NHS Distribution Tour - Printing Graphics

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We drove to Santa Cruz, California for a tour of the NHS Distribution facility - home of Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Trucks, Creature, Flip, Ricta, Mob, Krux, OJ's, Nor Cal, Strange Notes and more. In this first video, Dave Freil gives us a tour of the graphics printing processes that have been used to create millions of the most classic boards and wheels in skateboarding history. Watch and learn.
Stayed tuned for more videos from our NHS road trip, including interviews with Jason Jessee, Emmanuel Guzman and Richard Novak, plus a full tour of the NHS Skate Museum!
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[@dogsigh]

I love hearing people who have worked a job for decades explain what they do. This dude knows his stuff!

[@leognardo357]

I like how he said "photosynthesis material" instead of photo-sensitive... like eh, close enough haha

[@kjcsk8r]

"solulate", i know what he means though haha. dont need to know the terms to know how its done

[@Sk8Gnarley]

its the fumes from the 80s fuck it

[@razx1331]

We're not NaSah scientists

[@JBmusicart]

This is my number one favorite video of all time on youtube...and I share it a lot when I am explaining some of these processes to friends and customers being that I am a screen printer and graphic designer who also does pre press. I have been printmaking since 1995.

[@Pundus123]

For someone who wants to get into this business this is so helpful

[@bosskid1819]

Dave’s the man! backbone of NHS

[@rodrigoxnevesx]

Thats one of the best informative videos about skateboard graphics i have ever seen, Thanks Skate Warehouse!

[@SkateWarehouse]

That's a high compliment, thanks Rodrigo! Stay tuned for more

[@ToniDespot]

true that! nice factory run. tour guy is cool too :)

[@chetrok1]

Super cool to learn about those handbuilt screens and the jig, good video for an art dork like me

[@archivaldepot1684]

As one who works at screen printing place, this was very enjoyable. Squeegee Prints represent

[@jezatron12]

I found this so interesting to listen to Dave and his deep knowledge of all the processes

[@idavidgraficks123]

That twice bent screen frame is amazing solution. Great presentation there Dave.

[@SkateCentral007]

I had no Idea how boards got the graphics on before I watched this. So cool! Love NHS... The host was rad

[@SkateWarehouse]

Nathaniel Martinez Sweet, thanks for watching!

[@kvondecks2538]

WOW! Dave most likely printed many of the boards I have ridden over the last thirty years... that blows my mind.

[@SantaCruzSkateboards]

Dave the 🐐

[@Factory928AC]

I fuken lol when u said u were so loaded 😂😂😂 Andy Cruz

[@kaleb775]

I love these videos when you guys get super rad tours of really sick companies c: I always look forward to watching them.

[@SkateWarehouse]

Glad you're enjoying them, more on the way!

[@benskatesforgirl101]

This is what I want to do for a living! This looks so awesome!

[@maheer3314]

Thats dope bro u should def do what u wanna do💯

[@luigithekidd1]

This gentleman is a skate world behind the scenes legend,kudos!

[@DukeofSanchez]

Cool stories. I'm glad you recorded that cool history for skate and graphic design.

[@SkateWarehouse]

Us too. It was a great experience. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@williambaldwin9068]

screen printing teacher here; i cant believe those screens still register! ive had to come up with all sorts of diy jigs for when students wanted to print on decks. theres still a demand for the hand printed graphics. most of the kids have told me the transfer decks do wear differently and i told them its probably less ink on the PET film. now i know! Great video!! itd be cool to see transfers printed with the colors in reverse order.

[@varroyo23]

Hello what kind of printer does the pet ?

[@jeremymtc]

I had a ton of boards bitd that probably went across that same screen bench. Really cool to see this.

[@davidrichardson7863]

best most informative video I've ever seen in regards to screen printing. also answers a lot of mysteries in regards to that damn screen.

[@donnytucker]

I hope those screens end up in a skate museum one day.

[@SkateWarehouse]

Oh I'm sure they will! So much much history in those screens.

[@kingoftherats8581]

Dudes a legend and an inspiration...love this shit...gonna skate...so should u

[@Tim.McElheny]

Really cool to see that stuff. Thanks for posting

[@SkateWarehouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13]

Dave rocking that dreamland shirt made me feel at home.

