With 30 plus years under it’s belt, the sport of snowboarding has churned out plenty of classic graphics. Ranging from handmade gems to Craig Kelly’s game-changing input and down into the ever-present artist series with the likes of Phil Frost, Ryan McGinness, and more, the history of snowboard graphics traces an attitude of rebellion and innovation––the two qualities that attracted millions to the sport.

Some board graphics only exist in memories of wanting them so bad that we stole them off somebody’s car only to have them stolen off our car weeks later. Some board graphics fetch hundreds of dollars in internet forums and on eBay.

This is in no way a definitive list. Ask us tomorrow, and we’ll rattle off 50 more for you. Ask us again the next day, and you’ll get a completely different list. Limited by a destroyed brain cells from too many beers and bong hits and plenty of failed Google image searches, these are the classics (new and old) that we could remember and/or find.

For now though, these are The 50 Coolest Snowboard Graphics Of All Time.

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50. Morrow Lunch Tray

Elementary school lunches were the shit, and when Morrow put them on a board, we got nothing but nostalgic (and kind of hungry). More so than the graphics, this board was wide as shit with a kick nose and tail.

48. Ride DH2 Artist Series – Barry McGee

While artist series always have that aura of “been done, seen that,” Ride did it the absolute right way by bringing in talented cats like Coop and their big gun, Barry McGee. With his artwork never being seen on a snowboard before, McGee dropped his signature shapes and faces on the topsheet and base.

47. GNU B-Pro By Hannah Stouffer

The super-talented Hannah Stouffer has always lent her hand to GNU Snowboards, and in 2010, she created one the best graphics we’ve ever seen come from the brand for the B-Pro. With a full snakeskin topsheet in a great colorway  and the brand’s name on black for the bottom, this boards is perfect.

45. Ride Russell Windfield Pro Model

From Russel Windfield himself “Being the first black pro, I felt that I needed to do something good. What better then using your name sake from the most recognizable black cartoon show ever? I wasn’t sure how it would be received by the public. Luckily for me everybody liked it besides the people in Bill Cosby’s camp.”

44. GNU Antigravity

Back in ’87, GNU launched the Antigravity, the first board with a side cut and camber for performance. Also back in ’87, the brand was rocking plenty of super bright colors. Incorporating the line into the graphics made this board truly stand out as it worked perfectly as a visual element.

42. Type A Roan Rogers

Type A’s aesthetic was always clean and timeless. And they had a strong team to boot with Danny Way coming to them after a trip to Big Bear. The Roan Rogers board from the late 90s had those super simple graphic touches that helped the brand makes its mark at a time when new snowboard brands were popping up daily.

41. Burton Cruzer

Inspired by pop-art, the Burton Cruzer made waves in the mid-80s. Toned dow, even during the neon days, the color palette was reminiscent of surf graphics. Also, that super deep V on the swallow tail gave a ton more responsiveness in the powder. Later Burton would rehash the one Cruzer graphic for a Jeff Brushie board.

39. Burton Michi Albin Pro Model

The skate and snow realms crossed again, this time brining in artist Mark Gonzales for the Michi Albin pro model from Burton. Gonzales lends his signature characters to the base of the board while the topsheet gets some of his humorous treatment as he purposely misspells the brand as “Burtin.”

38. Burton Jeff Brushie Pro Model

Jeff Brushie was the first pro snowboarder to bring the urban hip-hop lifestyle into snowboarding. The graffiti graphic was Brushie personified. From the flake green topsheet to the character on the tail. Brushie nailed this graphic, and it is still one of everybody’s personal favorites.

36. YES Great Dudes Of History Series

Started by a group of revolutionary riders, YES has some of the greatest snowboarders in history behind the brand with Romain De Marchi, JP Solberg, and David Carrier Porcheron. Then, they went ahead and put some of the Great Dudes Of History on their boards––Lincoln, Lennon, MLK, and JFK.

35. Sims Shawn Farmer Pro Model

Bringing rap, metal, and a whole lot of personality and style to the snowboard game, Shawn Farmer’s had that fuck-you attitude that got all of us snowboarding in the first place. Plus, have you seen his video part in the “Critical Condition” video? Holy shit, is right. To this day, Farmer is still making music and hitting the hills.

33. Burton Craig Kelly Air (1991/1992)

Along with the Mystery Air, the Craig Kelly Air was another signature board from the pioneering rider. The action shot you see above made this board famous along with its revolutionary design that helped the rest of the snowboard industry take notice, leading to an immense amount of momentum.

32. Sims Switch Blade

A first board for a number of riders, the Sims Switch Blade was so on-point with neon graphics and a perfect shape for riding. Couple in the gradient and the distressing of the graphics, and it’s no wonder that Sims rehashed the same graphics many years later to pay homage.

30. Sims Noah Salasneck Noah’s Ark

Another great graphic from Sims and Salasneck, this time representing Noah’s passions for video games. Used in a unique fashion, the graphics feature a boatload of  Nintendo characters such as Yoshi kicking it on Noah’s Ark. Great concept and great execution all around.

29. Stepchild Scotty Wittlake

Scotty Wittlake joined StepChild as a guest pro. And for his pro-model, the elusive rider brought punk rock back into snowboarding with Black Flag inspired graphics. Most people bought this board based on the graphics alone, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.

