What is Street Artist?
Street Artist is a urethane company I have been working on with Shane Coburn and Mike Johnson as well as the rest of the team and designers like Matty Pro and Jeromy Morris. While it is a rollerblade company we will be releasing limited runs of artist series merchandise, hats, hoodies, pocket art, and the like, as well as networking with artists throughout different mediums like music and the conventional arts.
How did you come up with the name?
On the last tour filming for ICONs Mike Johnson and I were trying to figure out a name that had a good meaning, could break down into an acronym (STAR), and wouldn’t pigeon hole ourselves into a single facet of rollerblading.
Who is all involved?
Mike Johnson, Don Bambrick, Sean Kelso, Billy O’Neill, B-Free, MattyPro, Jeromy Morris, and a slew of other talented artists whom are working on their own artist series projects right now.
How long have you been working on Street Artist?
Since this past August of 2007.
What made you want to start a new wheel company?
I want to grow Straight Jacket Distribution the same way Rat Tail and Them Goods are. This way we have a strong core of skater run distribution companies which will help and insure that no matter how underground skating gets there will always be people looking out for its’ future.
How did the testing process go?
Great, we let our sample wheels cure just as we would the production wheels and I personally was able to skate them through 5+ tours filming the Vibralux Team DVD. When you can chase those pros around and not have your wheels core/chunk for 5 months you have a pretty good wheel.
Who is on the team?
Don Bambrick, Billy O’Neill are both pro, Mike Johnson, Sean Kelso will be joining us in January, and B-free from Austin, TX is our first flow rider.
What should we expect in the near future?
Great looking hats, hoodies, and t-shirts that go above and beyond a logo. Our first run of shirts were all black and just a simple variation of our corporate “Star” logo to help brand the company. It is an integral part of creating any company, brand recognition. I just don’t want kids thinking we painted ourselves into a corner and that the art direction for this company is graffiti, each line will represent a differing style of art that will be moderately progressive, at least as far as rollerblade design is concerned.
Any additional information you’d like to give us?
Give the wheels a try, can’t hurt since we are offering the first sets at a discounted rate. Support us if you can and be on the lookout for the street artist site coming soon (conflicting sponsor problems) and let us know if you have any feedback.
What do you offer that no one else does?
Everyone has wheels, and Eulogy has arguably the best wheels, but we will be offering fresh looks with the release of every new line, and our art concept will never go stale. The fashion will be top notch too.
See Street Artist Products - here.
