You Can Buy Nick Cave's Official Skateboard
Pull mad ollies on a Nick Cave.
Nick Cave, skateboarding? Nick Cave, skateboarding? NICK CAVE, SKATEBOARDING? Any way you say it, it sounds more like a metaphor than something that happens in real life. But according to Aussie skateboarding company Fast Times, the 57-year-old singer-songwriter is a "good friend and customer". And so, the poet and the skater have teamed up for a next level (and rather odd) merch project: the official Nick Cave skateboard.
Rock art illustrator Chuck Sperry, who hails from San Francisco, is the man behind the design. Drawing on 'Nature Boy' for inspiration, a song from Cave's 2004 album Abattoir Blues, Sperry has created a female figure with wild blonde hair surrounded by flowers. Cave's lyrics are included: "She moves among the flowers, she floats upon the smoke, she moves among the shadows, she moves me with just one look."
If you've been too busy sitting at home poring over poetry to learn to skate, you could always use it as a pretty striking wall hanging. And the good news for art collectors is that it's a limited edition. Alternatively, you could just settle for the t-shirt. By way of spreading the word on their collaboration, Cave and Fast Times have released a promo video, soundtracked by 'Nature Boy' and featuring some super-slick moves.
Via Pitchfork.
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