EL CONQUISTAD”OR X DOUGLAS ELLIOTT

“ From the Trees that Honor us with Carbon and Oxygen that allow us to Float through Different Paths in this Ride called Life; Imbued with Beautiful Creatures that Emerge from the Darkness of the Fountains of Hydration as a Fortress Mirroring the Sky, Deep Crystallized Rocks with Sparkling Mineral Power that Sculpt and Enlighten a Transcendental Highve Path.” - EL ConQuistaD’or (March 10th, 2022, Oh Baba Ifá)

Skateboard deck that i started sketching it out back in 2009, 2010 in Brooklyn, NY.

In 2018, I decided to work again on it and burned the wood carving the outlines with pyrography pen.

In 2020 I met Douglas Elliot, an exquisite jeweler designer, that open my eyes for so many new paths and forms of thinking after a 101 class of diamonds.

I decided to finish the deck and finishing painitng the deck with acrylic, spray paint, silver and 23k gold leaf sheets and red vinyl sheets to the board.

in 2022, I went to Douglas and asked him if would be cool to plate the wheels and screws with gold and add some diamonds in the elements of the painting.

He’s words: “ Are you crazy to put diamonds in a piece of wood?, Wait! It never be done, Let’s fucking do it.” - Douglas Elliot

The result is this magical collectable item full of custom pieces and hand designed and thought by both of us.

Everything is handmade and elaborated to be a full ridable skateboard. (Yes we rode it.)

Here is all the details:

• Carved, burned and Hand Painted Burton Skateboard Deck circa 2008

• Spray Painted Trunks from Uncle Funkys Boards

• GripTape with 23k Gold and Silver Leafs plus Red Vinyls

• Every screw and nuts are plated with gold

• eys diamonds

• Flower Diamonds

• Custom made wheels made of pure silver and plated in gold