Every era of skateboarding has produced collaborations, but only a handful reach the level of cultural significance that Powell Peralta’s newest project represents. Their 2025 Moetallica series is one of those rare moments where worlds collide—where the legacy of the Bones Brigade meets the explosive artistry of Moe “Moetallica” Colbert. While we aren’t able to sell this limited-edition collection, it deserves recognition for its craftsmanship, ambition, and the way it bridges skate heritage with contemporary fine art.
Powell Peralta has a long-standing history of pushing the boundaries of skateboard graphics. Born in 1978 from the partnership of George Powell and Stacy Peralta, the brand shaped modern skateboarding both visually and competitively. The Bones Brigade era became legendary, not only for the riders who defined it—Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Tommy Guerrero, and Lance Mountain—but for the unmistakable artwork of VCJ, whose illustrations became as iconic as the tricks themselves. Over decades, Powell Peralta has protected that legacy with careful reissues and premium production methods, ensuring each generation can connect with the lineage that shaped the sport.
Moe Colbert enters this story from a completely different creative universe. Known professionally as Moetallica, he built his reputation in the automotive world with radical custom spray work, neon-drenched detailing, and a style that feels like heavy metal translated into colour. His background isn’t in traditional graphic design but in the visceral, hands-on world of custom vehicle finishes—art that demands precision, layering, and a level of craftsmanship far removed from the mass-produced. Moe’s ability to push brightness, depth, and energy into a surface caught Skate One’s attention, eventually leading to one of the most ambitious experimental projects the company has ever attempted.
The Moetallica x Powell Peralta collaboration brings these two histories together by reimagining six classic Bones Brigade shapes with all-new Moe-exclusive artwork. Each deck is built on its original concave and silhouette, maintaining the exact geometry that made these boards iconic during skateboarding’s most influential period. From there, Moe’s custom spray techniques take over, transforming each familiar graphic into something electric, surreal, and completely unprecedented within Powell Peralta’s catalogue. Because Moe’s work relies on a heavily manual process—layering paint, texture, and precise masking—every deck carries small variations that make it unique. These aren’t reproductions; they’re individual art pieces that happen to use skateboard decks as the canvas.
For Powell Peralta, this collaboration represents a continuation of their long history of merging skateboarding with professional art. For Moe, it marks a rare crossover into the skate world, where his automotive-born techniques are translated onto cultural artifacts with decades of meaning. The resulting decks sit at the intersection of nostalgia, craftsmanship, and modern visual intensity, standing apart from both traditional reissues and limited-edition board art.
While this series is extremely limited and cannot be restocked or re-manufactured, its importance goes far beyond collectability. It demonstrates what happens when an established skate institution opens its doors to an outside artistic discipline, embracing the unpredictable and the handmade. The Moetallica series isn’t just a celebration of Powell Peralta’s history—it’s a bold expansion of it, proving that even the most legendary graphics can evolve when placed in the hands of a visionary with a completely different toolset. Even though we can’t offer these decks for sale, their place in skateboarding history is undeniable. They represent a meeting point of eras, styles, and subcultures—a vivid reminder that the Bones Brigade legacy continues to inspire new forms of expression nearly half a century after its creation. What ultimately makes this collaboration so compelling is how effortlessly it bridges eras and mediums. In the years to come, this Moetallica series will stand as a testament to the power of artistic crossover—proof that when two distinct legacies collide, something truly unforgettable can emerge.
