Crossbones Shorts
Description: Skate Rags was a Southern California based clothing company that operated from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. Their tagline was "To Fit and Survive" and as such, marketed their apparel as being a bit more durable, though not sure if that was just marketing bs or if there was any truth to it, I just know my SR gear didn't fare much better than any of my other stuff. Nonetheless, Skate Rags had some cool designs and built up a great following, but as the skateboarding landscape changed in the 90s, they struggled to find their place and folded. Their team riders included Mike McGill, Tom Groholski, Monty Nolder, Sam Cunningham, Ben Schroeder, Mark Partain, and Rob Mertz, to name a few. Rip it up!
Description: The only two things you can count on in life are death and taxes. Oh, and also that the classic Jolly Roger skull and crossbones never will never go out of style. Use of the term Jolly Roger in reference to pirate flags goes back to Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates, published in Britain in 1724. Johnson specifically cites two pirates as having named their flag Jolly Roger: Bartholomew Roberts in June 1721 and Francis Spriggs in December 1723.
Description: The phrase 'Eat The Rich' is attributed to enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Adolphe Thiers’ 10-volume History of the French Revolution (1823-1827, English ed. 1838): “When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich.” The phrase became popular in the '60s and '70s with the counterculture movement and continues to be frequently used by protestors and activists today.