27. Burton Se7en Series Trevor Andrew

The Burton Se7en series has definitely evolved over the years, but the graphic concepts remain the same, touching on the seven deadly sins of greed, pride, lust, sloth, envy, wrath, and gluttony. And the gold-heavy Trevor Andrew fits perfectly in the bunch.

26. Division 23 Peter Line Pink Rainbow

While the Peter Line Gwar graphic gets a lot more credit, we just have to give it up to Division 23 Peter Line pro-model. The top sheet shows off a set of balls by featuring a muted pink color with a rainbow at the top. This twisted style matches the fact that Peter was one of the main inventors of corks.

24. Atlantis Ingemar Backman

While the graphics on this board are incredibly simple and somewhat forgettable, this board goes down in history for the sole reason that it turned up on numerous magazine covers and the pages inside sheerly based on the massive airs Backman was capable of producing. That much exposure made it a classic.

23. Burton Balance

First birthed in 1995, Terje Haakonsen got his first signature model, the Balance. While the technology behind this board led to numerous championships for Terje, the graphics have remained on point over the years, with the first model featuring art by Jim Anfuso and stellar graphics coming each year after.

21. Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Buddha Cat

An incredibly rare board, the Lib Tech Jamie Lynn pro-model from 1994 features, of all things, a Buddha Cat. What’s more awesome than the graphic itself is the fact that a number of Lynn boards feature artwork that he custom created.

20. Burton Jeff Brushie Craps Table

The original snowboarding DJ, bar-spitter, and graffiti-writer, Jeff not only dropped rhymes but also dollars and dice. The original advert for Brushie’s pro model featured him and his bros rolling dice on a craps table made of this pro model, of course. This one continues a long line of classic Brushie snowboard graphics.

18. Original Sin Thomas Campbell

Another from O-Sin and their artist series, which was led up by the brand’s art director Herb George, the Thomas Campbell board reminds us of riding pow in the Vail backcountry. The shape was perfect for the deep snow, and we didn’t even realize we were riding with a true work of art under our feet. Nearly 10 years after these boards came out, Burton started working with a number of the same artists.

17. Shorty’s Pro Model Series

Shorty’s? Really? Damn right. While mostly known for their role in the skate game, Shorty’s always classic graphics moved into snow with a team of riders like Kevin Young, Devin Walsh, and Chris Brown. Long bowed out of the snow game, Shorty’s definitely gave snowboarding some extra steez.

15. Sims Noah Salasneck Skate Graphic

The Sims Noah Salasneck skate graphic embodied the reason that most of us started shredding in the first place––what the fuck else were us skaters supposed to do during the winter? Complete with slide marks and ground in trucks, Noah’s pro model was another instant classic.

14. Lamar Don Szabo

Getting thrown in jail for riding without a lift ticket in 1990 didn’t stop Don Szabo from being a king. While his Trucker snowboard graphic for Lamar may be more popular, this one is definitely rarer. 007 Szabo (and his always bald head) was known for being at the top of both the skate and snowboard worlds.

12. Original Sin Phil Frost

Original Sin was one of the most underrated brands back in the day. Always willing to task a risk, they linked up with Phil Frost in the mid 90s for this board. Looking like one of the earliest relics of street art varnished and shined up, this board set the standard for many artists to get their graphics on a snowboard. The color palette was entirely different from anything in the industry back then.

11. Lib Tech Temple Cummins Radical Rick

By the time this board hit, Lib Tech already had the dope texture top sheets and triple kinked nose and tail features, but the addition of Radical Rick to the base made this board an instant classic. With so many riders making their mark in multiple action sports, Radical Rick brought BMX to the snowboard game.

9. Avalanche Kick

Multiple colorways and type-driven graphics made the Avalanche Kick a sought after board. Oh, and this was Damian Sanders pro model. Look for Sanders going big off of just about everything on this board in “Snowboarders In Exile.” And check out the tons of neon he wore.

Side-note: Sanders was the first pro snowboarder to have a porn star girlfriend.

8. Lamar Snowboards Mike Ranquet Heineken

With an attitude that has gotten him kicked out of numerous places and in a ton of trouble, it’s no wonder Mike Ranquet completely changed the game with snowboard graphics. While riding for Lamar Snowboards, Ranquet was one of the first to ride on a board with a base graphic that was a logo knock-off.

6. Barfoot Twin Tip Freestyle

One of the first twin tip boards on the market. Progressive shape and florescent top sheets made this one of the most coveted shred sticks of it time. Covered with a signature paw, Barfoot left a large footprint on the world of snowboarding with their innovative design and graphics.

5. Look Bert Lamar Trick Stick

One of the first to ever do it loud and funky, European brand Look changed the game with the Bert Lamar Trick Stick pro-model. The first twin-tip freestyle board of it’s kind, Lamar used the Trick Stick to win the ’87 world halfpipe championship, making him one of the first to crossover to snowboarding from skating.

3. Burton Jeff Brushie Pro-Model

Offering up his input to Burlington-based design firm JDK, who have created many graphics for Burton over the years, Jeff Brushie took in his surroundings for his first pro-model in 1993. Hailing from VT, Brushie was surrounding by hunting, fishing, and rednecks. Thus, the infamous fish graphic was born.

2. Burton Craig Kelly Mystery Air

In 1990, the Burton Factory was a barn. And in 1990 they sold the Craig Kelly Mystery Air snowboard. Designed and developed by Kelly himself, the Mystery Air set the standard for snowboard design and graphics as Jake Burton himself credits the success of his company from listening to Craig Kelly.