Oh, man, WTF did you do with the drill?!?!?! Step away from the power tool! If you need trucks that wide, you can buy new school 215's you know.

It is a little small, yes.

I did have a bad drilling session this time. I had to redrill because the only trucks i have that will work on that board are my old 80's indys (old pattern), and i have no money to buy new trucks. That doesnt normally happen though, with the drilling

thanks man!

Hey, that's a great idea!

Quick review:

I got two from Socal. Socal was cheap and fast, as always.

Now, I know I'm not the only gaylord who is treating these as a collectible...

With that in mind, one of them was pretty blemed up. The blems were inside the shrink, so it wasn't Socal. It looks like the base coat might be black. There were rub marks on parts of the deck - it almost resembles wheel bite. There were also some blotches where the blue just got smudged or something. The tail was a bit dented up - imagine if you took 8 razor blades, and stood them up, then dropped your deck tail first onto it. Real straight, clean, thin dents.

The other one had no flaws at all.

It's all good, I'll setup the off one, store the perfect one. I like to collect completes.

The paint is really nice - a deep blue with sparkly stuff in it.

With regards to the 'dip' - it looks to me like they paint it with a base blue - top, bottom, and sides. Then maybe they put another layer of blue on. The blues don't match though. You can very clearly distinguish how the top paint in particular is plopped onto the base coat. It's two different colors - or maybe it's that the base coat is flat, and the top coat is shiny.

Onto the shape. Do you have the Underhill reissue? I put the Wellinder on top of the Underhill, and it's essentially the same shape with bumps in the back, the same concave, and one inch less than the nose. There's no point to the tail like the Underhill. Net/net - it's essentially an Underhill with less nose. The width and curve are pretty much exact with the exception of the bumps.

If this sounds like complaining, it's not! I'm 100% happy with the reissue. I wish it were a full size though. I just wanted to give everyone an idea of what the dip and shape was like.

CWalker3 - if my Welinder comes all banged up - I will send that shit back quick like. They can kiss my ass for 80.00 Dollars, limited edition or not.

Mine is gonna be a hanger, I have 4 different set ups so Im set for a while. But maybe one day - who knows. I have a feeling it's gonna be worth a nice chunk of cash one day if I can keep it somewhat mint.

thanks for the review Cwalker, and.. the use of the word "gaylord" in a sentence is pretty god damn funny to me ;) nice.

I got mine today, I swear - if I had never seen a picture of Per Welider, I would have sworn he was a midgit by the size of this deck - It does look pretty nice next to my vintage Bill Danforth, SALBA and Powell Rose & Bones though I must admit. Mine had a ding or 2 (like you said CWalker3 about 1 of yours) but f@@# it, Im not gonna be a Gaylord and complain about it, it's a skateboard not a Ferrari.

CWalker3 - I see what you mean about the paint on top, it looks like it was airbrushed at the county fair or something..

@Animal Chin: Does that mean the deck will never be available here in the SOC online shop ?

We are going to continue supporting Grind For Life and will be selling a handful of signed decks by the pros so we can send the proceeds to GFL. It is a great cause for helping cancer patients. I should have some Welinder decks that will be autographed that will only be available on our web site. I will announce a release date when I know better.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Powell-Peralta-Per-Welinder-Nordic-Skull-Skateboard-/360266917179?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e194e53b#ht_3853wt_913


Looks like there are 3 here right now - and the price isn't gouged