Bruised Cruisers

Bruised Cruisers Trinkets and treasures made from bruised, cracked, broken and discarded skateboards. Skater owned and operated. Made in Berkeley, CA.

Limited edition Bruised Cruisers. Buy the board get the bruisers. 👊
05/21/2024

Limited edition Bruised Cruisers.
Buy the board get the bruisers. 👊

Polished turd 💩Was going through old broken, leftover, and unfinished crap in a bucket and found these dingle-berries. T...
05/11/2024

Polished turd 💩

Was going through old broken, leftover, and unfinished crap in a bucket and found these dingle-berries.

Thought maybe I could Frankenstein these remnants into a proper set of knuckles.

A lil bit of history first.
This colorway is the third colorway I ever put together in the beginning of this Bruised Cruisers experiment thingy 6 years ago.

These two broken sets are among the first knuckle dusters I tried making. I remember being frustrated because they kept breaking but a lil' bit of this and that and eventually the first set was made.
Years later and I've learned a few tricks since then.

This project was a little tricky figuring out how to marry these pieces together.
Was like trying to fit two puzzle pieces that don't match up. 🧩🧩

Overall I'm stoked with how this set of knuckles turned out.

Anyone hungry for a knuckle sandwich?
👊🥪

Triangle shaped earrings available. This colorway has black, yellow, green, orange, red, light blue and dark blue colors...
05/07/2024

Triangle shaped earrings available.
This colorway has black, yellow, green, orange, red, light blue and dark blue colors.

Bar necklace and knuckle duster up for grabs. Violet, yellow, and blue colors make up this two piece combo. They say bar...
05/07/2024

Bar necklace and knuckle duster up for grabs.
Violet, yellow, and blue colors make up this two piece combo.
They say bar necklaces symbolize carrying something that matters to you, close to your heart. 💜💛💙

Necklace is 28"
Knuckle Duster is 7.5

Both can be sized to fit.

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Blue Dream for $ale.The shape is inspired by the old school Aaron Murray "fingers model" that was originally made by Dog...
11/15/2023

Blue Dream for $ale.

The shape is inspired by the old school Aaron Murray "fingers model" that was originally made by Dogtown Skateboards.
I gave it a pointy tail instead of a flat swoopy one and it looks hella sharp.

Used Goo Ball Skunk wheels from Satori that ride like a dream.
Wheel dimensions:
59mm X 78a
They have a white and clear swirl thats looks rad up close.

Decided to use size 00 Ace Trucks that turn on a dime.

Went with a blue earth quake style griptape application. 💙

Mounting hardware frpm Superior Skateboards. 🔩

Used white Krux 1/4 riser pads for a cloud ☁️ like ride.

Finally a set of Spitfire cheapshot bearings for that quickness.

Board dimensions:
Length 23 1/4"
Width 8"
Wheelbase 11 3/4"

Made a couple sets of Attitude Adjusters.Anyone hungry for a knuckle sandwich 👊🥪Available for purcha$e.
09/30/2023

Made a couple sets of Attitude Adjusters.
Anyone hungry for a knuckle sandwich 👊🥪
Available for purcha$e.

I ❤️ ditches!! Fun lil' wall ride over the drainage pipe at T Street Ditch.
06/11/2023

I ❤️ ditches!!
Fun lil' wall ride over the drainage pipe at T Street Ditch.

The Skate Zombie collection is multiplying like zombies do. Here's another fine specimen from MELTDOWN SKATES].It's a re...
07/29/2022

The Skate Zombie collection is multiplying like zombies do.
Here's another fine specimen from MELTDOWN SKATES].
It's a replica deck that is fully licensed, limited in numbers and approved by the artist. did the art on the original Skate Zombie made by Valterra skateboards in the 80's.
The original release for these boards was a few years back. There was stickers and even rad hoodies. I missed out on that drop but was able to get this one luckily after winning a bid on ebay.
The quality of the deck, the rad shape, stain, and screen printing are what make this deck strictly a wall hanger.
I almost forgot, the guy from MELTDOWN SKATES] has another Insta dedicated to these boards
Check it out.

02/09/2022

Knees + Wheelie = Kneelie?
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It's a fun lil trick but there's gotta be a name for it somewhere in the sacred sk8 scrolls.
Watched a 70's era barefoot skateboarder knee wheelie but he had both legs side by side and no mention of a trick name.
My stance is staggered a bit different than his.
Any and all info is much appreciated.

Eight years ago and I collaborated on a screaming hand art contest , , and Concept was mine but she pulled off the art...
04/18/2021

Eight years ago and I collaborated on a screaming hand art contest , , and

Concept was mine but she pulled off the artistry. She made a two piece prosthetic from latex. One piece is the tongue and the other is the lips. The teeth are made from women's fake nails filed down to create the jagged chipped look.

Most entries were really rad drawings, but we were the only photo/sculpture entrants. Sadly we didn't win the big prize🏆
I've forgotten what the prize even was.

After taking a photo for the contest, we took the hand out on the town to the local skatepark . We asked a few groms to pose with and do their best impersonation. When I got back home my chihuahua Echo wasn't to fond of it.

On a side note my hand cramped up from holding that pose off and on a few hundred times throughout the day.

The tamper evident security tape says it all. Thank you!! A million thanks for the double stack of spent lumber from the...
04/12/2021

The tamper evident security tape says it all.

Thank you!!

A million thanks for the double stack of spent lumber from the guys who work hard in the warehouse at 🛹
They're busy stocking, pulling orders, packaging, and shipping the skateboard goods we ride. 📦
They get them out to shops so we can shred on the daily and in my opinion are the backbone of operations at Deluxe Distributon.🦴
And a very special thanks goes out to for collecting these discarded decks from everyone. Truly appreciate you and I'm humbled by your dedication to the cause. 🙏🏻
Feels like I won an award receiving such a horde and don't even have a speech prepared.😆
All I can say is I truly appreciate all of you guys. 💯
Shout out to Pete for helping Aaron lug a stack out to the car and hope the nephew enjoys and shreds the lil' otter pop.

Not dyeing any eggs for Easter. 🥚🐰🐇Making dyes for future skateboard projects. Did some research on the interwebs and fo...
04/05/2021

Not dyeing any eggs for Easter.
🥚🐰🐇
Making dyes for future skateboard projects. Did some research on the interwebs and found that is the choice for guitar luthiers. I then looked at some YouTube videos and decided Keda is the product for these sk8 projects. I had been using Rit clothing dye which had underperformed many times before imo.
Going to mix different ratios of these primary colored powders to get 7 mason jars of vibrant colors.
❤🖤💛🤎💙
Trying to get a fluorescent pink💖, royal purple💜, bright orange🧡, and a lime green💚. The yellow, red, and blue are straight forward, but the others are strict recipes with ratios to follow. Hopefully I get them right otherwise gotta be like a mad scientist and add a lil of this and that to get them right. Wish me luck and soon I'll have an example to share.



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