Big River, Skate Shop Day T-Shirt

Native Big River Tee, a nod to Bingo! Releasing Skateshop day 2025!

Saturday the 15th of Feb 2025 is the annual worldwide skateshop day. We’ve already done a blog outlining why skateshop day is so important, and some of the amazing exclusive products we’ll be getting to celebrate from some of skateboarding’s biggest brands. However, one product we didn’t mention, is the limited Native ‘Big River’ tee, celebrating North East heritage, with a nod to the legend, Steven ‘Bingo’ Binks, and his infamous shop ‘Mischief Skatestore’. 

Skateshop day is a day to celebrate the locals, the skater owned shops that have been the heartbeat of the skateboarding eco system since the very beginning, and we thought an excellent way to celebrate would be with a personal touch, which is absolutely what we’ve gone for with the ‘Big River’ Tee. 

In 2008, Mischief released the tee that has inspired ours, the ‘Lot’s of water under the bridge’ instantly became a classic in the North East  of England and beyond into the rest of the UK scene. With the graphic done by longtime homie of Bingo, Funeral French, the tee was a real hit. Featuring a hand illustrated creation of the Tees Transporter Bridge, with a ship sailing underneath, this was obviously a particularly big hit with the people local to the area, but French’s excellent artwork also appealed to a wider audience, whether that was someone who’d maybe visited Mischief in Stockton before, or someone who was a fan of Bingo and his work. 

French has always been a known name in the UK skate scene, and is the guy behind the very popular artwork you’ll find on Dungeon clothing, which is one of the most requested brands we have in store, which can be heavily credited to not only the skaters they sponsor, but also the popularity of French and his artwork. 

At Native, we’re absolutely stoked to link up with French to create our special release skateshop day 2025 shop tee, 17 years on from the original Mischief shop tee release.  Our 2025 version will be very personal to Newcastle, with the Tyne bridge front and centre, and a viking ship sailing underneath, the aim was to not only celebrate Newcastle and our skate scene, but give a big nod to Bingo and to Mischief and the crew. We’re stoked with how this ones turned out, French killed it as always!

This skateshop day, remember Bingo, those who came before you, and those who gave their life to the thing we all love, skateboarding. 

RIP Steven ‘Bingo’ Binks, the forever legend. Mischief Forever.