adidas Honors Skin Phillips With Premium Skate Retro

A classic look for a skate photography legend.

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adidas has paid homage to skate photographer, former editor of TransWorld SKATEboarding and current Team Manager of its skateboarding division, Skin Phillips, with a premium iteration of the brand’s Skate silhouette. Originally released in 1978, the Skate has been remade in premium materials, titled “Respect Your Roots” and will be released alongside an exhibition featuring Phillips’ work at Los Angeles’ KNOWN Gallery Saturday, February 6.

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