J Skis

I gotta be careful in this one. Not too long ago, on a mountainside in the American West, one Aaron Draplin HAD CHOICE WORDS for pole bangers snaking us shreds up at Mt. Bachelor. “Goddamn pole bangers! Snow-lerbladers!” Shit like that. Until you meet a Shroder Baker. And see his natural talent up close. Holy shit. That guy went BIG. So I eased up on the skiers around us and slowly eased myself off the mountain, down into the city of Minneapolis, and really never went back.

So my buddy Mark “Fank” Fankhauser calls a couple years back and gives me the run down on his new gig as the art director for J Skis. I hear him out, as I just love the guy. We work up a quick handshake contract and I dig in. Some months later, I get to see the shots below and was honored to see the reception they had in the freeskiing world. Hell froze over!

But let’s get a couple fuckin’ things straight. 01. I’m a snowboarder at heart FOREVER. I remember the ski patrol, Spyder suit rich kids and yahoos who would fuck with us snowboarders on the hill, and off. I remember that. And guess who came around to our ways? You know the answer. 02. These days, I don’t give two nut hairs what a kid rides up on that hill. They could ride an ironing board for all I care. I’m just pumped they are up there, with their buddies, saying stupid shit like, “Dude, it’s soooo good up there.” Shit like that.

J Skis DDC × J “THICK LINES”
Allplay Model 2022/2023

Project Details:
01. Topsheet and base graphics.
02. As directed by my old buddy Fank.
03. 2022.