Plywood 2.

A small update from a previous blog post of mine.

It's been a slow year for me and Supreme decks. When I heard of a John Baldessari collab I initially had high hopes, after stumbling upon this blog post, and instantly became a fan of the images he used with bold, bright colours but the final design proved to be very poor and a huge let down. The George Condo decks were a little too Yeezy for my liking so that was another easy pass, however 2011 brought out the best deck since the Damien Hirst spin paint set from 2009 and was a no-brainer, with Robert Longos men in cities deck "Eric".


Sam Sherwood.

Born to shred.

Tony Hallam is about as serious as a collector gets, his obsession started in 1975 when he got his first skateboard and went on to not only compete but win several skate competitions in New Zealand and Australia in the early 80's.

His collection holds everything from Vans ankle guards to lunch boxes, not to mention the 800+ boards he's accumulated over the years, his childhood passion has now become his livelihood with his day job of designing skateparks, something which he obviously has alot of love for.

Tony's incredible collection can be found here.


Sam Sherwood.

nineteen ninety eight.

About a month ago I came across this Supreme Zippo on eBay, I thought straight away it would go far beyond my budget but to my surprise I was the winning bidder for the grand sum of $22 and the icing on the cake for me was the fact that it still had the safety seal on.

I'm almost certain it was released around 1998 as thats when the motion blur decks of the same design were released so there can't be too many floating around these days considering its age. It's a Supreme item that really interested me, not only because of the unique matte red finish but because I've never seen it before, infact, I never knew it existed but to have it in my possession is truly great.

As much as I'd like to use this everyday I'm simply not brave enough - my much more common chrome Supreme Zippo from last year will have to suffice for my daily needs.

Sam Sherwood.

Plywood.

After a year of collecting Supreme decks I've managed to gather the five pictured below, due to my severe OCD I tend to only pick up completely DS decks meaning I have less choice and less money in my Paypal account afterwards.



In 2010 Supreme will bring us a very much overdue Harmony Korine collab, this for me is an instant pick up and very reminiscent to the Larry Clark decks which I have yet to get my hands on.



Sam Sherwood.