We go above and beyond to save these vintage boards with history like no one else has !!

First I have to evaluate the board's wood and paint. This allows me to see how to proceed with the refurbish and in the right order. Once that's done, I work on making the graphics stable so I can fix the structure of the wood under the graphics and get it ready to do any customizing to the board or graphics. The V.E.S. process is not like anything on the market today or work done by skateboard club members. NO FAST FILLER JOB HERE !!! This is a whole new approach to saving vintage boards and vintage art graphics. We rejuvenate the wood and graphics at the same time while locking in the board's vintage aged colors that so many like. This approach allows the board to keep the vintage look, the board's history and its value far into the future without it disintegrating  any further. The goal of this process is to have the board age well in looks or use after the work is done. We turn it into a board that can be handled, sold, traded or passed down to other collectors for years to come without the fear of your board's time running out or just leaving it in a bag to keep it safe. The V.E.S. seal is made to be maintainable over the graphics and wood allowing for easy cleaning for many years to come. No more looking at all the dust and dirt on  vintage boards collecting and damaging a valuable board's aged paint. The V.E.S. seal can lock in that look to stop it at its best aged colors before they age away never to be seen again.

 In my opinion, some of the new iconic graphics and boards made today are only made to be skated and not for collecting long term for the average collector, unless you take preventative measures to ensure it lasts into the future. I recommend instaid investing in first edition vintage skateboard from the past if you want a board to invest in that will always have value down the road. Knowing vintage skateboards can be restored with history intact by a skateboard collector like V.E.S. should only help the value of all vintage boards, no matter who has them!! 

But as far as what I can do with new boards, I can customize the graphics in color -or not-  and then seal the board up with the V.E.S. seal to lock in the work done which gives the board and graphics protection against minor damage and fading going forward. As the V.E.S. seal is a cover over the new graphics and paint, most minor scratches can be cleaned up unlike scratches directly on the thin graphics on the board. I have done this to many new boards and have had no problems, just look at some of my projects I have done.

 It's my opinion, as someone that works on all kinds of boards, in any condition, is that some of the thin graphics used on some of today's boards will not last as long as the vintage boards from the past, nor will it have the same aged and faded colors we collectors have been so accustom to. 

V.E.S. is the only R&D shop acknowledging and trying to fix this problem 

for the average skateboard collector that cares. 

This is a Vintage Powell Peralta Bonite 80's skateboard with custom V.E.S. razor tail fix, cleaned and prepped for the V.E.S.  seal process. The razor tail fix was custom made to mimic the boards structure , for a more stock feel if skated. Most boards made in the 80's and early 90's graphics start to lose their integrity over the years and will only get worse in the future. We figured why wait till the graphics are gone to do anything!!

 The only color added to this board was black on the tail and look how all the colors pop after being sealed. Bonite boards with history don't have to look dull anymore and V.E.S. has proven it!!

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This board is brand new but as we all know the graphics on today's boards rub off, scratch very easily, and have shrink-wrap burn just to name a few problems. So what do you do if you're collecting in today's market? What will be the future value of these boards when these companies pump out fast product to be skated but not to be collected long term? Boards like this only hurt the skateboard collectors market in the future!!!

V.E.S. has started the NEW GOLD STANDARD for today's cheap board graphics. This board has been sealed and can be put back into shrink-wrap with the original sticker placement to keep it as close to stock as possible. This process makes a boards color and graphics more resilient to abuse going into the future. It can hide or blend a board's imperfections such as rubs, scratches, shrink-burn (a lot of people have and don't know it if its still in it's original shrink-wrap) and will add long term value to any collection!!!

This board was custom built and donated to the Meredith, NH skatepark pavilion fund raiser.

Someone has this board- I wonder if they are skating it?