[@crackedego]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing this info!!

[@SkateWarehouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@IkoyaJayoki]

Always great seeing a Dreamland Skateparks t shirt!

[@patrick_bonte]

Dude definetly knows what he`s talking about. Great video and super informative. Thanks for sharing

[@SkateWarehouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@coswald8425]

No doubt Dave's work has been the biggest influence in skateboarding. I had no idea how huge this guy is. Will Grosso concur?

[@32srt32]

that was an very informativer video! love it!

[@kossanflyger]

This was truly awesome, Dave got stories for days!

[@SkateWarehouse]

Glad you enjoyed! Dave is a great dude.

[@ExposedRoot]

As a sreen prinitng that has been printing for a ong while I rolled my eyes when I saw this. I am surprised buy what I learned. Very interesting process.

[@AdvertisingArtTn]

This guy knows his stuff! Very knowledgeable!

[@TallerVeinteUno]

this workshop is a dream.!!! greetings from Argentina

[@cheapsk8boardmuseum259]

Str8 up amazing video. Highly entertained

[@SkateWarehouse]

Rad, glad you liked it!

[@brokenoutline]

respect to NHS and Strange notes !

[@dirtydonnyart]

Very cool, always loved their graphics, rad to see this!

[@romeisfallingagain]

what an incredible video. thanks so much.

[@SkateWarehouse]

Of course. Thank you!

[@indrasaefur6526]

Legendary!

[@metalfacedoom4820]

That's dope bro, thanks for the knowledge drop coming from an OG to help out the younger generation.

[@SkateWarehouse]

So much knowledge.

[@chueymagax1663]

Thank you very much for the video, and for share all this knowledge, is a great video.

[@hotboxprintstudio]

This is fucking rad... skateboarding growing up is what first made me want to make my own shirts.... love this shit

[@SlushieFan55]

Thanks for putting these together! Super interesting!

[@MarkPuke13]

kickass!! thanks I finally get to see inside!

[@SkateWarehouse]

Thanks for watching!

[@ZOMb2010]

LOV this kind of stuff ... showing the guts of how it is all done...so KOoL PEACE

[@patc4667]

so bummed that we didn't get to see the arrow multi printer that is still in use after all these years. The only view of the classic press (early to mid 80's) was in the background. Would love to see that press in action it would remind me of my youth (First Job) working on one of those presses

[@THINKrider]

This would be my dream job!!

[@SkateWarehouse]

Everything in that building is awesome. Top to bottom. #DREAMJOB

[@HannesGrebin]

This is a gem! Thank you for this advice. Fantastic energy!

[@galactusactual6014]

Fantastic. thank you for this.

[@SkateWarehouse]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@justinbishop7142]

Insane what’s goes into making a deck

[@IAmSaintBlue]

Wow, this guy is amazing. Excellent video.

[@brianmosleyb9104]

From an exe screen printing view...this video was super accurate lil. Especially that part about getting so loaded from the fumes you'd have to go get drunk on lunch too feel normal again🤣🤣 the first print shop I worked in had guiness in the vending machine 🤣🤣🤣 this place had the same kinda vibe as that old dirty shop I started in when I was 18 making shirts and I love it!

[@SkateWarehouse]

Haha! Great story.

[@drowningin]

very cool and informative! I have a lot of respect for the ingenuity that goes into all of that. as a result skateboards with awesome art

[@jamesippoliti7277]

Imagine all that in a 1 bedroom. Woooweee!

[@DIRTYYETTI]

It would be tight to work here!

[@808SHIRTS]

Awesome HISTORY!!

[@willcorrea]

Very rad video. Keep up the great work guys.

[@dubcoder]

@2:03 Got you! :punches in arm:

[@djefferson5669]

This guy is a fucking skateboard printing wizard!

[@LMB9888]

Photosynthesis material? Lol. Great video.

[@Caspermixi]

Kruidvat steeds verrassend altijd voordelig

[@emotionaladolf9969]

Santa Cruz Skateboards are the best

[@8ftbed]

Pocket Pistols 👍🏻 ...and still beautifully screen printed at Screaming Inc..

