In the late 1980’s, Powell Peralta had established a formidable vert team featuring legendary skaters such as Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, and Lance Mountain. To broaden their pro roster and tap into the burgeoning “street-style” market, they began adding new street pros.
Following the inclusion of Tommy Guerrero, they brought on Mike Vallely, then Ray Barbee.
The fourth street pro to receive a deck model was Steve Saiz, a Long Beach local.
His deck, released in 1989, featured a Native American “totem pole” graphic, which was the second design illustrated by the newly acquired artist Sean Cliver. Saiz skated for Powell-Peralta into the early 1990s until a knee injury ended his career.
The Steve Saiz deck, originally released in 1989, was characterized by its blue-dyed top and rails. It featured the original concave and the “Long 4” truck hole pattern. Powell-Peralta’s re-issue decks are close reproductions of their 1980s counterparts, maintaining the original top and bottom graphics, shape, and concave.
These re-issue decks are crafted with the company’s partner in Mexico, using U.S. hard rock maple and glue that meets Powell-Peralta’s specifications, ensuring durability and a warranty against delamination for their useful life. The shape and graphics of these decks are created in Santa Barbara, CA.
POWELL PERALTA
STEVE SAIZ DECK:
- Deck width: 10″
- Deck length: 30.81″
- Wheelbase: 15″
- Nose spec: 4.47″
- Tail spec: 6.34″
- Deck shape” 282 / Concave: SP3
- More here: POWELL REISSUES
Featuring: Andy Anderson, Christopher Hiett, Johni Bradford, Craig Edwards, and Cody Heil.
Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. It became known for its Bones Brigade team, which included top skateboarding competitors of the 1980s.
Peralta left the company in 1991 and Powell continued to produce skateboard equipment under the Powell, Bones Bearings, and RollerBones brands. CalStreets or CSI was the company's second distributor in Canada after Northwest Skateboards.
