Jay Adams’ step father Kent Sherwood advised Muir to trademark the name Dogtown It was used in a Dogtown ad in Skateboarder Magazine the logo was a originally a piece of graffiti called the ‘dogtown cross’ drawn by Craig Stecyk III IN 1976 They believe it was originally some kind of Hispanic gang logo. the logo is based off dogtown cross graffiti was was all over the wall in Santa Monica/ Venice area.

one of the earliest examples of artwork on a board Red dot- the first logo sc let out jay sharman jim philips

he finds a TIME magazine with the pope on the cover and takes it in to his bosses who say, if the it’s ok with the Pope, its ok with us. He created it inspired by the iron cross, a cross used by many surfers and bikers in 1960s Most krooked artwork gets stolen off of post cards a different art that he sends over to the DLX offices.ĭone by Jim Phillips (grosso, hosoi, slaba, natas). In the 90’s oval logo’s seemed to be super hot, and real is one of those logos…Ĥ) Krooked- The shmoo and Krooked eyes logos are both the brain childs of Mark Gonzalez. Kevin was an interesting, often they originally used a firefly logo.ģ) Real - Kevin also designed the Real Skateboards logo. He later went on to become a very successful fine artist. Find out what skateboarding logo was thought up in a dream? What company had to change their logo 3 times? Who's logo was inspired by a famous book? Which brand had to change their name 6 months in? And much much more!Ģ) Spitfire: Designed by Kevin Ancell, a surfer and skater from Venice, who was homeless at a very young age, he later goes on to design loads of famous artwork, most notably the Spitfire logo. In this video we explored how different skateboard brands got their logos. 50 Skateboarding Logos Stories Explained.ĥ0 Skateboard Logos Explained - The Story Behind The Brands