A note by artist Alex hunt
A PASSION PROJECT
I started making skateboards as a kid.
Long before this became a brand, it was simply what I was drawn to - pulling apart things, shaping timber, painting graphics and figuring out how to make something feel uniquely my own.
A lot of that came from my mum and dad.
Growing up, I heard stories about the boards dad made when he was younger and the culture surrounding it at the time. And mum was always making beautiful paintings and drawings.
That spirit of making things by hand - imperfectly, experimentally and with pride - stayed with me. Skateboarding was never just about riding. It was about identity, creativity and building something personal.
Over the years, that obsession evolved.
I went on to study and work as a registered architect, where I developed a deeper appreciation for form, detail, balance and craftsmanship. Coming from a deeply creative family, art and making have always existed in the background of my life in one way or another.
What began as building custom cruisers gradually became something more artistic - one-off pieces that sit somewhere between skateboard, sculpture and canvas.
Every board is individually handcrafted and painted by me. Each piece carries influences from skate culture, architecture, art and object making - designed not only to be ridden, but collected, displayed and lived with.
At its core, the process hasn't really changed since I was a kid in the garage.
It still starts with the same thing: an idea, a blank board and the need to make something real. A collectors piece.
Hunt Skateboards
Since 2015, Alex Hunt sought out to re-establish the traditional hardwood skateboard within the market under the name Hunt Skateboards.
Prior to evolving into what it is today, Hunt Skateboards has over the years established a reputation for high-end, handcrafted skateboards, which naturally evolved to one-off artistic works.
With this in mind, Hunt has always strived to be a part of something much bigger than skateboarding itself; the surfers' daily ritual, the culture, the arts - and the chaos from which it came — and in which it still exists.