Powell Peralta Skateboarding Skeleton T-Shirts

Graphic Originally Released: 1979, Artwork by: Vernon Courtlandt Johnson

Features:

• Screen Printed logo t-shirt
• Large back graphic and small left chest graphic
• Screen printed inside label
• 4.5oz 100% Combed Ring Spun Cotton
• Standard adult fit
• High stitch density for smoother printing surface
• Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems
• Taped neck and shoulders
• Skateboard Skeleton Graphic T-Shirt
• Available in Sizes: Small - 2XL
• Available in Colors: Baby Blue, Cornsilk, Black, White, Sport Gray, Red, Teal Ice, Navy, and Light Pink

About the Skateboarding Skeleton Artwork:

In 1977, artist VCJ illustrated two black-and-white posters to promote Bones wheels. About a year later, Court sat down to work on a new project that would turn that Bones theme into the concept of a skateboarding skeleton. To help Court make the image as realistic as possible, George bought a life-sized skeleton from a medical supply shop. Court named her Rosie. After several hours of propping and rigging, Rosie hung frozen in the position of a skateboarding skeleton. Court got to work. His piece, completed near the end of 1978, served as a Bones sticker and T-shirt graphic, the first illustration created under the new Powell Peralta brand.