Here all week with our updated Spring opening hours in effect 🌸🌼
Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat: 11-6
Thurs: 12-7
Sunday: 12-5
551C King Street, Newtown
Come through 🤝
A little while back, a longtime customer named Richard Simpkin mentioned offhand some photo books he’d made featuring his images of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, and how well some of those images might work as skateboard graphics. As it turned out, Richard was a close friend of Michael’s, and was more than happy work with us on some shop boards featuring his photography. After some time poring through what turned out to be an extensive archive, the first run of boards featuring Richard’s images are now available at Boardworld.
Richard found himself at Sydney’s Rhinoceros Studios in 1990 during the recording of the INXS album ‘X’, and formed a friendship with Michael and the band. Over the next 7 years, he regularly snapped photos at rehearsals, shows, and the moments between, before Michael’s untimely passing in 1997.
Along with his images, Richard also owns a vast collection of INXS ephemera, including original handwritten lyrics and mementos from Michael and the band. These lyrics, including an early handwritten draft of Never Tear Us Apart, were scanned from their original documents and incorporated alongside Richard’s images for the board’s top and bottom graphics.
The ‘Paddington’ board features two images (top & bottom graphics) of Michael Hutchence performing at the Paddington RSL during a secret show in 1992, days before headlining Concert For Life, alongside draft lyrics from Never Tear Us Apart, as scanned from their original document.
The ‘Self Portrait’ board features a simple self-portrait drawing by Michael Hutchence for Richard Simpkin, during the recording of the INXS album ‘X’ in 1990. The top graphic includes Michael’s handwritten lyrics to Tiny Daggers, from INXS’s seminal ‘Kick’ album.
The ‘Pioneer’ board features Michael Hutchence cycling through Sydney in 1992, with a top graphic featuring a portrait taken at the Polish Club in 1993, alongside handwritten lyrics to Kiss The Dirt, scanned from their original document.
Boards are limited to 50 units per graphic and are available now at our Newtown & online stores, with $10 from every sale donated to Beyond Blue.
📍 551c King St Newtown
💻 boardworld.com.au
Benfy giving the @spitfirewheels 93 Radials a run ☄️
We’re stocked up in 54, 56 & 58mm varieties on Spitty’s fine-tuned ‘soft slider’ urethane. Slides like a hard wheel and rolls like a soft one. Pretty much the best thing to have in the quiver if you’re skating rougher spots or parks.
Grab a set now at King Street or online 🤝
@eethanjohnston nosegrinds at the courts on his own creation, our new MASK graphic in 8.75” 🎭👺🖕
Also available in 8.25” and 8.5”, with free griptape and free & fast Australia-wide shipping.
We’re here all week at 551C King Street
+ online all the time
Come through 🤝
⚙️ STIX ⚙️
A fave from our new run of shop boards, riffing on an old Schmitt Stix logo. Designed by @ryanviertel who is seen here giving the 8.38” variety a run. It’s also available in 8.25” with free grip and shipping, as always.
We’re open today from 11-6 and tomorrow from 12-5. Heaps of restocked staples and deliveries over the last week. Come through and see everything new!
📍 551C King Street Newtown
💻 Online 24/7/365
🔴🟡🟢 RASTA PILL 🟢🟡🔴
New shop boards are in!
The Rasta Pill is available in 8.0”, 8.25”, 8.38”, 8.5” & 8.75”. @jettdehaan skates the 8.75” popsicle with a 32.6” length and 14.4” wheelbase.
All boards are manufactured in the USA, come with free griptape and include free Australia-wide shipping.
Come get a great board at the best price and support the shop in the process!
📍 551C King Street
💻 Online 24/7/365
Series 17 from @bonesbrigade has landed, with all preorders now shipped. Big thanks to everyone who placed an order and was patient while these made their way to Australia, we appeciate you!
All remaining stock is now available online, with fast & free shipping Australia-wide as always.
Some classic graphic and shape choices this year, and I feel like we say this every time, but they really do look even nicer in person. They’ve gone with select holographic hits this time around, so the decks shine and shadow differently depending on the light without being as finicky as last year’s gold editions. Silver foil just works.
We’ve also got a limited run of the accompanying t-shirts in all available sizes and colours (only one of each).
@mikemcgill - 9.88”x30.58” - 215B Shape
@stevecaballero - 10”x30” - 150 Shape
@tonyhawk - 10.41”x30.28” - 232 Shape
@tommyguerrero - 9.85”x31.35” - 269 Shape
@rodneymullen - 7.4”x27.62” - 202 Shape
@lancemountain - 10”x30.75” - 156 Shape
Get there before they’re gone!
@powellperalta #BonesBrigade
@ryanviertel Quick lunch break wallie manny in the new @asics_skateboarding Japan Pro colourway 🚮
Almost all of us at the shop have skated at least one pair of Japan Pros, and they’ve quietly become one of the most popular shoes on the shelf. They’re a little bit tougher and more rigid than the Gel Vickka, with that reinforced heel and toe so they last ages, and they have a super supportive fit with that thicker tongue and internal elastic band that keeps everything steady.
We’ve also just restocked the classic black/white colourway alongside these, which never stay around for long. If you’re after something with a little more support and longevity than the popular low profile cupsoles in the market, you’ll love this shoe.
As always, you can find the full range at King Street or the webstore, with fast and free shipping on all shoes 🤝
#AsicsJapanPro #JapanPro
A very special release from @buttergoods ➜
For their latest capsule, Butter teamed up with the estate of the late, great artist Daniel Johnston to deliver a range of apparel & accessories featuring artwork largely drawn from Dan’s prolific 1980s cassette tape era, some of which is being brought to life for the first time.
Along with tees, hoodies, selvedge denim and headwear, there’s also two limited release plushies featuring Jeremiah, a character of Daniel’s creation best known from the 1983 ‘Hi, How Are You’ cassette cover, and a very fresh ceramic incense holder, among other goodies.
You can find the collection now on King Street & at our webstore 💫
