Interview Bobby (Brown) Draws Skullz

Hi , for first thanks for your time , how old you are ,where are you from and how old you skate? 

Hello thanks for having me ! 

I’m about to turn 51 , I’m from the small state of Delaware on the east coast , I think I started skating around 13 maybe …

Where do you started skating? Whats was your fav spot ?

I started  skating with the kids in town , they were older but took me under there wing , showed me how too tic tac , boneless and stuff, back then all the schools were built like mini skateparks , ledges and steps , my favorite spot was at our jr high , there were curved yellow curbs not to tall but u could grind forever on them . 

I love your art , who and what you inspired to do an art?

Thanks ! You’re a killer artist too!!! For inspiration idk I grew up looking at news strips tried to copy that stuff , beetle Bailey , Garfield , when I discovered Iron Maiden albums it all changed skulls and stuff , I really sucked at it I would trace covers but get mad cause I ruined the covers pressing so hard , I remember seeing Thrasher the puszone skull , I immediately fell in love with that style , I tried to draw like that for awhile , but later developed my own style , it’s still developing every day .

You does a graphic for powell steve caballero deck, how did you get that work? Its so sick

Thanks ! I’ve done a couple graphics for Cab , honestly it was all his idea, the first came from a Faction cover I did of the whole band , he liked the figure I did and asked if we could put it on a deck ,  of course I did yes , he has always been my favorite skater since I started , the chopper graphic he liked from something else I had drawn and we modified it to what his vision was , we were driving somewhere one day and he brought it up , so when I got home I got to work immediately .Cab is a great friend and mentor  and  I appreciate his friendship and love when we get to skate together!

For which brands did you do graphics? What was your best collab work? 

I’ve lost track over the years but I’ll try to remember, 

ATM click Ed Devera was my very first deck graphic , I owe it all to John Falahee he took a chance and let me do a good bit of stuff , I want to see him again when I’m out west and thank him again.

ATM click

New school skateboards 

Arsenal Skateboards 

Assault skateboards 

Foundation skateboards 

Pig wheels 

S1 helmets 

Powell/ Peralta skateboards

Afroman skateboards 

Metal skateboards /habitat skateboards 

Weeman /Nullity skateboards 

Shred legion /rabid assault 

Flood Kontrol skateboards 

Speedlab wheels 

410 skateboards 

Not like you zine 

Shipyard skateboards 

Character skateboards

SkaterTrainer 

Central skate supply 

Refuse wheels 

Pardon my thrashing 

Strangehouse skate shop

Switch skate and Snow 

Last stand skates Wyoming 

Montana Pool Service 

Merge 4 socks 

Bad Grease 

Punk Stix 

Lifeblood skateboards 

Fayuca skateboards 

Skidmark skatemag 

Pixies 

Pearl Jam 

P.e.s.t.

Don’t sleep 

Blink 182 

Rs2 Solid Sound 

Johnny Yuma 

Chris Clicks Digital

Skating Toddler 

The  Faction 

Urethane 

The Hacks 

Stale phish

Loose Trucks 

Chronic tacos 

Shove it Tacos 

Since we were kids 

Common Enemy

Over our eyes 

Nikired wheels 

Skaterbuilt 

Hooplas 

Hoosegow

Lip skateboards 

Push foot skateboards 

Ram skateboards 

Not pro skateboards

Dilemma skateboards

Lurking class skate shop 

First state skate supply

Brand X/Atlantic skates 

Tripp burgers 

Swarmco 

System skateboards

Team Fatt

Neck records 

Agent Orange 

Skate and destroy collectors 

13 wolves 

Skatemaster Tate 

Rare Breeds

Dogtown Frenchie Collection

Known for Glory 

Vinyls disorder

Sticker app 

Rockin stickers

Love Canal

Dert Zombie 

Old Man Army

Cockfight skateboards

Weird wood

Domestics 

If I missed anyone sorry!

Back to the skating, tell us domething about your local scene and your best spots to skate now 

My favorite place is Epworth skate park that’s the bowl I post vids and pics from it’s 45 min from my house so I go twice a week on a good stretch , I like north laurel , central skate supply 

Whats your biggest inspiration in skateboarding and life? 

Without skateboarding I don’t know what I would have become , skateboarding is the life that lives within me ,it’s helped me survive and achieve so much , my whole life revolves around it ,  My kids learned to ride skateboards before bikes it’s a brotherhood and family.  For some it was a fad or something they did for others it’s a lifestyle, either way if you had it in your life you understand what I’m saying .

Whats your opinion to the olympics skateboarding? 

I don’t really have an opinion on the Olympics if it’s good for people involved in that aspect of it fine , for me I’m not really up to date with skateboarding, I just skate and hold what it means to me inside , at this age it’s zen like , you need it to maintain sanity , I enjoy watching the younger guys I know skate and see the tricks , it’s amazing how fast they progress now , you can see the little skaters and when they are serious it’s mind blowing what they can achieve, I remember seeing a little girl with a note book of tricks and when she made a trick she’d check it off the list ! So wild !

Your best music to skate?

Hmm I like to start off the session with interlude by Cypress hill Or Y camp by Drunk Injuns kinda set the mood get warmed up , from there it goes to Motörhead , naked Raygun, faction , Down by law , 999, rabid assault , PEST , dwarves , old Metallica , ac/dc , Iron Maiden , misfits , and all the other stuff you would expect plus green onions . 

Your best skate videos?

I always liked future primitive , And all the Powell Videos 

Skate visions , all the old stuff 

Your top 5 skate artists? 

Steve Caballero 

Jimbo Phillips 

Todd Francis 

Jim Phillips 

Sean cliver 

There’s many more but I probably don’t know there names but they rip !

Your last words, greetings etc feel free to write what you want thank for your time 

You’re welcome , thank you for the opportunity to share my craft !  What can I say ? I hope everyone keeps skating into there senior years if they physically can , we’re all built diffrent , I hope the young kids keep the generation they are in skating well past our existence, 

Thank you to everyone I’ve ever worked with who believed in me, thank you to everyone who has bought my art , you’ve done more for my family then you will ever know thank you I appreciate you , be kind to each other ,  we’re all equal no matter race , gender or whatever , we’re human beings all on the same planet ,life is short , live without rules, within reason , be who u want to be not who you think they want you to be . Basically live your life take your foot off the brakes , take chances , commit ! Stay on your skateboard when you want to bail it will work out ! I learned the hard way and always get up, but I learned to just stay on and see what happens  Your the captain of your own ship , ride whatever trucks make you happy  unless your getting paid to ride a certain brand . Stay open minded and believe in yourself. 

Bobbydrawsskullz old school skateboard art with heart!