Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
Big News Coming in 2013!
2013 Re-issue Decks:
Dave Nelson "Dead Roller Blader" graphic
Ben Butler "Pool Shape"
Looking to drop in mid to late January if all goes well (meaning we have the money to make'em).
Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Old Man Jam Series #5
Monday, October 15, 2012
Park Life: Jeff Greenwood
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Street Life: Ricky Holderby
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Dave Nelson part 2
Photo: Lars Greiwe
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sacrifice "Dave Nelson" Re-Issue
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
"Appetitive Behavior"
Friday, August 3, 2012
Soul Skating Los Angeles
http://www.soulskatingla.com/sk8_shop.html
Mando and all the vato locos at Soul Skating L.A. are now carrying the full Sacrifice Skates line up. Support skater owned shops and support skateboarding!
New Ad in LowCard
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Por Vida
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Richard Sanchez-Vans Combi
Photo thanks to Lee Leal.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
STREET LIFE: Casey Mcmaugh
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Sacrifice Skates Welcomes Ricky Holderby
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Soldier of the Month: Michelle Buck
Photog: Keith Whetstone
Friday, June 8, 2012
Ricky Holderby now with Sacrifice Skateboards
It's official: San Diego young gun and all around ripper Ricky Holderby is now with the Sacrifice Familia. Ricky brings 100% dedication and a whole bag of tricks to the team! Bein Venidos a la Familia Vato. Look for a "Welcome" video featuring Ricky's shredding coming soon to the site. In the mean while here are a few photos to hold you over by Photog: Brian Walnum, Enjoy!!!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sacrifice Familia is Growing...
Build now for the future!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Memory lane...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Badlands Anniversary Bash - Upland, CA
So with some coaxing from my good friend, Jeff Greenwood from Concrete Disciples, I made it out to the Pipeline Skatepark Anniversary Bash in Upland, California. So glad I did! Between Tony Hawk's McTwist and Screaming Lord Salba runs it was epic! Check out this short vid courtesy of concretedisciples.com
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Rest In Peace: Mark from Pedro
Mark lost his battle with cancer, we will miss you brother. See you in skate heaven!
Friday, May 11, 2012
Veterano Style
Photo: Eddie Hadvina
Monday, May 7, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
How it All Started...
I’ve
been getting a lot of emails from people asking me about the true history of Sacrifice Skateboards and how it all
started. So in the interest of truth, justice and the skateboard way here it is
(as best I can remember):
In mid
1999 after a 7 year hiatus from skating I decided to get “get back into it”. At the time skateboarding was still dead and
I found it really hard to find any type of “big boy” skate to ride. So I started making my own boards. It was not easy and I only made a couple here and there, selling to just a few of the homeboys. After a
while I ran into my good friend Lupe from
Traffic Board Shop in East L.A. From there she introduced me to my compadre
Mario and with both their help I started my first skate company. That was in 2000. It started with
blanks that were 8.5x32 with a 15” wheel base and stickers or stencils to place
on the bottom as graphics. That went for a while and then I met my
brother and best friend Mike Mckinnis. He was the first guy I ever
sponsored and he did some killer graphics for me as well. Around that time I met two of the biggest
influences on me, Jeff Greenwood from Concrete Disciples and Bart Saric. They helped me
develop my website, take photos, make ads and skate for me as well; two true renaissance men! During that time I was approached to sell off the name of
the company, not by choice. After it was all said and done I had more monies to invest in a company
that had no name and no direction, things sat in limbo for some time. Enter Richard Sanchez. One day in early 2001 Richard and I were eating burritos after a skate session courtesy of
my wife. As we babbled about this and that I said, “It takes a lot of sacrifice
to do what we do at our age.” Then like a lightning bolt Richard says “Dude,
Sacrificio Skates”. I replied “Sacrifice
Skateboards”. He drew the very fisrt Sacrifice graphic right there on my kitchen table on a napkin.
The rest is history...
The rest is history...
