HUCK digital archive

Huck magazine

Mike O’Shea ‘Highbrow Skateboards’

Esoteric illustrations immortalised on wood.

Written by
Posted 10:26 GMT on December 13, 2010
Mike O’Shea ‘Highbrow Skateboards’

Bristol-based illustrator and skater Mike O'Shea has just launched an inaugural limited-edition deck as part of his skate-art project, The Highbrow Company.

As a collaborator with howies and The Harmony Skateboard Co., O'Shea's delightfully crude scribblings have been offending the old and the prudish for quite some time.

His first four-wheeled solo offering features a quirky little character on an 8inch deck and comes with an original signed drawing, yeah!

If you want to get your hands on one of these cheeky chappies you'd better be quick because you'll be up against most skaters in Bristol.

Stay tuned for more about Mike and The Highbrow Company in a forthcoming Indie Spotlight web exclusive.

Subscribe to HUCK for six issues
Only £21 (UK) / £44 (EU) / £59 (Rest of the World).

Creative Commons LicenseMike O’Shea ‘Highbrow Skateboards’ (text) by Liz Seabrook is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Add Your Comment...

Please note: Your comment may be held in moderation for approval by an administrator to prevent spamming. This usually doesn't take long, please be patient.

Follow HUCK on Twitter

Huck Newsletter Sign up for our updates

Pop your email address in the box below to receive exclusive updates, offers and competitions.

Blog categories

Recent comments

  • Great article Ted. Hector, the reason we must always be sympathetic to the 'white on non-white' race issue is because...
Mary on On racism
  • Poor stab at the race issue, and completely contradictory. On one hand, there's the "race has changed, stereotypical ra...
Hector on On racism
  • He was a great artist. Thanks for the tribute Vince....
  • As someone born in the early 80's who owned bought music on cassette, the recent resurgence in audio cassettes and audio...
Shotgunsprayer on Kissability
  • Really enjoyed the video Micky, makes me miss the good old days of surfing heaps....

Most viewed this month on HUCK

  1. Thomas Campbell x HUCK Flowers comp Blog: Thomas Campbell x HUCK Flowers comp
  2. Siren ‘The Surrender’ video Blog: Siren ‘The Surrender’ video
  3. Oh no, it’s Odd Future Columns: Oh no, it’s Odd Future
  4. HUCK#031 Digital Edition Blog: HUCK#031 Digital Edition
  5. Jamie Thomas Features: Jamie Thomas When Time Stands Still
  6. Thomas Campbell Features: Thomas Campbell Um... Duh... Yeah
  7. Danny Way Features: Danny Way Not a Stuntman
  8. Jack O’Neill Features: Jack O’Neill Material Man