50 Skateboard Graphics That Got BANNED! 

The Terminator board has to be the coolest

Disney is insane with cease and desists. They once threatened to sue three daycare centers in Florida for having Disney murals on their walls. Hanna-Barbera then trolled Disney by sending artists to paint over them with Scooby Doo and other Hanna-Barbera characters.

That Scientology one is funny. Apparently all they would have to do is put Xenu in the name. As Scientologists aren’t allowed to admit that Xenu exists to outsiders, they thereby can’t reference the name in lawsuits.

How anyone thought ripping off Hell’s Angels was a good idea is beyond me.

That Terminator board was actually quite a great idea but the Alien vs Predator board makes me laugh my ass off every time I see it... pure class! 😂

It amazes me how Hook-ups seems practically immune to this.

I just love the irreverence of skateboard culture, mixed with the insane creativity and athleticism. These graphics are funny AF! Makes me wish I kept all my old boards.

That terminator board gave me an idea. They could come up with 10 mystery boards but hide the graphics under a solid color.

2:52 We need more boards like this..... It's so fudging creative

I don't know if a team of you guys did the research for this video but you guys absolutely killed it

When the Power Puff Girls was new and just taking off, I can't remember which company put them on a deck, but Craig McCracken loved it so much, he did NOT tell anyone at corporate or try to get a cease and desist going. He loved that it would get his creation more publicity! Fun To Know Fact from a fly on the wall who was there at the time. :)

Nice to see that they skateboard companies had the balls to poke fun at the establishment.

Imagine a collection with most of these boards, has to be worth some big money!

I had the Natas board and the Mike Carrol nevermind board..gutted that I totally shredded them to bits back in the day..but that's skateboarding..long may skateboarding rip off the big companies,it keeps it grounded as a sub culture.

Great video, thanks for it mate!

5:39 This is a true story: I used to live in SF in the 80’s and 90’s. I was skating with my friends when we all decided to enter FTC skateshop. Mike Carrol shows up. Mike starts piecing together a new deck, and my friends take notice. Mike takes the deck he was riding and throws in into this tiny green trash bin that used to hang on the wall. My friend Kier, grabs the board and says, “Nice a free deck, I needed one.” Mike snatches it out of Kier’s hands and says, “If you want one of my products kid, pay for it!” Mike then proceeds to toss the barely used deck in a larger trash can behind the counter. Back then my friend Keir took zero crap from people, so he proceeds to utter defamatory slurs that I don’t think even exist. I look at Dan (the clerk who may still actually work there today), and he slightly shrugged, as if to say, “Dude, it’s Mike Carrol…what do you want me to do?” On the way out of the store I told Mike I’d tell everyone what a jackwagon he was. He didn’t care. Not even 20 feet away from the store we see skaters walking up the street to go into FTC, so we told them the whole story. They didn’t like it. So, as soon as they walk in, we can hear the strangers giving Mike a real hard time…my friends and I laughed. What’s the moral of the story? My story corroborates the fact that yes, Mike is a baby.

the dukes of hazzard one is hilarious

thank you so much for the great effort to do the research to do these amazing videos and provide such good content. you're one of the best skateboarding content providers. respect! 🙏

Great video!!! I saw a lot of the boards in the video firsthand over the years. What amazes me is what certain companies can, and can't get away with. Part of life is being able to laugh at ourselves. Oh well. Big business is big business.

Awesome video, I had several of these boards growing up. The Jason lee burger board was also one of the first “Ever-slick” boards with the plastic coating on the bottom. Serious memories! Thanks!

I'm a fan of controversial collectibles (my favorite being my uncut Body Count CD). The Natas and Charlie Manson graphics would top my list to try and track down.

The funny thing about the Jason Dill Winnie the Pooh graphic is they could legally print them today. The only Pooh graphic you can't use is pooh wearing a shirt. That illustration is still under copyright.

Radical video! The Terminator board blew.my.mind! The Boom Art boards are probably my favorite though! So sick!! There's a few board series I plan on purchasing, but the Boom Art board, Disney collection left a lasting impression on my brain. Everything included in this video is bad ass & it's super neat to learn about the stories behind artists & as well learn the artists behind the boards & brands. Learned a grip! Thank you for the book recommendations! Definitely going to pick em up!

Wally Wood drew the original Disney Land Memorial Orgy. This video suggests it's Paul Krassner, but Paul only hired Wally Wood to Draw it. I just need to add this here because the story of Wally Wood is insane, the guys a beast and he deserves credit.

