15 years later...

can't believe how time flys... big island mike, mark mahoney, and rick thorne.

Hawaii's First Tattoo Expo

Some of the legends of tattooing stopped by the shop. lyle tuttle, gil monte, and rick walters hates you.

Chris Leben stopped by the booth, also Larry Hanks.

lil' sis ruthie and her boo nate cruised by the shop.

this dude was shredding the ramp.

big island in mid disaster... literally.

Sullen Art Collective

Aloha, Sullen Art Collective is coming out with the Big Island Mike t-shirts and tanks. Bug your local Sullen dealer to hook it up. Much Mahalos, big island mike.

Oh Johnny Boy...

my dear friend johnny anderson has set sail for the east coast. see you soon brother! bill funk, anna page, johnny anderson, big island mike, winona martin sending him off. happy birthday winona!

shoes for pume

some shoes i made for pume at the shack waikiki.

big island mike's tattoos

a chainsaw with shark teeth, pistol handle, powered by a harley motor on brian of koa puna.

mic on capt. john of the makani.

rose on the ribs.

zombie on eddie from wyoming.

R.I.P. Mike Tag Tagliavento

BMX homie from way back. You're in my thoughts and prayers. Love and aloha.

My Dick!

miss mandy, me, and mickey avalon at musink.

big island at it again

trying to talk robbie miranda and stu thompson to not arrest me.

Steve O!

I went to go see Steve O's comedy show. Very funny, if you get the chance to see his show, GO! Here he is checking out Weeman's tattoo on me.

Walrus Butler

big island did this fun tattoo on Steph from Bar 35.

Hand Jobs

big island tattooed this compass on Luke.

Luke came back the next day and had big island tattoo Steve McQueen on his other hand.

Chillin in Cali

I was asked to judge a Sullen Angels model search with Shifty from Crazy Town and a few other Sullen artists.


Lil Chris was out visiting his family and we got to chill with Rick Walters and Mark Mahoney.


Izabella is my favorite human. She got loose on her Ducati and she got her very first tattoo machine.


Follow my homie Weeman on twitter @iamweeman. I tattooed the old Rodney Mullen Powell Peralta graphic on his calf.



tattooed JD from Flying Monkey Fabrication. he makes some really cool motorcycles.

got to hang out with Baby Ray from Bob Robert's Spot Light Tattoo Shop. that's his dope '41 dropped in the back.

got to hang with Asa Lee Crow the 4th. he works at Mark Mahoney's Shamrock Social Club on Sundays and down in San Diego at Absolute Tattoos.

eh peanut buttah cup... waz up tattoo face.

my favorite tattoos are on my friend Jay, his face is one of my new favorites. tattoo by big island.

R.I.P. Mike Brown

ER x APB skate deck show

“ER X APB” MANIFEST, SATURDAY NOV. 19TH OPEN ALL DAY TO PUBLIC, 21 AND OVER AFTER 8PM. here's a board big island did for the show... bid high if you can, mahalos!

cori's chest

big island colored in cori's chest the other day.

Traditional Dude!

big island, vince, and lil' chris made traditional tapping tools and got traditional hawaiian tattoos of a goat. weird.

RIP Deep End

on lisa by big island.

on jerah by big island.

love and aloha

Chevy from the shack got love on his knuckles by big island.