NEW ISENSEVEN MOVIE TEASER

FOLLOWING ON FROM THEIR SERIES OF UBER MOVIES SUCH AS 'LETS GO GET LOST' ISENSEVEN ARE PUTTING ANOTHER BANGING FILM TOGETHER SOMEWHERE IN THE DEEP DARK DEPTHS OF THE SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS OF AUSTRIA.

THIS SEASON IS SET TO FEATURE MY GREAT FRIEND AND SCOTLAND'S FAVORITE SON GARY GREENSHIELDS IN HIS ISENSEVEN DEBUT AND HE WILL NO DOUBT GO OUT ALL GUNS BLAZING AS HIS SNOWBOARD CAREER GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. ALSO STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE IS ANOTHER GOOD FRIEND TOM ELLIOTT WHO IS A VISIONARY BEHIND THE LENS AND PUTS SHOOTING SECTIONS OF THIS MOVIE TO HIS HOST OF OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR SUCH AS WINNING THE OAKLEY JIBVID.

THAT SAID THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE ABOUT THE SMALL GLIMPSE INTO THE MOVIE, I ALSO NOTICED THAT WONDER KID AND STYLE GURU LUDWIG LEJKNER IS SPORTING ONE OF THE THIRTS I DESIGNED FOR ANALOG OVER HIS HOODIE AS HE KNOCKS OUT HIS STREET RAIL TRICKS. THIS GETS ME PRETTY STOKED INDEED!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TEASER

FRESH STYLES FOR SUMMER

SUMMER IS UPON US ONCE AGAIN, AND WITH IT COMES A LOT OF NEW TRENDS. SOME VERY PRETENTIOUS AND OVER THE TOP, BUT FOR MANY ITS A CHANCE TO TRY MANY NEW EXCITING AND FRESH STYLES AND SEE IF THEY CAN PULL THE LOOK OFF.

FOR ME WITH AND WITH THE WORK I DO, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SLIGHT FETISH FOR SHOES, AND SUMMER FASHIONS ARE ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO START AND THIS YEAR IS DEFINITELY NO DISAPPOINTMENT.

BOTH NIKE SB AND GRAVIS FOOTWEAR HAVE LOOKED BACK ON THE SUMMER YACHTSMAN LOAFER FEEL OF BRANDS LIKE SABAGO AND ADAPTED IT INTO SOME SERIOUSLY DESIRABLE FOOTWEAR. WITH NIKE'S STEFAN JANOSKI SHOE THEY HAVE TAKEN A SUPER NICE SPIN ON THE BOAT SHOE USING A DEEP MARINE BLUE, STRIKING BRILLIANT WHITE AND TOPPING IT OFF WITH A DEEP BROWN LEATHER TRIM WHICH REALLY WORKS.

FOLLOWING ON FROM THEIR REVOLUTIONARY DYLAN LO SKATE SHOE GRAVIS HAVE ONCE AGAIN TEAMED UP WITH THE ARTY HOLLYWOOD SKATER TO PRODUCE A SUEDE LOAFER. WHETHER THESE ARE IN FACT SKATEABLE WILL HAVE TO BE SEEN ON THEIR RELEASE, BUT I PERSONALLY CANT WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON A PAIR.

ANOTHER NEW SHOE FOR SUMMER SEES A NEW ADDITION TO A VERY NEW RANGE OF SHOES FROM HABITAT CALLED THE QUEST. IT FEATURES A VULCANISED SOLE AND A NEWER SLIMMER PROFILE SILHOUETTE, AND BOASTING THE ART OF ARTIST CHARLEY HARPER, MAKE THEM A PRETTY DESIRABLE SKATE SHOE INDEED.

ROSE TATTOOS

I WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO DESIGN A ROSE TATTOO KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN ONE COLOUR, INCORPORATING A DIAMOND INTO ONE OF THE ROSES. THESE WERE SOME OF THE IMAGES I CAME UP WITH.

GRAVIS DYLAN AND ARTO MOVING PICTURE PROJECT

FOLLOWING ON FROM SUCCESSFUL MOVING PICTURE PROJECTS IN THE PAST IN BOTH SNOW AND MUSIC, GRAVIS ARE SET TO RELEASE A NEW MOVIE ONLINE OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS. 