I am a small content creator and I must say this is one of my fav Chanel’s of all time

Who remembers the early shortys decks with the cereal box characters, lucky charms , the trick rabbit

The Mr. Butts board is also copyright infringement. It's a character from the comic Doonesbury. He's a mascot character Mike declined to create for the tobacco industry. He was intended to teach teens how "cool" it was to smoke, and how it "relieved stress". Mike would occasionally have nightmares about Mr. Butts.

I had a few of these and remember several. I'm 50 now and spent my youth and young manhood on a skateboard starting in 1985. We had a red plastic skateboard in our house. I started on that one and went lawn mowing to purchase a skateboard called the executioner. It was the coolest one I knew of. I wasn't aware of brands or pros until my cousin brought me a thrasher. I think that was sometime in '86. I'd never seen anything like that. I knew I was in the right place after that. Skateboards and their interesting graphics have been a major part of my life. In case you were wondering.

Alot of research had to go into this. Thank you

That beauty and the beast board was the first board I ever had! I bought it used for $15 when I was 12, my mom was pissed LoL!

very cool Levi! thank you 4 the vid

LOVE these informative videos!!!

That terminator concept is literally the illest shit ever. Also would love the alien vs predator board too 😅

Sick video!! Thanks

Yeah I was impressed by how thorough this was, good shit

If I was a company I would be stoked for the free advertising.

Deck graphics were so awesome back when Pluto was a planet! They just don't seem as detailed or thought out nowadays as they were back then. I would kill my mother's first born son to have a copy of my first deck I ever got when I was a kid. It was the Flip Rune Glifberg Thor deck from around 1996ish. The graphic was of Thor with his hammer flying with a duck, lol. It looked better than it sounds, lol.

Thanks Levi! Seeing those old decks brought back some great memories.

This video was a kickass walk down memory lane!! I totally don't remember that Terminator board, but holy shit I would've definitely got one & immediately put it on my wall. Anyway, keep up the great work fellas. Cheers.

this is one of the reasons skateboarding culture rules!!

Crazy to think I had at least half of those boards listed.

Wow, this is real interesting! I had no idea there was so much middle finger to 'The Man', in skateboarding! This is so cool! That Terminator board though! Fricken SWEET!

The dgk “sue me” starter pack was hilarious 😂😂

Thx. Great vid. Shit like this is what makes skating so core. Great job skate companies. Keep up the great work

You missed the Josh Kalis Alien board when he switched over to DGK and AWS put the kibosh on that, only to years later release it as a collab.

Very informative

this whole vid is awesome.

Deathbox had the Alex Moul bazooka joe graphic and Mars Bar font for Paul 'Rocker' Robson. Dunno if they were legally shut down but I couldn't find the Moul everslick at the time, nice looking board.

Interesting video. I thought that terminator board idea was pretty awesome. Not sure why the idea never caught on. Of course I mean it could be done with original graphics. I mean just like a basic face with a skull underneath. quite a few possibilities with that one

Great video I remember a lot of those boards I think the rodney colvin beer bottle got pulled I had that board and the danny way lawn mower man

Nice! I have a couple of those board's and Cliver's book. The 80's and 90's were awesome.

The Disney orgy board series is hilarious. I wish I could get the whole collection. Also what about the cereal mascot boards that Shorty's released? I take it they never got in trouble over those. I actually had the Tony the tiger. Most controversial of all the boards you showed would have to be the Natas.

dude's weird and awkward but he represents the skate community very well. I wish all the great things for this channel

Awesome video. 😍

Man I love this video. I remember most of those. My fav so far at the 2:08 mark are all the World Industries Thumbs up boards. My fav being Rodriquez from way back then. I still have a fresh unused World Industries The Ron Chatman Experience board from way back then.

Dude! That Terminator one tho! That's badass

The 101 Natas Challenger deck is controversial, but lowkey since it looks like Lichtenstein 😏 plus that image isn't as forthright in many ppl's minds these days as other recent tragedies are.

Fu?k what a great share! Brings back a lot of memories. You have really good ideas for your channel

2:55 that's one of the coolest things I've ever seen on a board.

I had the a clockwork orange hook ups deck.. It was dope..

Anyone know if primitive McClure temple deck received a cease and desist from CBC? The board was available for a very short time.

Excellent video. I've learned so much, and had NO IDEA that all of these counterfeit / rip off graphics caused so much uproar!

Cool video. One thing you didn't mention is that Mr.Butts was a Doonesbury character from the 80's, a Joe Camel Parody. It also looks like they took the graphic directly from one of the sunday strips.

