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MATT HENSLEY KINGSIZE EAGLE, BLOCKPRINT

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The Matt Hensley Special Edition Eagle Block Print is a version of the all-time classic Eagle graphic made by Matt himself, using the ancient block print technique, which Matt has become an avid student of.

It involves carving the entire graphic by hand in a block of linoleum, which looks like a giant rubber stamp of sorts when it’s done. Then you carefully apply a special ink to the entire thing and run it through a rather special press with a type of paper that is designed for this purpose.

To get this onto a graphic, T-Mag went to Matt’s garage workshop and documented the entire process and shot high-res photos of the final result, both the top and bottom graphics. This was then imported in Photoshop, where Mag does the production prep to ensure the best quality printing to take place on the decks. We first introduced Matt’s version of the Limited-Edition Eagle graphic in conjunction with his induction into the Hall of Fame in 2018.

The deck was then silk screened and numbered, which is our style. But we had one heck of a time to silk screen the fine 45-degree lines over the tail and nose. There were quite a few seconds, and we weren't entirely happy with the result.

This time, we opted for hand silk screened transfer graphics, which does not have this issue, the graphic is printed far more perfectly with no seconds. 

The graphic to the Kingsize Eagle was originally drawn by Francesco Jekill Albertini, who was inspired by bold, single color printed deck graphics from the 70’s and figured that Matt would really like such a simple and bold concept, and he was right.

Matt Hensley started to ride a skateboard in the late 70’s, while all the really great skate parks were still around. His local park was Surf de Earth skate park in Vista CA, where many of the legendary San Diego Pro’s, like Doug “Pineapple” Saladino, Dennis Martinez, Shogo Kubo and Dave Andrecht also skated.

It’s available in:

Matt’s Full Size Mini shape 32.5 x 8.9, with a 6.8 Nose, 6.6 Tail and 14.75 Wheelbase.

Street Shape: 8.25, 8.5 and 8.75

Specifications

Material Wood
Printing Method Transfer Silk Screen
Printed in Country United States
Made in Country United States
Length 32.5
Width 8.9
Nose 6.8
Tail 6.6
Wheelbase 14.75

About Matt Hensley

Matt Hensley started to ride a skateboard in the late 70’s, while all the really great skate parks were still around. His local park was Surf de Earth Skatepark in Vista CA, where many of the legendary San Diego Pro’s, like Doug “Pineapple” Saladino, Dennis Martinez, Shogo Kubo and Dave Andrecht also skated.

During the 80’s, Matt became a household name in the world of skateboarding through his unique approach, style and progressive street skating, in which he and a few other super talented young street riders would change skateboarding forever.

In 2018, Matt got inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame, Matt remains a legend in skateboarding and significant part of H-Street, both past and present.

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