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Or anyone else for that matter. The only trick I can remember that I made before Per was a Frontside Rock, after we’d both seen El Gato do it in the Skateboarder Magazine. By about 5 minutes and nowhere near as stylish as this one classic Cassimus photo of Per.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI could tell these stories for days. In the 90’s, I lost Per to a drug overdose and there’s nothing more tragic. What I once thought of as a curse was really one of the greatest blessings I’ve had in my life. Knowing Per and having to compete with him made me the person I’ve been my whole life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere’s no way I would have stuck with skateboarding, learned how to compete under impossible odds and certainly not come to California. Per Viking was impossible odds defined!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCelebrating his life and times and influence on me is something I’ve thought about for years. I’m super stoked that Fian and Miguel helped me realize this dream who are drawing all the art.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll graphics are drawn by Fian Arroyo, top graphics of the Viking iconography and design were done by Spanish tattoo artist Miguel Villaverde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe decks are made in Canada and printed in California, we are offering both in Park\u0026amp;Pool and Street decks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Odin Park\u0026amp;Pool shape measures:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e32.9 X 9, with a 15 WB, 7 Nose, 6.75 Tail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Thor and Freja Park\u0026amp;Pool shape measures:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e32.3 X 9, with a 15 WB, 7 Nose, 6.6 Tail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Loke Park\u0026amp;Pool shape measures:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e32.8 X 8.5, with a 15 WB, 6.8 Nose, 6.75 Tail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodchuck","offers":[{"title":"ODIN \/ Park \u0026 Pool \/ Park \u0026 Pool","offer_id":44534915137707,"sku":"HST-D-VK-ODIN","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FREJA \/ Park \u0026 Pool \/ Park \u0026 Pool","offer_id":42718770888875,"sku":"HST-D-VK-FREJA","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FREJA \/ Street \/ 9.0","offer_id":42959256354987,"sku":"HST-D-VK-FREJA-POP-9","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"FREJA \/ Street \/ 8.3","offer_id":42959256387755,"sku":"HST-D-VK-FREJA-POP-8.3","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LOKE \/ Park \u0026 Pool \/ Park \u0026 Pool","offer_id":43211870634155,"sku":"HST-D-VK-LOKE","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"THOR \/ Park \u0026 Pool \/ Park \u0026 Pool","offer_id":42718770856107,"sku":"HST-D-VK-THOR","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"THOR \/ Street \/ 9.0","offer_id":42959256289451,"sku":"HST-D-VK-THOR-POP-9","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"THOR \/ Street \/ 8.3","offer_id":42959256322219,"sku":"HST-D-VK-THOR-POP-8.3","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2182\/3189\/files\/OdinComp_HST181RShape_Top-Bottomcopy.webp?v=1772066866"},{"product_id":"per-viking-hall-of-fame-p-t-shirt-copy","title":"PER VIKING HALL OF FAME T-SHIRT","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe would like to congratulate our founder, Tony Mag on his induction into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, Class of 2024, along with his greatest inspiration, Swedish ripper Per Viking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTo commemorate the special occasion, we made some \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/h-street.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/tony-mag-hall-of-fame-special-edition?variant=43956964458667\"\u003eSpecial Editions decks\u003c\/a\u003e, T-Shirts and Decals. 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This was much thanks to Jim Cassimus, one of their staff photog’s that visited New Sport House in Sweden in the late 70’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePer Viking and Tony Mag met in Stockholm, Sweden in 1974, when skateboarding was just exploding in Sweden and cultural changes in music, art and attitude was all over the capital city, eventually producing one of the most artistic, progressive and prolific skateparks of all time, New Sport House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was home turf to the two rippers, where they both competed, hung out and was part of the legendary New Sport Team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePer Viking’s influence on H-Street founder Tony Mag is almost indescribably vast. They were best friends, fierce competitors and in general brothers-in-arms. T-Mag is convinced he would have never stuck with skateboarding or learned the chops required to travel halfway around the world and compete with the best skaters in the world. His perspective is that after having battled it out with Per Viking, nothing or nobody else was gonna be all that tough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho knows if this is true or how it would have happened, but this is the way it did happen. Since we started to promote Per Viking’s memory in 2023 with the Viking Series of decks and art, we couldn’t be more stoked on his induction in the SHOF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe decks are made here in California and feature a photo collage of the best and most relevant photos we could find of the legendary Swedish ripper. 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