[@longshot789]

Wow, awesome explanations

[@frkodes]

Awesome, actually I wasn't a big fan about the transfer but now I know the reason and I think different about it

[@CREATURE711]

i want to work there sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad

[@SkateWarehouse]

How bad?

[@CREATURE711]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. i took the tour this summer and it looks like the best place to work besides skate warehouse haha

[@SkateWarehouse]

#truthbetold

[@x9draven9x]

seriously amazing video! so much awesome info

[@rocksolideyewear9649]

It helps me a lot in brazil ! thanks guys !!!!!

[@xmanual]

I learned a lot. Thanks guys!

[@thomasramsey6642]

Thank you, thank u so much for this!

[@adfasfuiuiui1056]

photosynthesis or photo sensitive?

[@bradmuehlenbein]

0:33 OH MY GOD i feel like spongebob at sandys house

[@TheRast1]

I'd cop a bunch of those sweet green blanks.

[@nicholaspanidis9722]

WHere did you learn how to make those?do you have a background in art or was it just an invention out of seeing the money that could be made?

[@mkj1577]

amazing video

[@gregchan7976]

Do a tour with crailtap please!

[@SkateWarehouse]

that, my friend, is a great idea. Sounds like we're doing a Girl / Chocolate demo here at SLO park in March, we'll see what we can do!

[@romeisfallingagain]

over 3million decks on that machine? wow

[@burtman9649]

Bullet 66 92a red, black, or orange! No core⚔

[@slimnics]

awesome. thanks for sharing this insight. it would be cool to see a board getting done from start to finish. i would like a hand printed board more. i think the imperfections would be cool. why dont you promote it as hand printed ?

[@millstreetdiy6135]

Dang. It would be so sick to visit nhs.

[@diprestful]

How they bunched the silk on the wooden frame? you would have to upload a video to you tube users to see.

[@williambaldwin9068]

gluing the mesh on a flat frame usually is done with a stretcher for the mesh, placed on the glued frame and then sprayed with glue activator to cure it. id also like to see how they stretch a convex/concave screen

[@fusium]

screenprint is the only way in my book

[@richardgiudice7528]

They show old way in Powell peralta 1, I think

[@jfreeman2927]

here's a free idea for the skate industry. sell blank boards with strongly branded bad ass stencil graphic included. let the kid spray pint the graphic on the board. will look a thousand times better and each board is one of a kind. just like each skater is one of a kind-- get it?

[@steezymarlon1384]

Goat

[@SkateWarehouse]

Oh yeah!

[@DishSoap3]

how do you expose a screen that is that shape??

[@jimmypino4403]

how about griptape, is the same process?

[@tydyedit]

Will regular dtf transfer film work?

[@reza_dc2]

Which companies have boards made in canada and mexico?

[@OaksArmorial]

Where are Jim and Derrick?

[@Robebabu]

Where is the factory in Wisconsin?

[@jameslowe2979]

Here's a question for you. The Santa Cruz reissues are the original screens used to print the heat transfers for the re issues? Thanks

[@jacobneal6593]

Just stumbled across this video and I haven't sorted through all of the comments. I apologize if this question has been asked and answered previously but I'm wondering if NHS uses a custom exposure unit to burn designs onto these 3d screens? I'm accustomed to printing posters and t-shirts and I know how important it is to have optimal contact between transparencies and screens when exposing. Just trying to wrap my brain around how flat transparencies are adhered and exposed onto these 3D screens. Any input is appreciated!

[@calebthompson550]

Off contact is key!

[@romeovillela9089]

is it ok to know what type of ink was used for printing boards?..

[@faizzkader7307]

How to expose the curve screen

[@Vega23]

dope ass vid

[@Elvices]

Nice but anyway, save the screen sprint.

[@Aliebrahimkhalifa]

Is there a place I can get my graphic/art work printed for me?

[@km-yb3gy]

Hi. I was just wondering where does NHS an other skate-companies get there T-shirts from before they put there print on them? The quality of the T-shirts are a lot better with skate brands. I'm trying to start my own T-shirt company

[@leon.222]

Can you share the name of the heat transfer machine in the video & where it can be found online? Thanks.