I had an original Grosso Wonderland board as a teen back in the early 1990’s. I gave it away to a younger kid in the neighborhood when I got out of skating. 😭

You missed all the iconic H-street boards. The chilly Willy deck,Dannyway Volkswagen deck all the Sal Barbier LA kings,lakers, padres raiders and I think Life Skate boards had some.

Alien Vs. Predator made me laugh so hard I had to pause the video. Also, honorable mention to "Gooks of Hazard" and the "General Li" lol, but I've known about that one for years. Genius.

This is so fascinating

I remember the Jason Lee doodoo board. I wish I was old enough to understand the history and controversy was behind all these boards at the time

I'm shocked Creature never got into hot water with companies. Also I find it funny now how DGK got C&Ds before yet now they have whole lines based off of corp logos. I guess the big companies and certain board brands figure it would be better to work together. The baddest one to me was the Beauty and The Beast one. It kinda looks like they're porkin. The ones that should be on the shelves and kind of are is the DGK line.

The cammel cigarette one is godly.

The consolidated "Im soo Gay" unicorn board was my favorite. Really wish I wouldnt have skated mine

That terminator board looks so damn cool

Thought it was coming out today 😕 need more shreddz videos much love to Canada from Arizona!❤️🛹

I need 10 things you didn’t know about FA

The G**Ks of Hazard one had me laughing :D

Awesome! My favorite subject, banned art!

In all honesty, the Jeremy Klein and Rocco 3 decks are my grails to hunt for! I know Almost did a spoof with using Yogi bear but, come on, OG World Industries? Let's fucking gooooo!

Man, I still remember my local skate shop in the early 90s with both 101's Natas and Gabriel Rodriguez's Jesus boards next to each other to pull that juxtaposition. Too bad I was a kid w/ no money.

Awesome Video

DGK's Cease and Desist line...... LEGENDARY !!!! 😂🤣🤣

Was expecting to see the Edward Scissor hand board that Corey Duffel did (if my memory is right). All were hand signed too. Had one and my young dumb self traded it for a brand new element deck. At least I didn't skate it like one of my buddies did with his.

I really want to get that Agent Provocateurs book but it’s been out of print for a long time and people are currently selling it on Amazon bud eBay for 200-300 🤯

my dad collects skatboards and it was odd seeing some that he has hung up in this video, cool video.

Thanks for reminding me to clear my intent history. Phew!!

Gonna be lots of Antihero. 😂 can’t wait.

I had the Rocco and Grosso. My friend had all those Jason Lee boards (except the Powell parodies). Still have a Blind Video Days VHS which was our favorite. Other friends had the Natas and so on, They all pretty much ended up broken from heavy use or rage focus. I remember burning the Rocco in my fireplace and seeing many of these in the skate shops. Always wanted to buy the Randy Colvin naked woman pleasuring herself deck. IF only I had more money back then, I could have bought them all.

What a great concept T2 knowing damn well that bottom of the board catches enough rash it'd wear off and reveal the T2 skeletal. Genius

love this. My first propper board was that blind jason lee deck

This a an awesome part of skateboard history. Winnie the Pooh is now in the public domain so you can make modified Winnie the Pooh art just no red shirt and quotes.

I love how cheech and chong werent like the uptight companies and were like hey this is kind of cool wanna make it official

The art on that DGK Williams board is literally the WcDonalds Promo of 2024 all this time later. Super crazy lol

Always had Blind decks as a kid. Loved their deck art. Wish they’d bring back the old school Reaper ones. Still have one hung up in my garage.

i remember seeing most of these in ccs and i always figured when they copied off other skate companies it was like a tribute or like a friendly battle but i guess not

Gotta be honest most things i heard about rocco is pretty negative, but his fuck it sort of attitude when it came to approving graphics really allowed some of the funniest graphics to be produced.

The terminator board is sick. What a great idea.

Blind's little mascot was my favorite. I had a tech deck dude of him :)

Can you parody logos to an extent? I wonder how that goes down in court but I suppose they are often recognizable enough that they have to drop those graphics Also I totally had a North Park Blind board

Apparently everything related to skateboarding is a crime.

I loved all the new designs and controversy back in the '90s. Skateboarding was some of the most fun I've ever had.

I had an original cheech and Chong board from the early 2000’s. Back when board’s weren’t planks like they are today. The nhl boards are awesome I’m surprised I never seen them up in Canada considering they only had Canadian team graphics. I’d love an oilers one.