Good timing-- today I found the second page in a stack of stuff I'm still going through today. Doesn't have a date, but is signed by "Kom Park, Customer Service". Any ideas? unclear if it is a real name-- the signature itself looks like a skateboard (its like a one line signature with 2 loops-- don't see any actual letters). When I have time later I will attempt to scan. They added a fax number and 1800 number as well. So rad. Doesn't appear to have a date on the second page either. I must have been really, really young when I did this though because I pretty quickly became an Alien Workshop fanboy, but before I had access to much skate media it was all Powell of course. Maybe even before I got my first "real" board and was riding an orange Nash still, though I recall distinctly my first real board had mini logo wheels, so maybe that stemmed my first question. This is a wild guess, but maybe in the 93-97 range this was sent.
Re: Powell wackness-- they may not be considered cool (then or now), but I have noticed anytime I've bought a Powell flight deck (not often, but have got a few to try in last few years- 8.75 to 9 popsicles), all the kids at skatepark clamoring to try and get it when its razor tailed and im done with it. No need to mention Bones either. They do very well for a company everyone claims not to like ha.
Granted, I'm still more of an Alien/Habitat fanboy, but you can't deny Powell's incredible longevity and ability to reinvent itself-- and I think a lot of people assume Powell in the early 90s era was dead, when it was pretty similar to it is now ha (minus the weird Andy Anderson deck phenonom). In that early 90s era especially, I really think their products were better than most others. You probably got shit for it in NYC (I was in south jersey/philly back then), but mini logo decks from the early 90s definitely lasted longer than World decks. Their slicks in particular I remember being crazy, but I dont think I had one.
Topic: Powell early 90s appreciation thread (Read 816 times)