This fully-outfitted Vision Street Wear skateboard was one of nine decks Vision manufactured in a limited run of 150 each in 2001/2002, sold through select independent skate shops, with each deck bearing the likeness of a different Wu-Tang Clan member. 

Complete with a deck, trucks, grip tape, and four Wu-Tang branded 52mm wheels. This example centers on Raekwon: a large black-and-white silhouette portrait taken directly from the back cover of the Clan's 2000 album The W, set against the Wu-Tang "W" logo, alongside "Raekwon," "Wu-Tang Clan," and "WU" logotypes

The board took on a second life beyond that original run. Professional skateboarder Chad Muska rode it during a 2002 meeting with Raekwon in Los Angeles - a chance encounter that later led to Raekwon and U-God's featured appearance on Muska's 2003 album Muskabeatz. Muska and Raekwon signed the deck directly after the demo: Muska in pink marker ("2002 You Know How We Do / Reprazent Wu / -Chad Muska"), Raekwon in gold ("Don't Go 2 Snake Hill / Respect! Wu. / Raekwon da Chef"). "Snake Hill is a street in Staten Island that we all used to ride our bikes down, because it's super steep," Duane Grant explains. "It's a steep incline, and if you don't do it right, you might die."

Carrying visible wear to the deck and wheels from Muska's demo, the board stands as a rare, physically used document of hip-hop and skate culture's overlap in the early 2000s

Key Details & Collectability

• One of 9 Vision Street Wear x Wu-Tang Clan member decks (2001/2002, edition of 150 each) — the Raekwon example
• Deck art sourced from the back cover of The W (2000)
• Fully assembled complete, fitted with a separately limited set of Wu-Tang branded 52mm wheels (1 of 25 produced)
• Ridden by Chad Muska during a 2002 demo, then hand-signed by both Muska and Raekwon with personal inscriptions referencing Staten Island's “Snake Hill”
• Directly connects to Raekwon and U-God's 2003 feature on Chad Muska's Muskabeatz
• Believed the only known signed, ridden example from the nine-deck series

Provenance

From the personal collection of Duane Grant (Wu Wear, Queen Ruby Holdings), who produced the collaboration.