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SQUID INK SKATE CO. VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC Black Squid Ink toque with a debossed leather patch on a skate-shop counter
Squid Ink · Drop 01

Earn
your ink.

Heavy ink. Soft knit. Hoodies and patch toques for people who fall, get up and go again. Drop 01 is coming soon.

Hoodies ×3Toques ×6 patches8 colourways
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Drop 01 + concepts · coming soon

The range

Drop 01 hoodies and toques, plus concept pieces for women, groms and your keys. Tap a swatch to swap the colourway. Pricing lands with the drop.

26 items
Badge Hoodie, TealDrop 018 colours

Badge Hoodie

Price TBA

The tilted-square badge, screen-printed mid-chest. Cream on darks; ink or teal on bone.

Colour: Teal
Monogram Hoodie, TealDrop 018 colours

Just the tall gothic monogram, nothing to hide behind. Quiet from across the park, loud up close.

Colour: Teal
Wordmark Hoodie, TealDrop 018 colours

The Squid Ink wordmark, tail and all, across the chest. It says the name so you don't have to.

Colour: Teal
Patch Toque, Bone · Woven labelDrop 016 patches

Patch Toque

Price TBA

One knit, six ways to wear the mark. For drizzle season, which out here is most seasons.

Showing: Bone · Woven label
Ink Drop Tee, Ink blackConcept4 colours

Ink Drop Tee

Price TBA

The monogram knocked out of one big splat, with “Earn your ink.” underneath. Four colours.

Colour: Ink black
Rising Tee, Squid Ink teal · FrontConceptFront + back

Rising Tee

Price TBA

A small splotch on the chest. On the back, six tentacles rise from a pool of ink holding the Squid Ink wordmark. Three colours.

Showing: Squid Ink teal · Front
Structured Cap, Black · StructuredConcept7 colours + dad cap

Six stiff panels, the tall monogram stitched front and centre. Seven colours. Holds its shape through slams, drizzle and being sat on in the van.

Showing: Black · Structured
Bucket Hat, Kelp oliveConcept3 colours

Bucket Hat

Price TBA

A brim all the way round, because drizzle comes from every direction out here.

Colour: Kelp olive
Back-Print Tee, BlackConcept

Big mark on the back, so the crowd at the bottom of the stairs knows who just stuck it. Or who just ate it.

Colour: Black
Sleeve-Print Long Sleeve, BlackConcept3 colours

For days that start at 9°C and never commit. The wordmark runs down the sleeve, so it's the first thing they see when you wave.

Colour: Black
Zip Hoodie, BlackConcept

Zip Hoodie

Price TBA

Zip it up for the session, unzip it after the slam. Small monogram on the chest and room to layer underneath.

Colour: Black
Cropped Hoodie, Ink purpleConcept3 colours

Boxy, short and unbothered. Short sleeves, a drawcord hood and the compact lockup mid-chest.

Colour: Ink purple
Ringer Baby Tee, Bone / Deep teal trimConcept3 colours

A fitted ringer with the Squid Ink wordmark across the chest. Small tee, big signature.

Colour: Bone / Deep teal trim
Relaxed Crew, Kelp oliveConcept

Relaxed Crew

Price TBA

A drop-shoulder crewneck in kelp olive. Throws on over anything and matches the forecast.

Colour: Kelp olive
Grom Hoodie, Deep tealConcept3 colours

Grom Hoodie

Price TBA

For the smallest shredders. Badge on the chest, kangaroo pocket for snacks and spare bearings.

Colour: Deep teal
Grom Tee, BoneConcept3 colours

Grom Tee

Price TBA

The badge with the squid tucked inside, sized for groms. Weird starts young.

Colour: Bone
Sticker PackConcept

Sticker Pack

Price TBA

Six die-cut vinyl marks for boards, helmets and the inside of your locker. Not the bathroom wall.

One set
Canvas Tote, Natural / InkConcept3 colours

Canvas Tote

Price TBA

Heavy canvas for shoes, a spare toque and whatever weird thing you found on the beach.

Colour: Natural / Ink
Skate Pack, Black / Teal strapsConcept3 colours

Skate Pack

Price TBA

Two board-carry straps up front, so your board rides along for the walk of shame back up the hill.

Colour: Black / Teal straps
Crossbody Bag, BlackConcept2 colours

Crossbody Bag

Price TBA

Flap down, snap shut, drizzle out. Phone, keys and lip balm stay dry; the lockup stays loud.

Colour: Black
Chain Wallet, BlackConcept4 colours

Chain Wallet

Price TBA

A long wallet on a chain, because your wallet should survive the slam too.

Colour: Black
Slim Bifold Wallet, BlackConcept4 colours

Slim enough to forget it's in your back pocket, right up until you need bus fare home after the slam.

Colour: Black
Web Belt, BlackConcept

Web Belt

Price TBA

Matte black buckle, heavy webbing and a leather tab with the monogram pressed in. Holds up baggy pants and strong opinions.

Colour: Black
Woven Patch SetConcept

Four woven patches with merrow edges. Sew them on, iron them on, mark your territory.

One set
Toques

Pick your patch

Same knit, six ways to wear the mark: burned, moulded, stitched, woven or flagged.

Debossed leather toque

Debossed leather

Laser-burned lockup on tan leather

PVC rubber toque

PVC rubber

Raised moulded cream monogram

Embroidered toque

Embroidered

Dense satin stitch, merrow border

Woven label toque

Woven label

Fine-weave monogram tab

Fold-over flag toque

Fold-over flag

Ink monogram on a cream side tab

Direct embroidery toque

Direct embroidery

Stitched straight into the knit

Badge Hoodie

8 colourways.
One badge.

Cream on darks. Ink or teal on bone. The tilted-square badge sits mid-chest.

Badge Hoodie in eight colourways
TealBlackPurpleOliveNavyCharcoal heatherBone / Ink printBone / Teal print
Purple hoodie with a large cream back printLore, not history.
The legend

Earn your
ink.

Off the West Coast, out past the kelp, a big tide left a squid in a pool beside a skatepark. It had a good view of the ledge.

A kid was working on that ledge. Forty tries, forty slams. Somewhere past thirty, the kid wrung out a soaked toque, pulled it back on and pushed off again.

On try forty-one, the kid landed it.

Nobody hands you a mark like that. You earn it on the ledge, one slam at a time, and it stays with you like a tattoo.

That's Squid Ink: gear for people who fall, get up and go again.

Mission

Make gear for wet concrete, long sessions and the walk home after.

Leave a mark. Make it a good one.

Ink blackKelp oliveDeep-water tealSunset-bruise purpleDriftwood bone
The Squid Ink manifesto
  1. Fall hard.
  2. Get up wet.
  3. Wring out the toque.
  4. Go again.
  5. Forty tries is normal.
  6. Rain is just the forecast.
  7. Cheer for the beginner.
  8. Leave your mark in ink.
What we stand on

Four rules.
Eight arms.

A short list. We try to stick to it.

Get back up.

Everyone slams. What counts is the next try.

Leave a mark.

If it's worth printing, print it properly and stand behind it.

Skate the weather.

Rain is a forecast, not a cancellation.

Stay a little weird.

Room for anyone who doesn't fit the usual shelf.

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