The Spotte Boys showing off their Board #1 and Circus Train OG decks.

Boards on display at Reciprocal NYC:

The Street Axe getting shredded at Unmodern Industries in Santa Fe Springs, CA:

Shannon Hudson posing a Frontside Chair Air on his new Rogue deck.

Larry Monteleone displaying his OG Phillips and his brand new Board #1.

Jason Carr displaying his signed Jersey Devil board next to his signed Revolution Mother board.

Lamb Of God frontman D. Randall Blythe with his Jersey Devil deck. Crush All Posers!

Metal Mark with his new Dimebag deck.

Pool / Street Shape:
Width: 8 1/2″
Length: 32″
Wheelbase: 14 1/2″
Nose: 6 3/4″
Tail: 6 1/2″

Early Rogue sketch.

The Rogue was the first graphic idea I had for Elephant Brand Skateboards and it was brought to life by Tim Clark. The graphic sums up my 25 years of professional skateboarding — eking out a living under the big top, in chains — And where I am now with the launch of Elephant Brand Skateboards — Free.

The Rogue is available on two different shapes. The first shape, the “OG” shape, is the first board that I ever shaped back in 1987 and what would eventually become my first pro-model board from Powell-Peralta in 1988. I arrived at this shape by combining a Neil Blender nose and a Natas Kaupas tail. The “money bumps” just happened… I thought they looked cool — That’s it, nothing more to it. The Elephant Brand version of this shape however is built on a modern mold which makes it far more rideable and familiar to today’s skaters.

The second shape is a straight up rip-off of a modern day Black Label Grosso shape. It’s another one of those shapes that I consider a hybrid — A popsicle-esque board with some shape to it.

Backside Layback Tailslide in Malmö, Sweden.

I skated both The Rogue OG and The Rogue Street / Pool board in the I Will Not Be Broken video.

On the OG board I had Indy 169′s, Divine 64mm City Slasher wheels with 1/2″ riser pads. On the street / pool shape I rode Indy 149′s, 58mm Spitfire Wheels with 1/8″ riser pads.

The Rogue board video was filmed at Skatelab in Simi Valley, CA which is an amazing skatepark and skateboard museum. It seemed fitting to film the video amongst so much skateboard history as The Rogue represents a real evolutionary moment in my life and career.

UK shops… Hit up Shiner and place an order ASAP.

Thanks!

Standard Skateshop in Woodbridge, NJ has the Goods:

Larry Robinson’s Play It Again Sports in Torrance, CA is stocked up:

Long’s Board Shop in South Portland, ME rocking the Jersey Devil and the Circus Train popsicle:

Andy White sent in these pics of two proud Street Axe owners and the Street Axe and Jersey Devil in action:

Matt Picker sent this pic of his Street Axe prior to getting set up:

Brad J hung his Circus Train OG on the wall with the rest of his collection:

Mark Marcell displaying Board #1 next to the board that inspired it… The Sims Jeff Phillips: