#Black market skates pro#

The only thing is: as thrilling as it may sound, the story didnРІР‚в„ўt have one drop of truth to it.

Among which, allegedly, Ice CubeРІР‚в„ўs hardcore gangsta rap group Da Lench Mob.

#Black market skates pro#

When artist Marc McKee drew The Napping Negro graphic for, and with the benediction of, African-American pro skater Jovontae Turner, a few feathers were ruffled. It was so outrageous, something had to happen. World Industries РІР‚вЂњ Jovontae Turner РІР‚СљLench MobРІР‚Сњ (1993) They called us racist and asked us not to produce it. We showed it to Alien Workshop and they didnРІР‚в„ўt think so at all. РІР‚СљI wish I could say we did this to deliberately piss off Alien Workshop, or to make some comment on the substandard Chinese wood that seems to be infiltrating the market recently,РІР‚Сњ Brenman notes.Р”В«ut itРІР‚в„ўs just something I thought was funny at the time. This one could have been, yet, Alien Workshop caught wind of it before production and demanded it not come out. РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўve never wanted to be a РІР‚ВfamousРІР‚в„ў artist,РІР‚Сњ he humbly swears,РІР‚Сљ and I guess I succeeded. So iconic in fact that it became joke material, years later, for artist Moish Brenman over at Consolidated skateboards.

In the early РІР‚В90s, one of the most iconic boards ever put out by Ohio-based company Alien Workshop bared an alien creature and a simple subtitle that said, РІР‚СљBelieve.РІР‚Сњ Consolidated РІР‚вЂњ РІР‚СљBerieveРІР‚Сњ (1997) Artist: Moish Brenman