Chad Koeplinger comes from The States. He has got a long, characteristic beard. What is the most important, his specialty is traditional oldschool tattooing. He says: „Here in United States, when you think about a tattoo the first thing that comes to your mind is a motive of skull, crossed bones or rose. Flash art and these kind of classic motives rooted into people minds as a tattoo”. Since he was 9 years old he has been interested in skateboarding, he still does it (maybe not as often as he used to in the past) and still it’s one of the most important things in his life. Chad identifies himself with “straight edge” movement, he doesn’t drink, smoke or take drugs. He loves his work for many reasons, one of the most important is the fact that it gives him the possibility to travel and explore the world. He got his first passport in 2003, since then he’s been to 35 countries. www.myspace.com/koeplinger