Hello and Welcome to the wonderful world of Santa Monica Airlines Skateboards, and the cyber-home of me, "Skipperboy" Skip Engblom.

Well it's finally here... 2008.

Santa Monica Airlines a.k.a. SMA is turning 30.

Our still humble beginnings are still humble after all this time which just proves you can stay true to your core belief system and not lose sight of who or what your are.

We have a few surprises for you this year, including an art show, limited edition 30th anniversary products and a store opening which we will let you know about in due time. Kevin Ancell has stepped up and done some of this 30th art (He did the OG Natas Panther), and we felt that we need to close the circle so we are really pretty happy to have his skills on board again.

SMA worked with Washington Street Skatepark the past two years to help out their free park program. This year to further help them in their fundraising endeavors, we will be making limited edition skateboard decks by the Fall ASR show/party with all the proceeds going directly to them. As this nears, we will let you know where and how to purchase these special decks.

Also if you are in Oz, please help out the Moss Jam people. They have a neat program that can use all the help it can get.

All of the good stuff that happened to SMA this past year happened because of you, our skate partners. Your feedback as to what products we need to make was vital to us. Along with our distributors, you helped us to be here for thirty years. For all of you we have met in person and through email, let me say from us here at SMA we say "THANKS!".

- Thanks for the ride
Skip Engblom
owner

Skip's Appreciation:

I have been making decks in one way or another since I was 8 years old. I established SMA Skateboards in 1978, when I was 30, and it was one of the three original Dogtown Companies (Alva, Dogtown being the other two).

I am really thankful for all the people who have had contact with me and SMA: Natas Kaupas, Julien Stranger, Mofo, Craig Stecyk, Jack Waterman, Jim Shulty, Novak and Fausto (RIP), Alan Peterson, Scott Anderson, my mother (R.I.P.), Nathan Pratt, Jay Adams, David Hackett, Dave Rogerson, Luca, Dean Edwards, Dave Anderson, Watson Laminates Crew, Steve Godoy, Jim Ganzer, Robbie Dick, 'Pineapple", my trademark attorney, B. Paul Cullen, Chad White, Jeff Whitehead, Henry Sarria, Jim and Bill from Rip City (my oldest dealer), Mark Richards at Val Surf, Eddie Talbot at ET Surf, all the people who hung in with me during the tight times (Wes Humpston, Derrick Perris, Bennett Harada, Kevin Ancell, Janus Barberi, Mike from KC, Auggie, Brendan Murdock, Andrew Currie, Jessie Martinez, the Zenters, Ray Flores, AC, e.a.r.l., and everyone I missed, and you the customer.