Holy shit. If you haven’t heard of or seen Pedro Barros yet, you need to get out from under that rock. All terrain decimation with style and power to boot, few others can match the insane transition skills of this guy. Stop what your doing and pay attention, we’re about to be ushered into a new era…
Some of you may remember Louie Lopez as the little shit from Flip’s Extremely Sorry. Well he was good then and even better now, he’s gotten a little taller developing some grown-man style with a gnarly bag of tricks to boot. Don’t mess with Louie Lopez, he might pee-slap you, just ask Curren Caples.
From sock puppets to Creature, from Consolidated to “Send Help”, Todd Bratrud does what he does like a bad ass. The newest book to hit the pages of Skate Warehouse is the super awesome I Hate the Art of Todd Bratrud where Bratrud’s work is laid out in a quick and painless publication.
Today he is the owner of High Five Skateboards, but Bratrud started out as the art director for Consolidated Skateboards back in 1999. Since then and throughout the years the guy has done graphics, stickers, ads, and apparel for practically everybody worth mentioning in the Skateboard biz, from Consolidated to Flip, Birdhouse, Enjoi, Black Label, Creature, Real, Nike SB, and Volcom, Bratrud has had a part. He is also an illustrator and blogger for The Skateboard Mag. I Hate the Art of Todd Bratrud is published by Mark Batty Publishers and is available now at Skate Warehouse. Click the pictures below or head over and get your copy HERE.
Check out Rune Glifberg, Raven Tershy, Pedro Barros, Alex Perelson, Dennis Busenitz, and Roberto Aleman in this video filmed by Su Young Choi (also edited) and Jacob Smith.
Volcom’s Europe Summer Tour from 2011 Copenhagen Part One is finally out and about. Get ready to watch Dennis Busenitz, Rune Glifberg, Dustin Dollin, Grant Taylor, Chris Pfanner, Raven Tershy, Pedro Barros, Alex Perelson, and guest appearances by the likes of Balder Lehmann. Edited by Su Young Choi, who also filmed it with Jacob Smith and Christian Vankelst.