This fully-outfitted Vision Street Wear skateboard - complete with grip tape, trucks, and four Wu-Tang branded 52mm wheels - features Wu-Tang Clan legend Raekwon’s likeness. It has been autographed by both Raekwon himself and skateboarding icon Chad Muska. 

The Raekwon skate deck was manufactured in a limited-edition run of 150 by Vision Street Wear in collaboration with the Wu-Tang Clan, as part of a series of nine decks, each bearing the likeness of one of Wu-Tang’s nine core members, that were sold through select independent skate shops in 2001/2002. 

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 Wu-Tang branded 52mm wheels that the deck is outfitted with represent another rare and significant feature: only twenty-five sets were produced separately by Vision, and were never commercially sold. 

The board took on a second life beyond it's 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 this 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 slight visible wear to the deck and wheels from Muska's demo, this skateboard board stands as a one-of-one artifact representing an important landmark in the intersection of hip-hop and skateboard culture. 

Key Details & Collectability

• Rarity 1 of 1 (autographed complete), 1 of 150 (deck), 1 of 25 (wheels)
  
• Fully assembled complete, fitted with a separately limited set of Wu-Tang branded 52mm wheels 
• 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 this series