“I like formica, I rode formica boards in the late ’70s as well. So it’s nothing new. These are not for sale, I just have them made for myself, I just ride custom boards. That’s my favorite board ever, period. And I had shapes like that in the late ’70s as well but they never let me produce them, with the pointy nose and the upturn kick and everything but they didn’t understand shit.
The upturn nose, dudes had them in the 70s. But then there’s this guy Mike Weed who rode for Hobie, he had a very similar board to what people ride now. Both nose and tail looked similar and both had kick or upturn nose. I saw him ride one of these at a contest in 79 I think in Lakewood skate park.
Anyway I tried to do the pointy nose on SOS too but they shut it down, they said it was too dangerous. Bullshit. I really love this one, that’s the board I ride all the time, it has no graphics. Which makes its own statement : it’s all about the shape.”
Formica board (2006):
Santa Cruz Checker 2 (1982)
Art by Bucky Olson
“My first pro-model for Santa Cruz was probably 8 inches wide. I tried to make them do certain type of boards, so when the 10-inch boards came out, I was like fuck off, I was riding wide boards way back. I came up with a couple designs but they never felt them. They did later on, but then it was too late and who cares.
My first pro-model with them had some ghetto-ass, stock generic design thing that Santa Cruz had. Then my brother, artist guy, surfer, surf board maker, airbrush painter, he did all my graphics at Santa Cruz, not Jim Phillips. This fucking guy has the audacity to put it in a book that he designed my boards. That’s pathetic.
We took the checkers pattern from the flag in the racing world, which my dad was a part of."
Steve:
“The name SOS stands for whatever you want, it could be Steve Olson Skates or Swallow Out some Spooge, or Sit On it, Stupid."
SMA Drag City Racing (2008)
Art by Yaniv Evan
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