8th ply Skateboard Art/Design

TAB L EO F

Other than the width and concave, every skateboard is 7 plys of north american maple (ya, ya P2 does not count).

The 8th ply is a medium that introduces personality by giving each board a design and aesthetic. The 8th ply is a unique medium because it is the only art medium that is

created to destroy. Even tho all skateboards are the same, the 8th Ply is what separates the fresh from the hesh. Over the past decade Soup Design Group has had the pleasure of working with some of the biggest and best skateboard companies . The 8th Ply is an

overview of some of that work. Enjoy.

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THE 8TH PLY SKATEBOARD art

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4-5 F ORWARD CH E T T HOMAS

6-55 p lanb skateboards

56-85 DARKSTAR SKATEBOARDS

86-9 7 MYSTERY SKATEBOARDS

98- 1 1 1 E L EMENT SKATEBOARDS

1 1 2 - 1 2 1 Z E RO SKATEBOARDS

1 2 2- 1 3 3 B L I N D SKATEBOARDS

1 3 4- 1 3 7 ANT I H E RO SKATEBOARDS

1 3 8- 1 4 1 E N JO I S KAT EBOARDS

1 4 2- 1 5 7 B I R DHOUSE SKATEBOARDS

1 5 8- 1 5 9 AR T I S T C R ED I T S

1 6 0- 1 6 1 T HANK YOU3

THE 8TH PLY SKATEBOARD art

8TH PLY SKATEBOARD ART

Produced by: Soup Design Group 2014

Concept, Design, and Production by: Dan Janssen

8TH PLY name by: Dustin Noden

Photography by: Mike Blabac

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• Founder - Mike Ternasky / Danny Way, & Colin Mckay

• Year Founded - 1991 / 2005

• Location - Irvine, California

• Team - Ryan Sheckler, Torey Pudwill, Felipe Gustavo, Pj Ladd, Danny Way, Pat Duffy, Colin McKay

• Notable Videos - Questionable (1992), Virtual Reality (1993), Second Hand Smoke (1994), The Revolution (1997), Superfuture (2008), Paul Rodriguez: Me, Myself & I (2010), Torey Pudwill’s Big Bang! (2011), True (2014)

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“Bruce Lee is my Hero and Soup killed it with this one! I liked how they had zoomed in on his eyes. You can see the intensity in his eyes and you can tell it is Bruce Lee. The eyes are detailed but, it

also shows the three scrapes he had on his face from “Enter The Dragon”. I love this one.” - Paul Rodriguez

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• Founder - Chet Thomas

• Year Founded - 1997

• Location - El Segundo, California

• Team - Chet Thomas, Ryan Decenzo, Greg Lutzka, Adam Dyet, Pierre Luc Gagnon, Cameo Wilson

• Notable Videos - Battalion (2003), Forward Slash (2012)

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m y s t e r y S K A T E B O A R D S

• Founder - Jamie Thomas

• Year Founded - 2003

• Location - Carlsbad, California

• Team - Tom Asta, Windsor James, Ryan Bobier

• Notable Videos - Black & White (2007), Color Theory (2010)

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e l e m e n t S K A T E B O A R D S

• Founder - Johnny Schillereff / Andy Howell

• Year Founded - 1992

• Location - Irvine, Calirornia

• Team - Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard, Levi Brown, Chad Tim Tim, Nick Garcia

• Notable Videos - Fine Artist (1994), Thrid Eye View (1998), Elementality Vol. 1 (2005), Elementality Vol. 2 (2006), This is My Element (2007), Bam’s Or Bust! (2008), Make It Count (2009), Rise & Shine (2011), Future Nature (2012)

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z e r o S K A T E B O A R D S

• Founder - Jamie Thomas

• Year Founded - 1996

• Location - Carlsbad, California

• Team - Jamie Thomas, Tommy Sandoval, John Rattray, Tony Cervantes, James Brockman, Dane Burman

• Notable Videos - Thrill of it All (1997), Misled Youth (1999), Dying to Live (2002), New Blood (2005), Strange World (2009), Cold War (2013)

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b l i n d S K A T E B O A R D S

• Founder - Mark Gonzales

• Year Founded - 1989

• Location - El Segundo, Ca.

