Three days ago we made a post asking for people to send in photos of any and all Mike V, Mike V inspired or Revolution Mother tattoos they may have. A few submissions have come in already and we will be featuring them right here on the site from time to time in a new feature we have entitled “Mike V Forever”

Out first submission comes from Phil from Brooklyn, NY and features a tattoo of Mike’s board graphics from his first deck with World Industries. Read on…

My name is Phil G. from Brooklyn, NYC. I got this tattoo over this past summer. I had been wanting it for awhile. I’m 33, and skateboarding is ingrained in my soul. I grew up when we built our own skateparks, and idolized the skaters we saw in videos. Vallely was always one of my favorites, as were all his boards which I had plenty of. This graphic doesn’t just represent the board that it was on, but for some reason sums up everything I feel about skating. Seeing that graphic always brings me back. Its probably the only truly symbolic tattoo I have. Although I don’t get out skating as much as I’d like anymore, I have a lot of respect for the originators in this scene.

-Phil



Have a Mike V, Mike V inspired or a Revolution Mother tattoo? If so, we would like to feature it right here on www.mikevallely.com for future blog entries. Just send your name, photos of the tattoo, where you’re from and a story on why you got the tattoo etc to:

mikevallelyonline@yahoo.com