Gravis Celebrates Futura's 50th in Hawaii

Gravis teamed up with Recon, Futura Laboratories, Island Snow, Maharishi, Medicom Toys and Nike to celebrate the birthday of one of graffiti's most famed artists, Futura. The party, aptly named Hawaii 5-0 for Futura's 50th birthday, was a three part party and exhibition - with a dinner held on Thursday, November 10th at the Elks Club, an in-store exhibition at Island Snow and an after party held at the W Hotel Diamond Head.

A total of 50 of Futura's closest friends and family flew in from around the globe. Among the exclusive dinner party guests were Stash, Z-Trip, Gravis rider Kalani Robb and Team manager, Akila Aipa., pro-skateboarder Vinny Ponti, and Obey artist, Shepard Fairey. Each guest was presented with an exclusive Gravis Jetway bag with "Hawaii 5-0" and "Futura" embroidered on the outside. The inside lining was screened with many of Futura's different tags from over the years.

The next day, Island Snow held an exhibition at their Honolulu store in honor of Futura's legendary career. Both Stash and Futura's prints were on exhibition at the store which is open to public viewing till the end of November. A swanky after party at the W Hotel followed the show where more than 300 guests showed up to celebrate Futura's birthday. Guests were treated to free limited Recon beach towels and beverages by The King of Beers, Budweiser while chilling to beats by DJ Smoke.