Jimbo Philips
For Jimbo Phillips, illustration runs in the family. As a youngster, Jimbo took cues from his dad, Jim, one of the first artists to bring colorful artworks to skate decks, forever fusing the two. Nowadays, a blank skateboard deck is as rare as an albino elephant—and more recently the skiing world has caught onto the trend of utilizing skis as a canvas. Back in 2010, Jason Levinthal leaned on Jimbo to design the ever-popular Line Afterbang skis and last season the two paired up again to work on a limited edition model of the J skis Allplay, coined the “Stacked” collab. Jimbo, a self-taught artist, is one that thrives in a colorful, weird world of twisted figures, full of bold lines, big colors and, quite literally, eye-popping splashes of the grotesque. Although the “Stacked” Allplay skis are completely sold out—only 350 pairs were made in total—we were still curious to hear the full story behind the jaw-dropping graphics. Here’s the inside scoop from the mad mind behind the art.
