As I mentioned in an earlier upload, I originally came up with the idea for Álvaro of the Sea in a college typography class. We were designing skateboards/surfboards/snowboards, four each with a theme. I picked surfboards, and I decided to design them around a fictional platformer video game of the 16-bit era. The whole concept was beyond any of my classmates, but I've stuck with the idea since, hoping someday to make it a real game and a tribute to '90s gaming mascots.

The first one features the game's logo, and a pirate otter skull.

From 2008.