The embroidered cookie jar logo appeared on PLAY tee shirts, sweats and hats around 1996. Artwork by Hal Brindley

Vaun Stout was a Play team rider and had his own pro model tee. On the front was a smiley face that said “Nice Guy Vaun Stout”. The artwork on the back of the shirt (shown above) was done by Chris Hargrave and it shows Vaun doing one of his signature sketchy landings where

This shirt was made for the Daredevils of Dirt dirt-jumping contest series run by Play clothes. Artwork by Chris Hargrave, released 1996.

I think Steve Buddendeck came up with this artwork. It may have been secretly inspired by Dan Duckworth himself (the original owner of Dan’s Competition and a fantastic moustache) just to see if he would stock it in his shop. This shirt was released around 1996.

The PLAY Clothes Goober tee shirt was inspired by those cheesy 70’s skateboarding and bmx stickers. I don’t know where we came up with the name goober, he just kinda looked like one. 1996

This is some serious oldscool here. Leigh Ramsdell, around 1990, doing a miami hopper drop-in wearing a 2B Wraparound Lizard shirt. (and with a ton of 2B stickers on his bike) This is when Leigh first started riding for 2B, back before we even had a multi-color shirt press. This was o

Camel cigarettes are made in Winston-Salem, NC and that’s where we were living we made this shirt. It has a rip of the camel (please don’t sue us) with the word PLAY on it and says “Camel City North Carolina” beneath. Leif Valin is shown here wearing it in 1996

We named this the Cheap Play Shirt because we designed it to be as cheap as possible to make. One color print on one side of a white shirt. People still bought it!

Hal B pictured wearing a PLAY oval logo tee shirt in 1996 (with Play knit hat). Trivia: the pic appeared in a giveaway ad in Ride Magazine saying “Hal Brindley will give you the shirt off his back”. Photo by Steve Buddendeck.

The “Metal” logo was designed by our friend Bog and was only available on black. This pic shows Hal B wearing Metal tee (with Leigh) in front of their house in Winston-Salem NC 1996.

This shirt was designed by a friend of ours known as Bog (his last name is Bogden). That’s why it became known as the bog man. Leif Valin is pictured here wearing it in 1996 in Winston-Salem, NC.

All the ladies loved Craig Reynolds and that was the inspiration for this model. Circa 1996. Artwork by Hal Brindley