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Cut, Peel, Shred: The Grip Tape Artists Who Work for Oblivion

Cut, Peel, Shred: The Grip Tape Artists Who Work for Oblivion

Grip tape is the one part of a skateboard that gets destroyed before anyone really sees it. A quiet underground of stencil cutters, shop artists, and bored teenagers treats that $12 sheet as a personal signature, then designs it to disappear under a shoe.