FlatFace's hand-numbered G15s put holographic foil under a graphic built to scratch off

A single 32mm G15 deck per order, $60, from a series FlatFace describes as a collector run. The brand says each one is "mostly 1 of 1," with some variations possibly repeating a couple of times or turning up again on a different bottom ply.

The details the listing does confirm:

• Real wear graphics. FlatFace says they "will scratch like a skateboard when you use them." Some wear down to additional layers underneath; some wear straight through to the bottom ply.
• Over 12 holographic patterns across the run.
• Selective finishes. Matte, gold metallic, silver metallic, or holographic applied only to specific areas of a graphic rather than the whole panel.
• Unreleased artwork. Many of the decks carry graphics FlatFace hasn't put out yet.
• Premium or exotic bottom plies on many of them, and holographic top plies on some.
• Hand numbered on top.

You can name favorites in your order comments, but FlatFace won't guarantee a specific deck — someone else may already have taken it. The brand also flags that some graphics carry minor visual imperfections from the application process, and that returns are not accepted on this series.

The listing doesn't state the ply count, wood, concave profile or wheelbase for this particular G15 run, and it doesn't explain how the holographic layer is applied or what the "exotic" bottom plies actually are. Treat those as unconfirmed until FlatFace says.

Most graphic decks are sold on the promise that the art stays put. Foil, clear coats, thick finishes — the value is in keeping the bottom clean, which is why so many nice decks get shelved instead of ridden. This run inverts that. FlatFace is charging $60 for artwork that is explicitly designed to be destroyed by use, and the wear is the point: slides on a ledge and grinds on a rail cut into the graphic, and what comes up underneath is a second layer, or the bottom ply itself.

That is a real production decision rather than a print trick. Building a graphic that reveals something legible as it abrades means thinking in layers from the start — what sits on top, what sits beneath, and what the veneer looks like when both are gone. Pairing that with premium bottom plies suggests the final state is meant to be as considered as the first. A holographic top ply is the other half of it: the part your fingers sit on, under grip or foam, doing its own thing.

The selective finishing is the detail that separates this from a sheet of foil. Gold metallic on one area, matte on another, holographic isolated to a shape rather than flooded across the panel — that is masking work, applied deck by deck, and it is also why FlatFace is warning about minor imperfections up front. Hand application produces hand results. Numbering each board on top and refusing returns is the brand being straight about what kind of object this is.

At 32mm the G15 sits at the narrow end of what most riders run day to day, which reads as a deliberate choice for a collector series: light, quick, and the width where a bottom graphic has the least room to hide.

• Model: FlatFace G15, 32mm
• Series: Mike's Special Hand Numbered Holographic Real Wear
• Price: $60, one random deck per order
• Listed: September 16, 2026
• Where: the product page on flatfacefingerboards.com

FlatFace hasn't announced how many decks are in the run or how long it stays up, and no other widths have been listed under this series at the time of writing.