For as long as I can remember, skateboarding and tattooing have been hand in hand. Skateboarders have always been tattooed, and tattoo designs have always been on skateboarding. This hasn’t always been the case though, and Sid Stankovits sheds a little light on the subject.

Sit down and watch this video featuring Sid of Sid’s Tattoo Parlor in Santa Ana California telling us about how tattoos started creeping their way into the skateboarding world.

I had no idea that pop the collar had so many different meanings. And yes, I use Urban Dictionary for all of my vocabulary learning.

Tattoo by Jaromir Mucowski at Sids Tattoo Parlor in Santa Ana, CA

People seem to enjoy when they get to see the progression of an actual tattoo being completed, so I figured this would be good to post.

I’ve always assumed more of these would surface as portable technology improves, but I guess it’s still a pain to make this. This shot is fairly steady, so it’s safe to guess a tripod was in use.

Feet Ink from Sarah Jean on Vimeo.

Tattoo by: Bill German at Sid’s Tattoo Parlor in Santa Ana, CA

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot more fun little videos of people getting tattoos. Here’s one of Sid from Sid’s Tattoo Parlor in Santa Ana, CA doing his thing. And you know… blowing some shit up afterward.

Sid Stankovits Tattooing from Losey on Vimeo.

I feel like thumb tattoos aren’t getting the attention they deserve around here. Needless to say, a shark-thumb combo photo made me think you guys would also be fan(s).

Tattoo by: Los Ocegueda at Sid’s Tattoo Parlor in Santa Ana, CA.