Alien-Workshop

Alien Workshop is one of the most influential and independent skateboard companies in skateboarding history. Founded in 1990 in Dayton, Ohio, by Chris Carter, Mike Hill and Neil Blender, the brand was deliberately created away from classic skateboarding hotspots such as California. It is precisely this outsider perspective that continues to shape Alien Workshop to this day. 

From the outset, Alien Workshop stood out from other brands: instead of a purely punk or street image, the company focused on science fiction aesthetics, abstract graphics and experimental imagery. Themes such as technology, the future, surveillance and the unknown became part of the brand identity – an approach that understood skateboarding as an art form and cultural expression.

Alien Workshop gained international recognition through groundbreaking skate videos such as Memory Screen (1991), Timecode (1997), Photosynthesis (2000) and the widely acclaimed Mind Field (2009). These productions set new standards in editing, music and storytelling and influenced generations of skaters and filmmakers.

The team also made skateboarding history: riders such as Rob Dyrdek, Jason Dill, Andrew Reynolds, Heath Kirchart, Danny Way and later Grant Taylor not only shaped Alien Workshop, but modern skateboarding as a whole.

Despite economic ups and downs, temporary closures and changes of ownership, Alien Workshop remained true to its principles. The brand was rebuilt several times and finally returned to its independent roots – with a focus on quality, creative freedom and authenticity.

Today, Alien Workshop stands for a skate culture that consciously sets itself apart from the mainstream: intelligent, artistic, experimental. A brand for skaters who see skateboarding not just as a sport, but as an expression of identity and thought.