Started skating in 1987 because my big brother skated.
First deck was a Nash that I have zero recollection of the graphic. I think it was kind of a non-graphic, just the word NASH written in some "totally radical" font.
First real deck was 1988, I was 7 years old. It was an Alva Eddie Reategui deck, my dad swapped the trucks and wheels from my Nash deck onto it.
I skated from 1987 to 1989, I learned to ollie pretty good but didn't do much else. I was pretty young and more into toys and Nintendo than skating. In retrospect I'm pretty amazed that such a tiny person could pop that monstrous fucking deck and 60mm wheels into the air.
for the old school guys, 1990 or older: What was your first "Popsicle" shape skateboard?
Did you switch to popsicle right away, or did you wait a bit?
In 1993 I started up again, and some of my friends started too. We were in our rebellious preteen phase.
I got a complete Mike Vallely Powell, popsicle reissue of the classic elephant graphic.
Looked a lot like this...(no idea what size it was but probably like 7.5 given the era)
Skated from age 12/13 (1993) until age 21 (2001ish).
I was getting into girls and cars and partying and shit, but I think I mostly quit because all my friends had quit.
The last day I skated I went out by myself, I was trying kick flip front boards on a flat bar. I cracked my deck (a Blind James Craig pro model) and didn't buy a new one for 17 years, when I bought a complete Baker Nuge deck with Thunder trucks and Bones STF.
So in a weird way, I have three "first decks".
I don't have any of them anymore, but oddly, I still have the Blind James Craig deck that I snapped in 2001.