Skateboard graphics have been written about endlessly for the past ten years, but the skateboard logo is often overlooked. So, it's ironic that in 2011, the skateboard logo has become the ...

So why not bring back the old ice skate logo? Yes, it featured a questionable red-and-yellow color scheme, but at least it had a clear hockey hook instead of the faint "Vancouver is near the ocean ...

Don Pendleton, author of our 50 Greatest Skate Logos feature, grew up in Ravenswood, West Virginia. A lifelong skater, Pendleton was introduced to art via his father, a painter in his own right.