Top-10 Helmet Painters

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bored at work, so I decided to put together a list of my top-10 helmet painters...and any other painters you guys want to add.

1. Air Trix
http://www.airtrix.com/

2. Beam Designs
http://beamdesigns.com/

3. Troy Lee Designs
http://www.troyleedesigns.com/

4. Jens Munser Designs
http://www.jmd.de/neu/

5. Starline Design
http://www.newworks.it/starline/

6. Antman Helmet Design
http://www.antmanhelmetdesign.com/

7. Nick Pastura Motorsports
http://nickpasturamotorsports.com/

8. Smart Race Paint
http://www.smartracepaint.com/

9. Artmix Studios
http://www.artmixstudios.com/artmix2010/index.html

10. Cleber Designs
http://www.cleberdesigns.com/

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thefactorypilot 2/22/2011 1:20pm
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Obviously troyleedesigns.com
axcelfastgraphics.com
Ric Dupstadt Graphix which is now I think mxhelmetpaint.com used to do a lot of FAST people in the Tex/Oklahoma area in the 90s.
Mike Taylor used to do a lot of fast pros in the 90s
AP Designs is awesome
No Limit from florida in the 90s did incredible work.
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Mini Elsinore 2/22/2011 1:42pm
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NorCal's own Don Serrano. Used to do (among others) Glover's pink lids---but don't hold that against him!

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Mstock 2/22/2011 2:08pm
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Forward that list to all pro riders. The cookie cutter production helmet look is tired.
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Lee H. from Hellion Designs in Mass does some incredible work for those of you in the New England area.

Watch for the helmet that AJ Catanzaro is wearing this weekend, Lee has been doing his lids for a while.

He is a poster here on Vital.
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GrapeApe 2/22/2011 2:54pm
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That's fugged up. Really fugged up.
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jndmx wrote:
Lee H. from Hellion Designs in Mass does some incredible work for those of you in the New England area. Watch for the helmet that AJ...
Lee H. from Hellion Designs in Mass does some incredible work for those of you in the New England area.

Watch for the helmet that AJ Catanzaro is wearing this weekend, Lee has been doing his lids for a while.

He is a poster here on Vital.
I Agree Lee is an Artist.. Great work!!
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stash124 2/22/2011 2:58pm
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GrapeApe wrote:
Tagger
x2

I had a helmet done by him last year and it is the sickest helmet I've ever had. I really like all the volcom and skull candy helmets he does.
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Jeff Long - Image 1

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Yep Jeff Long can throw some paint!
He has done a couple of Helmets for Regal, one for Albertson and has done some for just about every race entity, including Race Cars and jet Skis.
Harley Davidson tried to hire him back in the day. He has his hand in the Iron Horse brand as well.
The guy has an eye, that's for sure.
He posts on here occasionally, so maybe he will post up some of his art....I know my helmet is pretty Sweet.

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I would throw Justin Barnes (of Newburg, New York) name in there.

He got his start painting MX helmets back in 1992 or so and has been in the game for a long time. He does very, very good work.

Plus, he is a pretty good MX'er himself as well..having raced up through the "A" class.

Also, he also used to do quite a bit of painting for the OCC boys when they first hit it big. Recall the "FDNY" bike, and a few others.He was the guy that was always on the show wearing MX hats and tee shirts.

Site:

http://www.jbgrafix.com/about.htm
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Mini Elsinore wrote:
NorCal's own Don Serrano. Used to do (among others) Glover's pink lids---but don't hold that against him!
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers back in the day...good times.
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jndmx 2/22/2011 4:33pm
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jndmx wrote:
Lee H. from Hellion Designs in Mass does some incredible work for those of you in the New England area. Watch for the helmet that AJ...
Lee H. from Hellion Designs in Mass does some incredible work for those of you in the New England area.

Watch for the helmet that AJ Catanzaro is wearing this weekend, Lee has been doing his lids for a while.

He is a poster here on Vital.
mx338 wrote:
I Agree Lee is an Artist.. Great work!!
Couldn't agree more Ralph.
Moose Knuckle 2/22/2011 4:39pm
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When I was a kid my dream job was to be a helmet painter. My dad would get so mad because every week I would be painting on my helmet, or starting over from scratch. The paint would get pretty thick. Most of them looked like piss, but by the time I hit my twenties I had figured out a few trick and could make a nice one every now and then.

After the rider replica helmets came out, there wasnt much need to paint your own anymore, so I quit. I wish I would have stuck with it and learned more.
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Mini Elsinore wrote:
NorCal's own Don Serrano. Used to do (among others) Glover's pink lids---but don't hold that against him!
ocscottie wrote:
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers...
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers back in the day...good times.
Do you guys know how to contact him?
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JerseyFresh 2/22/2011 5:13pm
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Ya know this is something that has really died off in MX. I remember when I was a kid I always looked forward to seeing MC's new paint-job for the year. The magazines even did articles with photos of all the pro's helmets. Wish the gear companies would let guys run custom painted helmets again, it gave the riders more personality.
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Www.xtremekreations.com I saw this guys work during bike week in daytona last year. Before the supercross,This gus work is unreal for whatever you want painted...
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Mini Elsinore wrote:
NorCal's own Don Serrano. Used to do (among others) Glover's pink lids---but don't hold that against him!
ocscottie wrote:
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers...
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers back in the day...good times.
iudi2006 wrote:
Do you guys know how to contact him?
Not long ago his name came up, and someone said something about him still being around? (ya lots of help that is lol) Might of been in the oldschool section of the forum. Its worth trying a search...
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This is a cool little page about them painting the Red Bull F1 helmets: HERE

Sebs helmets are always so trick

This is a page with a gallery of his lids: HERE
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ocscottie wrote:
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers...
I still have an old helmet sitting up on a shelf in my room that Don painted for my best bro. He did all the NorCal'ers back in the day...good times.
iudi2006 wrote:
Do you guys know how to contact him?
ocscottie wrote:
Not long ago his name came up, and someone said something about him still being around? (ya lots of help that is lol) Might of been...
Not long ago his name came up, and someone said something about him still being around? (ya lots of help that is lol) Might of been in the oldschool section of the forum. Its worth trying a search...
Alright, Thanks. I thought he was still doing them. I tried googling him and searching him up on facebook but haven't had any luck. Let me check the old school section.
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iudi2006 wrote:
Do you guys know how to contact him?
ocscottie wrote:
Not long ago his name came up, and someone said something about him still being around? (ya lots of help that is lol) Might of been...
Not long ago his name came up, and someone said something about him still being around? (ya lots of help that is lol) Might of been in the oldschool section of the forum. Its worth trying a search...
iudi2006 wrote:
Alright, Thanks. I thought he was still doing them. I tried googling him and searching him up on facebook but haven't had any luck. Let me...
Alright, Thanks. I thought he was still doing them. I tried googling him and searching him up on facebook but haven't had any luck. Let me check the old school section.
Here is the thread: http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Old-School-Moto,22/Holy-Carlos,330771

Looks like you should send Mini Elsinore a msg, he might know.
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Bellone 2/22/2011 7:02pm
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How about cost?
Who has the best bang for the buck?

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