The Coolest Santa Cruz Stranger Things Boards and Merch

If you've been keeping an eye on skate culture and Netflix lately, you probably noticed that the santa cruz stranger things collaboration is basically the coolest thing to happen to 80s nostalgia in years. It's one of those rare instances where two things that belong together finally meet, and honestly, it's a surprise it didn't happen sooner. Santa Cruz Skateboards was essentially the king of the sidewalks back in the 1980s, which is the exact era Stranger Things treats like a holy relic. When you mix the iconic, monster-filled world of Hawkins with the legendary graphics of Jim Phillips, you get something that looks like it was pulled straight out of a time capsule. ...

February 4, 2026 · 6 min · Seren Elgrably