Platipuss Skateboards

Direct prints hats

Direct prints hats

Platipusscreebprinting will now be offering direct printed hats..

Screenprinted boards of the past, and present.

Screenprinted boards of the past, and present.

Ever wonder if the long debated direct print vs. heat-transfer battle is still alive? Has heat-transfer become the official ‘perfected’ process? Or, does this generation even care? In my opinion, the most functional modern skateboard shape was achieved in late 1990; Tails were big but not flared out, wheelbase was tight but allowed for two [...]

Colors

Colors


Artist series #1

Artist series #1

The limited run for the consolidated artist series is on its way, stoked to be a part of this. Keith Meek came by today and gave the thumbs up on his ‘apopealypse now’ graphic:)

Death pool shape

Death pool shape

If you’re wondering where to find this shape in North America, Sunshine Freestyle has them in stock, and will ship them to you!

Meek

Meek

Keith meek art mockup for consolidated’s artist series:) Keith is a seasoned artist and all around awesome dude.


New screens

New screens

New screens for an epic 7 color print:)

131

131

Just printed the first job up at the greatest screen shop ever…

Random

Random

Some completely random footage of Kyle Hagerty, Erren Franklin, and Peter Gunn.Your browser does not support the video tag


Editing.

Editing.

Lots of tapes to go through, but a video is underway

Monterey

Monterey

Monterey local Steve Berry Frontside wall riding the best parking garage ever, the old Marriott rail, and the Pete Gunn Quarter Pipe.

Printing.

Printing.


Dark (room) days..

Dark (room) days..

Lots of screens, lots of film cutting, and lots of board printing.

Death graphics

Death graphics

Working on the new top graphic today, with help from an Aaron Clark illustration:)

Couple

Couple


Three recent Prints

Three recent Prints

New add

New add

As seen in Confusion mag #4.

Crabtree on a Platipuss

Crabtree on a Platipuss

One of the original (408)’s very finest, Mike Crabtree gets a Platipuss Board and gets down on a wallride in Hunter’s Point. Your browser does not support the video tag


More racks

More racks

Lots of boards going through! Right now working on 12 dozen death pool boards, with a New top graphic, illustrated by Aaron Clark:)

Pg

Pg

That’s right, this is the pete gunn graphic from last year. If you don’t have one on your wall let me know. If there are enough requests maybe it will be resurrected:)

Some old graphics…

Some old graphics…


New board racks completed.

New board racks completed.

In attempt to keep this blog updated daily, here’s the finished rack. Many, many graphics will dry on this all terrain podium.

2012

2012

New board racks for 2012 Stepping it up this year and renting a spot out of one of the greatest places on earth; BROPRINTS! Looking forward to working with some of the awesome-est artists ever:)

Boards to the roof.

Boards to the roof.

Doing a large batch of the Broken Heart Pool shape… Looking forward to getting creative on the top graphic and bagging them the old school way in .5 mil poly tubing:)