Let the big three from the mid 80’s (Powell Peralta, Santa Cruz, and Vision) battle it out over who has the best reissues. This includes decks, wheels, stickers, shirts, rails, etc...anything that has been reissued.
You must explain why your choice is supreme.
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1 for Vision
0 for everyone else
.....and the winner is Vision!
Powell gets my vote from the 3 above though.
Lots of smaller runs are being done, and quality has been good. The early World Industries stuff that Prime is doing is amazing. Original shapes and concave, and quality screen printed graphics - at an affordable price.
The prime stuff does look good as well. I was however super unimpressed with the screened version of the Natas Satan reissue. I'm thinking they probably nailed it though and the original just wasn't as detailed as my minds eye remembers.
I have skated Powell Classic and Powell Peralta reissues and I believe Powell Peralta wear down faster, but I will still buy them. I have a couple of Watson's(Alva, Blockhead) and they look like the best!
That wasn't Prime, it was Dwindle. And yes, the Dwindle reissues have been very hit or miss. The Powell spoofs were garbage.
Who did dwindle use to do the screen printing? @sleepingskull you know the guys that do those garbage screen prints for paisley.
Like I said it's probably more of being spot on compared to the original screen of the graphic that was done in the skateboarding is dead times of the 90's.
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Powell and Santa Cruz both make great shirts (that are silk screened) and stickers. Both use oversized t-shirts so it's like 85-91 when dudes wore bigger shirts and not tight like nowadays or the 70's and 79-82 eras. In terms of rails and wheels, I only buy OG. I refuse to use 5 hole rails on my decks.
Like @WakeInFright I too have some Alva and blockhead reissues and they are on point. That being said I would put that lack of quality control back on Tony Mag. Dave from blockhead and Tony Alva must care a little more about what's going out with their name attached to it.