Beck(y)

Snap, you break your skateboard deck, it's useless now"¦To the dumpster it goes"¦ But wait, someone, like Becky Hickey might want to use it for her one-of-a-kind line of bags and accessories constructed with recycled skateboards and some really high end fabrics. My ‘faves include the bag shown, the belt buckle, and the money clip.. All her bags and accessories are hand made in her New York studio. She says, "The grittiness of used beat up boards combined with something really posh like silk speaks well to my overall aesthetic"¦and the beautiful contradiction that results, fuels my creativity”. Creative indeed, and thoughtful too; she gives $3 for every donated board to a variety of non-profit organizations dedicated to building and maintaining public skate parks.