Surfskate is a subculture and style of skateboarding that combines elements of surfing and skateboarding. It involves riding a specially designed board that mimics the feel of surfing on land. Surfskate boards typically have a more fluid motion than traditional skateboards, allowing riders to perform surfing-like maneuvers on pavement.
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The Evolution of Surfskate and Rock Art: A 40-Year Journey with Jim Phillips The Craft in the Digital Age Viewing this
Unlike fine art found in museums, Phillips’ work was created for the streets, the waves, and the mosh pits. The book chronicles the evolution of West Coast counter-culture through the lens of commercial art that was anything but commercial—it was raw, loud, and technically brilliant.
Viewing this work in a PDF format offers a unique, if ironic, contrast. Here is art that was largely created by hand—using airbrush, pen and ink, and paint—presented on a backlit screen. Yet, the digital format allows for a scrutiny that a physical book might not. pen and ink
Phillips himself has stated in interviews that he studied the work of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (rat fink artist), Robert Crumb (underground comix), and the California muralist Terry Gilliam (before Monty Python). From Roth, he took the exaggerated sneer and hot-rod flame; from Crumb, the cross-hatched shadows and neurotic energy; from Gilliam, the cut-and-paste surrealism. But Phillips’s secret was applying these influences to board sports, where the subject is always in motion and the viewer is supposed to feel off-balance.