Powell Peralta x Steve Caballero | Street Dragon Reissue Skateboard Deck. Black Stain / 9.625" x 29.75"

Powell Peralta x Steve Caballero Street Dragon Reissue Skateboard Deck, featuring the iconic 1987 "Street Dragon" graphic.

• Collection: Powell Peralta x Steve Caballero Street Dragon Reissue. Black stain
• Width: 9.625"
• Length: 29.75"
• Wheelbase: 15.125"
• Nose: 3.5"
• Tail: 6.88"
• Shape: 157
• Mould / Concave: SP3 
• Truck Hole Pattern: Long 4. Original 2.5" "old school" truck hole template
• Construction: 7-Ply North American Hard Rock Maple

Powell-Peralta™ Re-Issue Construction
Powell-Peralta re-issue decks are authentic reproductions of their 1980’s counterparts, featuring the original top and bottom graphics, shape and concave.
Iconic decks for collectors, classic set-ups, and old school skating.

Powell-Peralta x Steve Caballero
Steve Caballero began riding for Powell-Peralta in 1979 at the age of 14 upon his success in the Californian "Gold Cup Series" skate competitions. One of the original "Class of '79" in the newly formed "Bones Brigade" skate team Stacy Peralta and George Powell had established, Steve quickly became one of their top skaters, with innovative riding, style and power which set a standard for vertical skateboarding.
In 1980 Steve turned professional, the time in which Powell-Peralta released Steve Caballero's first pro-signature board. He was initially offered a simple propeller/skull nose-art graphic but rejected it. Steve submitted some sketches of his own, one of which was a crouching dragon, which was the art direction that followed. Powell-Peralta artist Vernon Courtlandt Johnson (VCJ) reworked the design a couple times before laying down the final ink. Cab's pro-signature board was released in December 1980. 
In time, a Dragon themed graphic would become the signature image for Steve Caballero's pro models, in part inspired by Cab's respect for Bruce Lee (known as "The Little Dragon" for his movies "Enter the Dragon" and "Return of the Dragon"), and for Caballero's birth year of 1964, The Year of the Dragon in the Chinese and Japanese zodiac calendars.  

Steve Caballero's Signature Dragon Artwork;

• 1980: Original Dragon. Crouching Dragon on a flat skateboard bearing, with later subtle variations.
• 1986: Chinese Dragon. Inspired by a Chinese takeout box. Often associated with the "Search for Animal Chin" video era.
• 1987: Street Dragon. Featuring a "bats and bones" background. Designed specifically for street skating, featuring the "Caballero" name in a bat-shaped font.
• 1988: Ban This Dragon. Referred to as the "Ban This Dragon" with it's prominence in the 1989 Powell Peralta documentary film "Ban This", featuring the Bones Brigade.

Graphics, colours, veneers and stains may vary slightly from images.