The Latest Santa Cruz Skateboards x Pokémon Collab Puts Trading Cards on Blind Bag Decks

Santa Cruz Skateboards has a heavy reputation in the skate industry. The brand, based in the same city as its name, has been around since 1973, carrying a surf ethos into the burgeoning skate world, carving out decades of progression on the board and in graphic art. In recent years, though, the brand known for the Screaming Hand has expanded its character universe outside of the skate industry and into Anime.

Pokémon Card Graphics Hit Skate Shops This Month

The Santa Cruz Skateboards x Pokémon collection has been driving skaters and Pokémon fans into a tailspin for years now, with blind bag drops turning character-themed skate decks into trading cards, complete with rare hologram shiny Charizards to hunt. For its latest collection, Santa Cruz is taking the concept one step further, adding full trading card graphics on the underside of each deck, with matching graphic landscapes behind them.

The drop will feature 30 different skateboards with Pokémon card graphics from the game, each with a different level of rarity hidden beneath the blind bag packaging. The 30 decks correspond to Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, with the collection marking the first time that card graphics have been added to skate decks.

Santa Cruz Skateboards x Pokémon Collection Release Details

The Santa Cruz Skateboards x Pokémon collection will be released October 17, 2026, through select skate shops worldwide, with each deck hidden beneath a silver bag to hide the card underneath. To keep up with all the latest Pokémon collab news and drop info, download the Sole Retriever App.

Zach Harris

Zach Harris is a writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vice, Complex, High Times, and more. He is obsessed with skateboarding and bowling. He is still looking for his first 300. For tips, reviews, and anything in size 10.5 - zach.h@soleretriever.com