In the
decade plus I have been doing this I have met some of the greatest people in my
life. I have mingled with skate legends and heroes from my youth. I have
provided for my family and enjoyed life, all because of skateboarding. Skateboarding owes me nothing and I owe
everything to skateboarding. There is a
lot more to the story than this, but in the interest of time I have tried to
keep it short and sweet. There are a few people I need to acknowledge from both
past and present. Without these people Sacrifice would not be where it is
today. So to the following, thank you for everything you have done and continue
doing to help me keep this dream alive:
Keith Moser, Tom Ledin, Dave Deluna, Casey Mcmaugh, Chris Thatcher
(R.I.P), Billy Deans, Nick Gates, Brant Austin, Hippy Shannon, Seffites, Jeff Roe (Fish
Egg Films), “Fozzy” Mayfield, Dan Levy at JUICE, Mike Battle, Brent Callahan, Ken Hada, Jon Jarvis, Kilwag, Yunker, Darren Clum, The Fresno Crew (Nate Malo, Josh “Peacock”),
Mike Hamerla, Kyle Mitchell, All the Vegas Crew(Les, Brain, Kirk, Troy Lurker,
Jensen, Paul Stanley, Pilot, Carl …), Mike Carlson, Neil Heddings, Brock Essick, Ben Butler, East
Coast Aholics, LOWCARD, Jolly Roger Skates, Show Me Pools, Dave Nelson, Jonny
Manak, Pete Rodriguez, Eddie Alarcon, Typical Culture, Scooter, Concussion, Red
Curbs, Confusion, Eddie Hadvina, Eric Dressen, Bar Fly, Eric Salazar, Dirty
Sanchez, Joey Young, MRZ, Will Rise Tattoo, my man BJ Morrill, Matt Jenkins, Brendan Klein, Eddie Hadvina, Joe Eale, PapaSmurf, Lake
Owen Skate Camp, Chris Farrell, Chris Kelly, New Mexico Abe T,SLEESTAK, Serna
Skate Clan, AZPX, Gobber and all the
Arizona crew, Cholo from SCUM, The homies from MSK, Rockabilly Willie, Andrew Quinonez, My wife
(thanks for putting up with all the skateboard craziness), all my familia, all
the team riders past and present and Jesus Christ my lord and savior whom
without nothing is possible! To anyone whom I forgot, sorry!
Now Go
Skate,
Rene “The Walrus”
Morales
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Heaven
This is why Sacrifice has been around since 1999. People like this inspire us!! Damn I wish I was in Germany!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
This Month's Soldier: Keith Whetstone
Keith of Jolly Roger Skates holds it down while picking his nose on the new Sacrifice Richard Sanchez Model.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sacrifice Soldiers
Starting this month we will feature a photo of Sacrifice Soldiers holding it down in the field. This month soldier is none other than Vegas Veterano Brian Henson. Inverts ala Wagon Wheel. Send us a photo of you riding a Sacrifice Deck and get in on the action!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Richard Sanchez Takes 1st Place
Sacrifice Veterano Richard Sanchez takes 1st at the Old Man Jam at Pedlow Park.
Click here for the article.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Sanchez Veterano Decks Are In!!
The long awaited Richard Sanchez decks are in and ready to ship. These are extremely limited and are going fast. Available in the custom "filero" shape 8.758x32, 15" wheel base. Also our pool shape 9x32, 15" wheel base. Drop us an email for pricing. These boards have taken over 4 months to complete and are all shaped by hand. Buy or Die in 2012!!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
New Shirts for 2012
Sacrifice "Whip-It" T's are now available in sizes XXL, XL, L, M, and S. Buy or die!! More info, drop us an email at sales@sacrificeskateboards.com. Shirts are $20.00 shipped in United States only. Sorry, no over seas sales at this time. All original art by Team Rider Richard Sanchez. Look for his new model dropping very soon!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Richard Sanchez Model Almost Done!
Boards should be ready to go in about 2 more weeks. Here is a little teaser of the top graphic. All original Sanchez art!! You know we are making T-Shirts out of this one. (Special thanks to Artist Tom Ledin for all his help in cleaning up the original hand drawn line art). Check out Tom's stuff at http://www.tomledin.com. get ready cause this skateboard is like no other!!!!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
From the Archives-Bart Saric Ad
One of the best ads Sacrifice ever came out with. Created by and featuring long time Sacrifice Veterano Bart Saric.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Salba Time
Salba is celebrating another year on planet earth. Come out and hang with a true skate legend and all around good guy! Much respect Salba! Not to mention Powerflex 5 is playing!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Confusion Magazine and Dave Nelson
Sacrifice pro and multi-talented skater, Dave Nelson, has a great interview in the new issue of Confusion Magazine. Click here to read and enjoy!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Tyler Cole Mini-Clip
Sacrifice young gun Tyler Cole gets down at Jurupa park with some of the homies, Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
McMaugh "Hello Tomorrow"
Here is Casey McMaugh's part from the new skate vid, HELLO TOMORROW. Enjoy!
Monday, January 16, 2012
McMaugh Keeping it Real
As you may know already, we at Sacrifice Skates don't care too much for all the bullshit going on in skateboarding today. We don't care about commercials with "Got Milk", the latest car ads and all the bling bull that goes along with what we love now-a-days. Mcmaugh doesn't care too much for it either. He'd rather skate his own, hand made skatopia. We agree 100%. Skate because you love it, not because you want something from it!!
Photo: AEM
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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