This is the A Series of the legendary Street Key Team Model graphic that Francesco Jekill Albertini designed in the late 80’s, at a time when street skating was just getting going for real.
It was immediately embraced by most of the street AM skaters we had and has been one of the most requested re-issue requests we’ve gotten over the last few years.
Francesco drew inspiration from all sorts of sources, in this case, vinyl album covers and Jim Philips style flames. He also thought that it’d be worth trying a real graphic for a deck that wasn’t someone’s Pro Model, a rather unique concept at the time.
These are made here in California and silk screened by Screaming Squeegees. We asked them to pull out all the stops to make these Original Re-Issue graphics unique and special.
The Hydro Dip technique is just off the hook, in how cool and unique they are, totally an artistic and very difficult process! Everyone is very different, so just be aware that you might just get something that is different from the photo. It’s a beautiful and chaotic mess of inks!
The two-tone hand screen color fade effect is also handmade, and differences occur.
The graphic was painstakingly restored by hand by T-Mag and is about as close to the OG as you can get, with the photos we have. We have no original artwork from the 80’s, so we rely on the collector community to help us with photos and sometimes we have borrowed originals, to ensure original fidelity.
Dimensional specs are 32.9 X 9.9, with a 14.75 Wheelbase, 7.1 Nose and a 6.9 Tail
We also made these Bronze, Silver and Plated Gold actual keys from the graphic, in conjunction with Rare Mettle, a local metal artist here in Vista, California. They’re about 5 Inch tall.
The Bronze is pure Bronze, the Silver is Solid Sterling Silver, and the Gold is also Solid Sterling Silver with a 24 Karat Gold Plating.