There are so many old school decks being re-issued right now, and I am glad. No offense but most of the art of new decks just does not compare to the timeless classic designs of the days when I was growing up. (sorry kids lol)

check it out, “old school Vision re-issue Psycho Stick”

US Made Original Old School Reissue Skateboard Deck. Bolt features match new truck models – 4 bolts. No Wheel Wells. US Made from Canadian maple in original factory. Measures 10 x 30.5

Powell-Peralta—The Next Chapter. George Powell, the Godfather of skateboard manufacturing and Stacy Peralta, skateboarding legend/film producer, have joined forces once again. Proudly satisfying the needs of skaters and skateboard collectors all over the world, Powell Peralta is re-issuing some of the most popular and classic skateboards of all time along with wheels, soft goods, and many more must-have collectibles.

The old school ripper deck!! need I say more?

This classic design is one of the coolest looking decks from the old school days of wide skateboards and big wheels!

Oh yes, this is the deck I am ordering next… without a doubt.

Purple Mike Vallely Elephant old school 10″ deck from Powell Peralta.

Timeless design and shape, love the bold purple colors and the elephant is awesome!

In 1987, Vallely turned pro and Powell Peralta released his first pro model skateboard. After an attempt to release Vallely’s pro model with graphics of a large bug, it was later changed to the now well-known “elephant” graphics. Vallely stated that the idea for the graphics came to him after watching a National Geographic television special about elephants. The graphics on Mike’s “Elephant” board were drawn by legendary skateboard artist V. Courtland Johnson.

In 1989, Vallely quit Powell Peralta. At the time Powell Peralta was the biggest skateboarding brand in the world which sponsored the best and most talented skaters. After quitting, Vallely helped form the small skater run company called World Industries with Steve Rocco, Jesse Martinez and Rodney Mullen. While riding for World Industries he helped create a newly shaped skateboard deck, which eventually became the industry standard. The model included rounding both the tail and nose, rather than rounded nose and straight edged tail.

Since I started posting more entries about the old school skateboards that came out when I was young, some even before my time, I decided to post the original Caballero pig decks.. I posted the black and red bats & dragon Cab Street … “Pigs” are what us old timers call the fat decks like this…

(Left) This is one of the first commercial Steve Cabellero graphics used (on the left) This skateboard has gone for $2,200 on eBay in the past.

(Right) The skateboard on the right is a redo of the original graphic, you can see they made his name more legible by moving the dragon up a little off the disc and revealing his name more in the graphic… awesome skateboards from the past.

After posting the cover of Disposable recently, I realized I should post the old pink/red Lance Mountain that seems to be one of the rarest and hard to find colors of old Lance Mountain decks.

It’s been reported that thic deck has hit the $900 range on eBay in the past and will likely only go up in price as the years go on.

Another skateboard deck with art I can picture from my youth is the old school John Grigley. When this deck came out I can remember I tried to draw the face on paper to make a stencil for my book covers! Those were the days…

When I was young I became inspired by Mark Gonzales not only to skate, but his deck artwork always was cool to me. Here is what he is doing now, and it has come a long way since the old Gonz Vision decks.

Check out the latest Gonz Art decks:

The Gonz has come a long way, through a few ups and downs and is now putting out his own stuff via Krooked Skateboarding, check it out when you have the time and never forget that skaters are artists too.

Here is the wicked Bam Margera Element Skeleton Guitar Deck

Ships complete in an Element custom Bam guitar box. Element is a skateboard company that was established in Atlanta, Georgia in 1992 as Underworld Element. The company later dropped the “Underworld” from its name and became known as just Element. The founder and president of the company, Johnny Schillereff, invented the logo as being the life of natural wood and being “one” with the board. The Element logo is a stick figure style tree inside a circle, often white in a red background. In some renditions, the logo is also circled by the words: Wind, Water, Fire, and Earth, the four basic elements.

This isn’t the oldest of the Lance Mountain decks out there, but I still like the design. Made by Powell Peralta

Always liked the old Natas skateboard decks.