A few years back Habitat Skateboards teamed up with Charley Harper to create a series of skateboards. A year or so after that they did another series and this year Habitat has come out with a couple more Harper decks in their Fauna Foes series.

When the first series of Habitat/Harper decks came out I bought them all, then drove down to Cincinnati. There I met Charley and his wife at his home/studio, where he signed each deck in the series. It was an honor to meet Charley and see the many works he has created throughout his rich life, including a sketch he made in Europe during WWII. Unfortunately in June of 2007 Charley passed away but the love for his art will last forever.

Many Harper fans don’t know about the skateboards so here are some photos of a few of the decks in the series. I’ve recently hung up five of them in our edit suite… they look great!