• Team - Kevin Romar, Morgan Smith, Filipe Ortiz, Cody McEntire, Tj Rogers, Sewa Kroetkov

• Notable Videos - Video Days (1991), What If? (2005), The Blind Video (2009), This is Not A Test (2011), Damn... (2013)

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• Founder - Julien Stranger / Jim Thiebaud

• Year Founded - 1995

• Location - San Francisco, California

• Team - John Cardiel, Julien Stranger, Jeff Gross, Tony Trujillo, Peter Hewitt, Chris Pfanner, Frank Gerwer

• Notable Videos - Fucktards (1997), Anti Hero (1998), Two Songs (2002), Cash Money Vagrant (2003), Tent City (2004), Bonus Footage (2006), Beauty and The Beast (2008)

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• Founder - Marc Johnson / Rodney Mullen

• Year Founded - 2000

• Location - El Segundo, California

• Team - Louie Barletta, Caswell Berry, Weiger Van Wageningen, Jose Rojo, Cairo Foster, Nestror Judkins, Jimmy Carlin

• Notable Videos - Bag of Suck (2006), Tweak the Beef (2012), Oververt (2014)

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• Founder - Tony Hawk & Per Welinder

• Year Founded - 1992

• Location - Vista, California

• Team - Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Willy Santos, Aaraon “Jaws” Homoki, Ben Raybourn, Clint Walker, Clive Dixon

• Notable Videos - Feasters (1992), Untitled (1992), Ravers (1993), The End (1998), The Beginning (2007)

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A R T I S T / D E S I G N E R C R E D I T sThe 8TH PLY / Skateboard Art of Soup Design GroupConcept, Design, and Production by: Dan JanssenAll design and art produced in house at Soup Design Group, individual artist credit below.

Dan Janssen: PlanB Skateboards: 8-9, 12-13, 16-19, 22-23, 24-27, 34-35, 40-41, 46-47, 50-53Darkstar Skateboards: 60-61, 66-67, 74-75Mystery Skateboards: 96Element Skateboards: 102-103, 106-107Zero Skateboards: 121Blind Skateboards: 129Birdhouse Skateboards: 144-145, 146-147

Brandon Hunsaker: PlanB Skateboards: 10-11, 14-15, 20-21, 22-23, 28-33, 36-37, 55Darkstar Skateboards: 58-59, 62-65, 68-85Mystery Skateboards: 88-95, 97Element Skateboards: 104-105, 107Zero Skateboards: 113, 114-121Blind Skateboards: 127Anti Hero Skateboards: 136-137Birdhouse Skateboards: 148-157

Damasso Sanchez:PlanB Skateboards: 38-39, 42-45, 48-49, 55Darkstar Skateboards: 75Element Skateboards: 100-101, 108-111Blind Skateboards: 124-127, 128, 130-133Birdhouse Skateboards: 157

Dustin Noden:PlanB Skateboards: 55Enjoi Skateboards: 140-141

Myles Mendoza:Blind Skateboards: 127

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S P E C I A L T H A N K S T O A L L T H E

CHET THOMAS, BRIAN HANHART, JOHNNNY

t h a t M A D E T H I S P O S S I B L E

In no special order:

Dwindle Distribution: Chet Thomas, Matt Thomas,

Ernie Diaz, Bill Weiss, James Craig, Bod Boyle,

Louie Barletta. Plan B Skateboards: Tom Jones,

Colin McKay, Danny Way, Brian Hanhart, Brian

Arii, Ryan Denman. Element Skateboards: Johnny

Schillereff, Thomas Van Do. Black Box Distri-

bution: Jamie Thomas, Ake Arndt, Ben Horton.

Birdhouse Skateboard and Tony Hawk Inc: Tony

Hawk, Pat Hawk, Derek Richardson, Ben Young,

Tom Glacinto, Jaimie Muehlhausen, Kevin Staab.

Photography: Mike Blabac

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I N D I V I D U A L S & C O M P A N I E S

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