This is the V.E.S. Custom Anderson Family Project

So many skateboard companies always talk about their graphics looking so perfect. Maybe, but I will show you what you're giving up in return.

It doesn't act or age like paint on a vintage board from the 80's. In my opinion this method of putting very thin graphics on a board will not age the same way as the old skateboards, 

not even close.

I built this board for display when I got it and stood on it. Never did a trick or took it down the road and look at how it looks up close. The boards graphics are already cracking. 

Here you are looking at the wood next to the graphics. Look at how you can see the woods texture through the thin paint. It's just too thin to last in the hands of the average skateboard collector looking to invest in the board for a future payout. I also did a pull test on the graphics with very soft sticky painters tape and guess what happened ? Yep, you guest it, it pulled up off the board and easy. And in a way that I could see even thinner patches of graphic paint all over the board. Perfect graphics with perfect problems.

This is not going to age well like the old boards from the past that everyone loves to collects. For these to look good in the future, you will have to find one from a collector that knows how to store them well. That sounds like an investment !!! I'm very sure a few nice ones will be sold in the future, but at a high price, and even then it will be hard to keep the graphics in great shape for the average collector. I started V.E.S. to help save the old boards, but I have since learned, all the the new boards need even more help. The stock shrink-wrap is the only protection you get, and that wont last long. Or you can put it into a 4mil bag and hope for the best...

Lot number.

This board was built from a Wee Willi Winkles 80's freestyle board lot that was for sale on Ebay, so I bought a bunch to have fun with. 

The top has a custom cut Powell sticker that has been V.E.S. sealed in with the board. Mini-logo clear grip was put on top.

Not much concave here.

The trucks are custom built with mini-logo hangers and Indy-like baseplates with a hollow king-pin. New Mini-logo wheels and Mini-logo bearings. The truck bolts are stainless steel.

This graphic was custom made as a tribute to Andy Anderson. Then it was V.E.S. sealed and waxed to give it protection and a deep wet gloss.  This graphic could have been colored at any time, but I liked how it just looked.

The Anderson board was made from a board like this one, it was an original stock board that never got screen-printed.