2) Dinosaur Jr Skatedeck by TANK

Staying with grunge, we find this TANK skate deck with a Dinosaur Jr graphic. The band, and J Masics in particular are skateboard nuts, and the deck was released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Dinosaur Jr forming.

4) John Lennon skatedeck by Enjoi

For their Missing Hand Signs series Enjoi put out this Ben Raemers pro model featuring a post-Beatles looking John Lennon. Apparently, if you tip a can of energy drink over this graphic, Lennon washes away revealing a picture of fellow Beatle Paul McCartney. It’s one of the few occasions when Red Bull will literally give you Wings.

5) Lisa Stansfield skatedeck by Landscape

For those of you fortunate enough to be too young to recognise the lady on this graphic, it’s serial child misplacer Lisa Stansfield who, back in the early 1990’s, sang about traveling the globe looking for her missing baby. Did this inspire the graphic? No. It’s nothing other than the fact she shares a name with Mancunian skater Nick Stansfield, who’s pro model this is.

7) Joy Division skatedeck by Cliche x Note

While still in Manchester, it would frankly be rum not to include this stunning colab between Cliche skateboards and Manchester’s very own Note Skate shop. The graphic takes it’s inspiration from the cover of Joy Divisions seminal album Unknown Pleasures – a piece of work that deserves a place in every record collection.

8) Pink Floyd skatedecks by Habitat

Habitat put out a series of decks that celebrated four Pink Floyd Albums: Dark Side of The Moon, Animals, Statue Thingy, and Man Without A Face In A Suit. Err, We’re not big Pink Floyd fans and kind of still want to listen to Joy Division to be honest. Still, let’s continue.

9) Queen skatedeck by Almost

We’re certain that this Chris Haslam pr model for Almost is a nod to Queens famous celebration of female cycling, Fat Bottom Girls. Now, we know this is a song that may offend some people, but it’s not as if Queen were a band with a track record of making poor decisions about, oh I don’t know, places where it’s not alright to play gigs.

Oh, hang on a second…

Anyway, the graphic’s a banger.

10) Metallica skatedeck by Zorlac

Many moons ago, back when Metallica were a band, and not a bunch of sweaty old blokes who moan about Napster (do they still moan about Napster? We’ve stopped listening) they collaborated with Zorlac for these suitable cock-rock looking spider/skull affairs.

Few bands divide the Mpora office more than Metallica. We regularly argue about who among us likes them the least. Despite all of this, Enter Sandman remains a stone-cold HAMMER.

11) Michael Jackson skatedeck by Skate Mental

Now, there’s a lot that could be said about this deck, but we’ve had quite enough controversy for one afternoon, so we’ll assume that this Donny Miller pro model by Skate Mental is nothing more than a tribute to the now late King of Pop Michael Jackson.

What?

Alien Vs Predator you say?

13) The Clash skatdeck by Enjoi

This is one of a pair of London themed pro-models that Ben Raemers had on Enjoi. Is it strictly a graphic inspired by The Clash? Maybe. Maybe not. But what we do know is that it would be foolish to exclude them for the sake of certainty.

14) Spandau Ballet skatedeck by Primitive

After leaving Plan-B, Paul Rodriguez quietly went about starting his own skateboard company, and before long, Primitive was born, and these gold boards were starting to crop up all over the place. But are the rumours true that the signature gold decks are a tribute to Spandau Ballets very own soft-rock love letter to Marxist propaganda? No, of course not.

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