Meet the man behind the brands Heroin Skateboards and Snot Wheels, Mark “Fos” Foster. The artist, the owner and literally everything in between, Fos’ brain birthed these projects into existence but not without a life’s obsession with skateboarding, comics and art to fuel his concepts. Born about an hour outside of Manchester in Burnley, England, Fos first breathed life into his creations around 1998 while still based across the Atlantic Ocean before eventually relocating in California and finding a home with Baker Boys Distribution in 2011. But so much happened along the way, like creating some of skateboarding’s most recognizable board graphics for brands like Toy Machine, Baker, Deathwish and Creature just to name a few. He is also responsible for the aesthetic look and feel of the acclaimed and influential Altamont Apparel. So, how did he go from humble factory town worker to art school and eventually skateboard art industry elite? All that and a lot more in this episode of CORE: Mark “Fos” Foster.
Charlie Gush Welcome to Heroin part
Charlie Gush Welcome to Heroin part, filmed and edited by Danny Bulmer, additional filming Tom Leigh and Diz.
SWOLAN FULL VIDEO -HEROIN SKATEBOARDS
Presenting the first full parts from Swampy and Nolan Houghton, welcoming them both to the Heroin Skateboards team.
Filmed and edited by Fos. With thanks to Arthur J Reptillian, Amyl and the Sniffers, Thank, The Bobby Lees, and Paint boys for music usage permission.
Swolan Nolan Part – Heroin Skateboards
Here’s some other crap that we do stuff on…. Heroin Skateboards.
SWOLAN RIDER MONTANGE – HEROIN SKATEBOARDS
Rider and friends montage from the Heroin Skateboards SWOLAN video!
SWOLAN NOLAN TRAILER – HEROIN SKATEBOARDS
Rolled up to Firestone ditch after skating another spot all morning, Nolan gave this one a few tries, he got a sketchy one and wanted to clean it up, here’s the make. Consider it a trailer for the Swolan vid.
SWOLAN SWAMPY TRAILER BY RITT – HEROIN SKATEBOARDS
Ritt Pong shot this raw footage of one of Heroin’s sessions filming for Swolan and they decided to use the whole raw clip, whack a title at the end of it and use it as a rad little trailer!
Fallen Footwear x Heroin Skateboards
Fallen Footwear has teamed up with Heroin Skateboards to bring you a new eye-popping signature colorway in Dalton Dern’s shoe of choice, the Patriot Vulc! This limited edition collab is now available at select shops and online HERE.
G Park Sundown Sessions – Heroin Skateboards
Filmed throughout 2018 and 2019 at Garvanza Skatepark on an iPhone. Featuring Eli P. Williams, Erik Miranda, Mark Villero, Dead Dave, Al Brunelle, Race Nagel, Chris Colbourn, Chase Newton, the G Park Locs and more… Film and edit by Fos.
Eggzilla Krispy Session – Heroin Skateboards
Eggzilla has arrived! A 13.5 inch wide 30.5 inch long egg with a 14.25 Wheelbase. This is an interesting one to ride, you can set it up with four or two truck configurations. Featuring Tim, Ira, Goofy, Paul, Swampy and Fos.
ALTAMONT X HEROIN 20 YEAR
“I’m really stoked to be doing a collab with my brand Heroin and Altamont, but to be honest they never had a choice in the matter. Those dumb asses fired me in 2015 and I still have the keys to their building, so one night I snuck in and the ’20 Years of Heroin X Altamont Collection’ into their line and deleted a bunch of other crap that they scheduled. So that’s how it happened!” – FOS
Tom Day Pro Megamix – Heroin Skateboards
Fat Jim has been filming Tom Day for a good many years now, he thought that because of Toms new rise to the Pro ranks that he’d throw together this Tom Day megamix. Some go this dates back to right when he first started riding for Heroin almost ten years ago.