Handy Reference when looking at Powell Classic decks from the early 2000’s.
Powell Classic Deck Construction
Powell Classic Decks are manufactured in our Santa Barbara skateboard factory, which is still directed by a few of the same craftsmen that made them originally. Skate One designed and fabricated AirLam™ low pressure air bladder presses are used to laminate 7 plies of the finest grade American, hard rock maple, with high strength, water resistant glue. Each deck is then sealed against moisture with a water base acrylic semi-gloss finish. Silk-screened decks are given an additional coat of clear acrylic to add protection to the multi-layer ink coating. Designated decks are given an additional coat of SST™ for longer slides. Powell Classic decks are precisely controlled in thickness for optimum performance and warranted against de-lamination for the useful life of the deck.
Powell Classic decks are made using our contemporary K10, our Classic Spoon-Nose mold, or our K12s.
Powell Classic Deck Concaves
- Classic Spoon Nose
Powell Classic Spoon Nose Decks are similar in design and construction to the Powell-Peralta reissues. They feature original shapes and graphics with a top logo that reads “Powell Classic.” - K10 Concave
Powell Classic K10 Concave Decks incorporate classic Powell graphics with very functional contemporary larger shapes. K10 Classics feature a longer wheel base and a deeper, doublekick nose concave—Great for shredding all types of terrain with style. - Ki11
The K-11 has a deep concave but is flat in the nose and tail planes. - K12s
The K12s features the deep concave of our K12 with a shorter wheelbase for smaller skaters.
Powell Classic Deck Shape Reference | ||||||||
Name | Nose/Tail | Width | Depth | Angel/Tail | Angel/Nose | Radius/Tail | Radius/Nose | Wheelbase |
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SPN2 | Concave | 10″ | 0.460 | 19º | 5º | 9″ | 7.5″ | 17.25″ |
K10 | Concave | 9.5″ | 0.405 | 18º | 18º | 10″ | 10″ | 15.5″ |
Ki11 | Flat | 7.75″ | 0.345 | 19º | 19º | 7″ | 7″ | 14.375″ |
K12s | Flat | 7.375″ | 0.430 | 18º | 20º | 7″ | 6″ | 13.5″ |
This reference ran from 2005 to 2008 for Powell Classics.