October 17, 2026. Doors open at 6AM CalStreets
Trainers, set your alarms. Skaters, assemble your crew. Your next favourite Pokémon collectible is going to need a lot more room than a binder pocket.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game × Santa Cruz skateboard collection lands at CalStreets / BoarderLabs on Saturday, October 17, 2026, and we’re opening the shop at 6 a.m. Vancouver time for launch day.
Our last Pokémon drop was a huge success, bringing collectors and skaters together over a shared obsession: incredible artwork, favourite Pokémon, and that feeling when you finally get your hands on something you’ve been chasing.
Now we’re ready for the next round. And this time, the Trading Card Game takes centre stage.
- 30 standard artwork designs featuring iconic Pokémon TCG cards, celebrating Pokémon’s 30th anniversary.
- 3 additional glitter gold foil variants, featuring collages of international Pokémon TCG card artwork.
- 500 of each gold variant worldwide—1,500 gold decks total.
- Limited Edition Pokémon Player’s Guide booklet included, showing all 30 deck designs.
From the Binder to the Board Wall
You know the feeling. You spot a familiar card across the room. The colours, the artwork, the Pokémon—you recognise it before you can even read the name.
Now picture that artwork on a Santa Cruz skateboard.
This collection brings original Pokémon TCG card art into full deck designs, with backgrounds that draw on the Pokémon, their Energy types, and the cards themselves.
The release features 30 card-art designs, with randomly assorted 8″ × 31.6″ blind-bag decks and a limited-edition Pokémon Player’s Guide booklet showcasing the lineup. Think pack-opening anticipation, scaled up for your skate collection. So, who’s on your personal chase list?
- Width 8.0″
- Length 31.6″
- Wheelbase 14.22″
- Nose length 6.68″
- Tail length 6.5″
- Construction 7-ply North American maple,
- Concave Santa Cruz ATV concave
- Format Deck only, individually sealed in a randomized blind bag
Pikachu and a Whole New Wave of Favourites
Of course, Pikachu is in the mix—and the artwork goes big.
Pikachu ex brings a bright, crystalline look, while Pikachu & Zekrom-GX delivers a full TAG TEAM moment with lightning running through the deck graphics.
You’ll also spot Dragapult ex and Iono’s Bellibolt ex, giving newer-era TCG fans their own favourites to chase.
Rounding out the pictured lineup are Gardevoir, Lucario LV.X, Blaziken FB LV.X and Scizor. From soft pastel colour to fiery reds and sharp metallic imagery, there’s enough variety here to spark some serious debate about the best-looking deck. Bring your opinions. We fully expect everyone to have them.
The Gold Chase
For collectors who live for the unexpected reveal, Santa Cruz has also announced three additional glitter gold foil variants, featuring collages of Pokémon TCG cards from around the world.
Each gold variant is limited to 500 worldwide.
These are randomly assorted blind bags, so the reveal is part of the experience. Your favourite Pokémon is a wish-list pick, and a gold variant is a chase—not a guaranteed pull.
Who’s going to have the launch-day reaction everyone hears from across the shop?
CALSTREETS Vancouver’s Pokémon Skateboard Launch Starts at 6 A.M.
Some of you will arrive knowing every card by name. Some will be looking at the shapes and imagining a fresh setup. Others will be planning exactly where that dream deck belongs on the wall.
That’s what makes this crossover so much fun. There’s room for the lifelong skater, the dedicated TCG collector, and the person who happens to be both.
Here’s where to join us:
- Launch: Saturday, October 17, 2026
- Doors open: 6 a.m. Vancouver time
- Shop: CalStreets / BoarderLabs
- Address: 1754 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, we’ll see you at 6 a.m. Let’s make this drop legendary.
CLICK HERE: Limited NHS Boxed Sets of 2 BOXES OF 5 = 10 decks for VIP Collectors
For the serious collectors already thinking beyond a single deck, we’ll have NHX boxed sets of 10 Pokémon skateboard decks available to VIP collectors in limited quantities.
Ten decks. One heavyweight addition to your Pokémon collection.
If your collecting style is closer to “clear the display wall” than “find a little space on the shelf,” this is the launch-day option to keep on your radar. These limited boxed sets bring a whole new scale to the excitement.
LAST POKEMON DROP – WE STILL HAVE A SECRET SUPPLY FROM LAST LAUNCH CLICK: BLIND BAGS
Santa Cruz Skateboards, nestled in the skateboarder's paradise of Santa Cruz, California, burst onto the scene in 1973. Picture this: Richard Novak, Doug Haut, and Jay Shuirman, probably sporting some epic '70s hairdos, get together and say, "Hey, let's start NHS Inc. and shake up the skate world." 
