Taco party at WLHQ in San Diego, CA USA!

Watson Posse in full effect. These dude make some of the best skateboards in the world.


Sergio, Frank, Tom and Hugo.


Mariano taking a break.


Ignacio and Javier.


Sergio is a master silkscreen artist.


Benjamin, Christobol, Juanito and Francisco.





Joey and Fernando getting some tacos!


Erica!


Pedro, Fernando, Sammy, Saul, Poncho, Cookie and Daniel.


Arnulfo really kicking it. Master skateboard craftsman.


Master Heat Trans Applicator, Geraldo.


Boards we have made.


Geraldo, Marty, Joey and Jose.

2011 Go Skateboarding Day Poster!

Art by the epic Jim Phillips. Printed by hand silk screened by Watson Laminates USA.

Buddy Carr Skateboards...

From Buddy Carr...

Hi guys,

Attached are images of our Velocita board produced by YOU ...and now on a 5 month museum show in Torino Italy.
This is the only skateboard in the entire exhibition.

We were stoked to be invited to participate.

Have a great day.
-BUDDY CARR

Tony Alva Power Station!

Tony comes by on a regular basis. Picking up Power Station decks with Mike Early Pool King Collab. Damon sneaks in the shot!

Imperial Party!

Jason Carney, Jim Johnson and Ed Dominick. Jason rode for Maple and Ed ran imperial.



Ed brought his kids for a tour.

Kien Donger Leiu Invincible Skateboards

Kien Leiu, a long time San Diego proper skateboarder and former Dynasty brand manager that was out of Imperial Distro which was owned by Charlie Watson which is Watson Laminates. Whew! He has a special project in the works called Invincible Skateboards.

The line up.

Working with Watson's Damon Mills on shapes.

Made in California Watson Los Angeles Times

Watson Laminates featured in the Los Angeles Times Business section. Made in California or "Still" Made in California was the context. Why because Watson Laminates is one of couple 70's generation skateboard manufacturer still in operation today in San Diego, Ca, USA. That's right!

Click here to see article. By Ron White. Published 3/11/11.

Hall of Fame 2010 Awards

Stacy Peralta!


Steve Caballero!


Eric Koston!


Patty McGee! (COver of Life magazine 1965)

Russ Pope Vans SMU video action!

Our Friend Russ Pope and the Vans Posse needed some limited special make up decks pronto. Here's how it went down...

Hall of Fame 2010?

The second annual Skateboarding hall of Fame is about to go down in Los Angeles,CA. Watson Laminates is again making custom WL630 decks for each inductee. Jim, Damona and Watson Posse are in process. Here's a sneak peek. Jim lays down some custom paint on WL630 decks. I can reveal no more.

Chris Strople in da house!?!

So when I moved to Cali in 1978 I came across Del Mar Skate Ranch and started riding there. There were all these older rippers there. A couple dudes I remembered were Tom Inouye and Chris Strople. They both rode Caster decks. They were these awesome thin composite decks. So I bought them and rode them. Fast forward 25 years. When Charlie and I did our transaction with Watson Lamintes in 2005 I did not really know of the full history going on here. Watson made Caster boards. Probably the very boards I rode when I started skating. Crazy. Lo and behold Chris Strople shows up at WLHQ in San Diego a few ago and I got to get a shot with him here with a vintage Caster deck made here.

Second photo is Damon, Jim, Brad Strandler, Strople and Biker. Party!

Mikey Ratt's ride...

Watson posse, Mikey Ratt's custom triumph build.

Shepard Fairey Go Skateboarding Day Posters!

Watson Laminates has silk screened 150 4 color Shepard Fairey Go Skateboarding Day posters for 2010. They came out awesome. These are extremely rare and IASC will be auctioning them off for good cause. Thanks to Shepard for doing this amazing art. And thanks to Sergio and Richard at Watson for cranking them out.


Watson Laminates founder, Charlie Watson, with Jim, Damon, Richard and myself with the finished poster.




IASC Executive Director, John Bernards and Laurie Bergthold stopped by to check the progress. That's not Laurie with John. Duh! John is holding the film and I the first pass color.


Richard and Sergio with the first pass. These guys are master craftsmen.


We printed the Ed Templeton GSD posters two years ago to. Try and get you hands on one of these rare items. Watson Master Shipper, Ricardo, spocks one on hand.

Alva decks!

Mike Early at Pool King is helping Tony Alva make some killer Alva decks. These boards are awesome.

Here they are drying on the racks after silk screening.

Contact Pool King to buy now.

Dennis Martinez Proto!

Dennis Martinez from late 70's gen that skated for G&S and Variflex. Came by to work on a Fiber deck with Jim.

Damon finally posts!

Hi, I'm Damon (the guy in the middle) and I get to make skateboards for a living, it's a dream job of sorts. I learn all the secret tricks to make the best boards around from the big boss Jim (on the left), and I make them for my buddy Doug (on the right). It's a pretty cool deal. Jim has been making boards at Watson for over 30 years and Doug has been riding them for over 30 years too. Woah.

O at Watson Part Duex!

O lucked out major and caught Jim doing custom paint jobbers and got his axe done up with a custom paint job and actual silk screened graphics!







Check out post on www.WhatOsaw.com There is a cool little video on there too.

O at Watson

Friend, photographer, musician, art fag and then some. This is O. He came by WLHQ today and got a board made on the spot. WTF?!?! Only O can pull this shit off.

Foundation OG Decks in the works...

We have some sweet painted Foundation OG Star and Moon decks in the works here at Watson. These will be silkscreened. Sweet! Contact Tum Yeto if you want em.

Swift, Brittain and Blender art and photo show!

Dave Swift, Grant Brittain and Neil Blender are having a epic art and photo show at Matt Hensley's Pink Elephant Restaurant and Bar on June 5th in Carlsbad, Ca. Over 30 years of skateboarding photographs and art.

Get on that shit!