THE PREVIEW SHOWS A MORE ARTHOUSE APPROACH ON THE THEME, SHOT IN A BLACK AND WHITE WITH A MUCH MORE GRITTY, GTUNGY, DARK FEEL TO IT. IF THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE BREAKING THE MOLD FROM THE NORM, IS ANYTHING LIKE THEIR SHOES ITS GOING TO BE WELL WORTH IT.

WATCH THIS SPACE, CLICK HERE FOR THE TRAILER, BUT IN THE MEANTIME CHECK OUT GRAVIS' REVOLUTIONARY SPIN ON THE TRADITIONAL SKATE SHOE BY CLICKING HERE

 

ALIEN WORKSHOP TEAM UP WITH ANDY WARHOL

FOR THEIR LATEST SERIES OF DECKS ALIEN WORKSHOP SKATEBOARDS HAVE TEAMED UP WITH LEGENDARY ARTIST ANDY WARHOL THROUGH THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION. 

WARHOL IS MOST FAMOUS FOR BEING A KEY FIGURE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY POP ART MOVEMENT OF 1950'S IN BOTH AMERICA AND BRITAIN,WHICH SAW A PLAY ON IMAGES OF POPULAR CULTURE. HE IS MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SCREEN PRINTED ICONIC IMAGERY SUCH AS HIS WORK WITH PORTRAITS OF MARILYN MONROE, ELVIS PRESLEY AND HIMSELF AS WELL AS HIS REINVENTION OF MUNDANE EVERY DAY OBJECTS SUCH AS CAMPBELL'S SOUP CANS, BANANAS AND KNIVES. 

THE SIMPLICITY OF THE SCREENED ART CARRIES OVER EFFORTLESSLY WELL TO CREATE A VERY STRIKING SERIES OF TEAM DECKS FOR ALIEN WORKSHOP WHICH VERY MUCH SUITS THERE LOOK AND FEEL AS WELL AS THEIR TEAM, WITH THE LIKES OF DYLAN REIDER, OMAR SALAZAR AND ARTO SAARI.

MY ONLY ISSUE ON SUCH AN AWESOME SERIES IS THAT IT DOES SEEM LIKE ALOT OF BRANDS ARE JUMPING ON THE WARHOL BAND WAGON WITH COLLABORATIONS WITH MAHARISHI AND BURTON FOR EXAMPLE, BUT FROM A MAN WHO INVENTED THE PHRASE 'EVERYONE HAS THEIR 15 SECONDS OF FAME' IT LOOKS LIKE THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION ARE DOING JUST THAT, AND I SAY GO WITH IT BECAUSE THESE DECKS ARE INSANE.

IM SURE THESE DECKS WILL BE VERY SORT AFTER INDEED FROM BOTH ARTISTS AND SKATERS ALIKE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

SKATE OF THE ART

IN MY LINE OF WORK I COME ACROSS ALOT OF ART IN SKATEBOARDING BUT NOT ALOT OF IT BLOWS ME AWAY AT FIRST GLANCE. BUT THESE TWO IDEAS CERTAINLY DO.....

THE FIRST IDEA WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF THE PEOPLE AT REFILL MAGAZINE. IN THIS INSTANCE THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH A NUMBER OF WORLD FAMOUS ARTISTS AND BRANDS, WHICH IN ITSELF IS NOT A VERY NEW CONCEPT, BUT IN USING A STATE OF THE ART LAZER ETCHING PROCESS TO CUT EVEN THE MOST INTRICATE DESIGNS INTO THE WOOD THEY HAVE MANAGED TO CREATE THERE OWN UNIQUE SPIN ON A THEME TO AWE INSPIRING EFFECT. 

TEAMING UP WITH SUPREME AND MAHARISHI AS WELL AS ARTISTS I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF EXHIBITING ALONGSIDE SUCH AS FAFI, MR JAGO, DELTA AND MODE 2 THEY ARE A DEFINITE MUST SEE FOR ANY INTERESTED IN SKATE ART.

