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Quiksilver shoes I’ll give a pass to. They had a pretty legit program for a bit and I think they did Vita so they had the relationship with Natas and Reese that he left Nike to try and start up
Who did Commonwealth Stacks again? My knowledge of the 2000s crailtap.com cast of characters has thinned and I feel like it was one of their regular art dudes
Was it maybe Bob kronbauer? I liked the team and didn't hate a lot of the art for stacks but it seemed like a brand invented just to sell on brick harbour.
Maybe…or was he The Quiet Life…all those Wu Disciple brands are starting to flood back now
It was Michael Leon's – first he only did tees (like Andy Mueller with The Quiet Life) while still working at Girl.
Then partenered with Resse to go full skate brand. Remember Reese was originally involved with Staba's shitty company under Crailtap until Chico punched him out (that's my version).
Anyway, Michael Leon's graphics for Stacks were fantastic.
He called it quits, or put the brand on hiatus dunno, and went on to work as a creative director for big brands outside of skateboarding like Nike, Sonos and Patagonia