Skatemaster Tate Merch

Description: A bold, graffiti-inspired vintage poster bursting with 1980s skate culture attitude, featuring the jagged blue and white lettering of “Skatemaster Tate & His Concrete Crew” over a blazing yellow-and-red sunburst backdrop. Cartoon-style blue creatures shred on skateboards around the design, adding a rebellious, streetwise charm. The distressed, paint-chipped texture and explosive composition perfectly capture the raw energy and underground style of late-80s skateboarding and punk music scenes.

Description: Tate, or ‘Taters’ as his friends called him, was born Gerry Hurtado in Los Angeles, California. Tate was a top amateur skater in the early 1970s, but always downplayed his skating by saying he “only skated for fun.” Tate later attended a broadcasting trade school and applied his trade by working as a DJ in punk rock clubs. From his time in the clubs, Tate took up more interest in the newly growing skate rock movement, and recorded his first song, “Skaterock Rap,” in his friend’s basement in 1983. Upon its release, it became popular with skaters which led to becoming a popular opening act and the release of five albums. When not performing his skate rap, Taters was becoming a familiar voice as emcee at skate contests and events.

Description: Tate, or 'Taters' as his friends called him, was born Gerry Hurtado in Los Angeles, California. Tate was a top amateur skater in the early 1970s, but always downplayed his skating by saying he "only skated for fun." Tate later attended a broadcasting trade school and applied his trade by working as a DJ in punk rock clubs. From his time in the clubs, Tate took up more interest in the newly growing skate rock movement, and recorded his first song, "Skaterock Rap," in his friend's basement in 1983. Upon its release, it became popular with skaters which led to becoming a popular opening act and the release of five albums. When not performing his skate rap, Taters was becoming a familiar voice as emcee at skate contests and events.

Description: Skatemaster Tate & His Concrete Crew 1988