I bought this Powell Peralta Skull & Sword deck in 1988 with money I got for my birthday. Up until this purchase, my skateboards were A.) a Variflex with cement wheels, and B.) a homemade Christian Hosoi Hammerhead lookalike carved out of plywood with the same cement wheels on it. The homemade board was great. No kicktail, weighed about 40 lbs., zero flex. It was like being in the Lil’ Rascals except all my friends were from the future and didn’t have Great Depression toys. So I saved up and bought this deck and promptly moved to a new town where nobody skated. Like 1989, nooooobody skated. I never put wheels or trucks or grip tape on it, just a couple sad Swatch stickers. I think once, after a big snow, I duct taped it to my feet and tried to ride down a hill.