize mythical...
The Girl Sub Pop series by Sasha Barr x Girl Skateboards
It's to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Subpop music label (which notably produced Nirvana at it's beginning) that Girl Skateboards released this new series entitled 'The Girl Sub Pop Series'....
Jungle OG series by Girl Skateboards
It's the artist and designer for the brand, Eric Gorvin aka Gordyland who was responsible for creating this new series 'Jungle OG'. He did an impressive collage job (which you can see in the video...
Studio Series 003 by Jules de Balincourt x Girl Skateboards
The painter Jules de Balincourt once again collaborated with Girl Skateboards as part of their series of artists "Studio Series". This time, rather than treating each board independently, he created...
Modern Chair series by Tony Larson x Girl Skateboards
Girl Skateboards really has a beautiful design culture! And she shows it with this series dedicated to the grand assizes of the twentieth century with of course the Eames Lounge Chair, the DSR or...
Stef Mitchell x Girl Skateboards
Stef Mitchell is an Australian-born artist and photographer now based in Brooklyn. In her very spontaneous style, she made this series of 6 boards for Girl Skateboards which includes the first pro...
The Folded OG by Girl Skateboards
The new Girl logo series is once again a great discovery. Entitled 'Folded', it is simply inspired by the properties of paper, which can be cut and twisted to obtain shapes and shadows quite...
Kodak x Girl Skateboards
After Alien Workshop, it is the turn of the Crailtap crew brand to collaborate with the brand Kodak, which takes advantage to release its new Super 8 camera. Here's what Brian Cruz, the vice...
Constructivist OG series by Girl Skateboards
On pourrait croire que Girl a fait le tour des déclinaisons de son logo mais non ! C'est Eric Gorvin aka Gordyland et designer pour Girl Skateboards qui s'y est collé cette fois. Intitulée...
Nick Zegel, Art Director of Girl Skateboards
Without falling into the idol, you can see that I am particularly fan of the artistic direction of every series Girl put out, from the choice of the theme to the realization, going by the way they...
Select series par Craig Abell-Champion x Girl Skateboards
The photographer, screenwriter and art director Craig Abell-Champion was invited by Girl to customize 3 of the famous OG Dolls brand. To push the concept even further, these wooden dolls were staged...
Contemporary OG series by Girl Skateboards
Nick Zegel, the artistic director of Girl Skateboards has undertaken to create this "Contemporary OG" series. Very disparate and unstructured graphics that revolve around the central image of the...
Jules de Balincourt x Girl Skateboards
The contemporary artist and close friend of Spike Jonze, Jules de Balincourt realized this beautiful series of boards for Girl Skateboards. Accustomed to painting his works on wood, the artist...
Twisted OG series by Girl Skateboards
As usual, Girl manages to divert her legendary logo. With the "Twisted OG", the idea is to play on rounded shapes, with elegance and modernity. The choice of the apparent stained wood on the top of...
Renaissance series by Girl Skateboards
Take pictures of Renaissance and affixed it to boards as a framework; the idea is not unique and has already been made. For cons, the realization is very well thought! The Girl symbol is always set...
Totem OG series by Girl Skateboards
Girl Skateboards strikes again hard with this new boards series. Directly inspired by the monumental sculptures carved on poles by indigenous peoples of the Northwest Pacific coast of North America,...
Girl Skateboards X Spike Jonze
GIRL and OPENING CERMONY presents a glimpse of Spike Jonze's photographic work through a series of 5 boards. Spike Jonze, whose iconic work has influenced a generation, has selected its 5 favorites...
Marcel Dzama x Girl Skateboards
Like me, you are not necessarily familiar with Marcel Dzama. It's a painter, sculptor and draftsman from Canada doing quite strange drawings or collages. Between hanged, martians or a minotor in...
Framework series by Girl Skateboards
For this winter, Girl Skateboards just launch a brand new serie of graphic boards. This esthetic skateboards contain the legendary logo and a really graphic and detailled work that somehow remember...
