it did. it was this stupid picture of a guy puking into his own mouth or something that looked the same forwards or backwards, and the nose/tail was a lot squarer. i think there was a tony hawk board with a symmetrical square nose/tail soon after that as well.
and as much as i'm sick of vallely's schtick, i gotta admit that i like everything i've seen from his new company. all the shapes and graphics look pretty good. a lot of companies are banking on the nostalgia thing right now, but his elephant boards make me want to skate them and not hang them on a wall