FOR A CHANCE TO VIEW AND BUY THE DECKS FROM REFILL CLICK HERE

THE SECOND INSTALLMENT COMES FROM JAPANESE MASTER CRAFTSMAN HAROSHI, WHO TAKES BROKEN SKATEBOARD DECKS AND GIVES THEM A NEW LEASE OF LIFE AS HE REDEFINES THERE FORM INTO SOME INCREDIBLE WORKS. THE COLORS OF THE PLY AND THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE WOOD LEAVES ME WONDERING HOW ON EARTH HE CREATES HIS PIECES, BUT IF ANY OF MY BROKEN DECKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD END UP MOLDED INTO SOME OF HIS ART I WOULD BE TRUELY HONORED. 

CHECK OUT HIS WORK HERE

SUMMER IS HERE

THE WEATHER IS HOTTING UP AND SO ITS TIME DUST OFF THE SURF AND SKATEDECKS AND GET OUT THERE IN THE SUN. SADLY NOT FOR ME DUE TO THE BROKEN WRIST BUT LETS HOPE I GET THE CHANCE TO GET IN THE WATER OVER SUMMER. 

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW LIMITED EDITION DECK CHECK OUT MY SKATEDECKS FOR SALE OR COMMISSION AT www.jonowood.com/skateboarding

BROKEN SCAFOID

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I OVERSHOT A KICKER DOING A SWITCH BACKSIDE 180 AND ALTHOUGH I LANDED THE IMPACT SPAT ME OUT AND I DAMAGED MY WRIST AND BACK. TURNS OUT I HAVE INFACT BROKN MY SCAFOID BONE AND IT DID NOT SHOW UP ON MY FIRST ROUND OF XRAYS. SO A MONTH LATER AFTER ALOT OF PAIN AND A NEW DIAGNOSIS ON A NEW SET OF XRAYS, I AM STILL WAITING ON AN APPOINTMENT FOR EITHER SURGERY OR PLASTER. ITS GOING TO BE A LONG, LAME SUMMER FOR ME WITH NO RIDING AND PROBABLY NO SURF, I GUESS THE PLUS SIDE IS IT IS NOT MY RIGHT AND I CAN STILL DRAW.

A DAY SHOOTING

I RECENTLY SPENT A DAY RIDING AND SHOOTING WITH JO CHASTNEY IN AND AROUND AVORIAZ FRANCE. I HAD HAD A FEW IDEAS OF PORTRAITS AND LOCATIONS I WANTED TO SHOOT WITH RHYS ATKINSON. THE PICTURES CAME OUT PRETTY AWESOME.

SUMMER VIBES

I RECENTLY FINNISHED DRAWING THIS IMAGE, I HAD IT IN MY MIND FOR A WHILE, I WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING WITH A POSTCARD AND POSTER VIBE TO IT. I AM PRETTY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF IT. I MAY USE IT FOR SOMETHING IN FUTURE.

THE SKULL

I DREW THE ORIGINAL SKULL A WHILE BACK, BUT RECENTLY CONVERTED THE LOOK AND FEEL BY ADDING THE GLASSES AND FOLDED PEAK CAP TO GIVE IT THE SKATE/SNOW RAT LOOK. I THINK IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE MY FRIEND LIL'T.

HABITAT PENNANT SERIES

"When it comes to mesmerizing graphics, Habitat can leave you starstruck. Take their new “Pennant” Deck Series for instance, which features 8 pro model boards displaying various animals from bears to elephants, each in a wonderful display of contrast and color.Catch a closer look below and look for these boards at your local skate shop this spring." online lifestyle magazine

HERE IS A COLLECTION OF SKATEDECKS I CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH HABITAT CALLED THE 'PENNANT SERIES', IM PRETTY STOKED ON MY INTRODUCTION TO SKATE AND THE OUTCOME AND PRODUCING PRO MODELS FOR ALL THE SKATERS SUCH AS SEFAN JANOSKI, SILAS BAXTER-NEIL AND KERRY GETZ. WATCH OUT FOR THESE SOON IN SKATE STORES AND A POTENTIAL EXHIBITION OF MY WORK IN SKATE SOON INCLUDING THE NEWLY CREATED DECK FOR HABITAT FALL/WINTER LINE.

CHECK THEM OUT AT www.habitatskateboards.com