In the 1980s, Italian cars rode the perfect line between class and performance, and that's exactly the ethos that Atypical is trying to capture with its new Roadrunner Collection. The three skateboard designs are directly inspired by the Italian race cars of the 80s, taking a note from the skateboard design studio's location in Monza, Italy — the city that houses the historic national circuit.
The Roadrunner Collection consists of three boards with the same design in three different colorways: seafoam, pale yellow, and beige; eggshell, pink, and navy blue; and sky blue, pale orange, and off-white. Those designs all emblazon a solid ash, varnished, hand-made deck, and each of the boards also comes with white wheels and Abec 7 bearings.
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