Powell Peralta

The Powell Peralta story

Founded in 1978 by engineer George Powell and pro skater Stacy Peralta, Powell Peralta became the defining brand of skateboarding's 1980s explosion. The Bones Brigade (Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero and more) was the most stacked team in skate history, and the brand's videos and graphics, including Vernon Courtlandt Johnson's skull-and-sword artwork and the Ripper, shaped the entire visual language of skating. Still independently run and still making product the right way, Powell carries more genuine heritage than almost any brand in the game.

What is Powell Peralta known for?

Decks, wheels and a huge catalogue of reissue and old-school shapes alongside modern popsicle decks. They are known for durable construction (the Flight decks are famously tough and long-lasting), legendary graphics, and bridging skate history with current product. Whether you want a modern street deck, a cruiser, or an old-school reissue to relive the 80s, Powell delivers, and their wheel heritage runs deep too.

Which Powell deck should you get?

• Modern popsicle decks — standard-shape street decks in current widths, including the tough Flight construction if you want a deck that lasts.
• Reissues and old-school shapes — faithful recreations of the classic 80s shapes, wider with big noses and kicktails, ideal for pool, ramp, cruising and collecting.
• Completes and wheels — ready-to-ride setups and the classic Powell wheel formulas.

Modern popsicle for technical street, old-school reissue for pool, cruising and character. Tell us how you want to ride and we will match the shape and width.

Are Powell reissue decks skateable?

Yes. While collectors prize them, the reissues are built with quality maple construction and are fully skateable, so you can ride the shape that got you into skating rather than just hang it on the wall. If you want one purely to display, they look incredible either way.

Buying Powell Peralta in Australia

Deep range of decks, reissues, old-school shapes and wheels in stock, from a genuine core skate shop run by people who actually skate. We build custom completes to spec and ship free on orders over $90 with same and next-day dispatch from Richmond.

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