About.com Rating
The Bottom Line
Powell's Pro Graphic series features Tough-Ply boards with K-i11 concave, each with a Powell pro rider's name along with a sweet dragon head graphic. These boards are tough and thick, and the graphics are some of the best. Powell makes thier own decks, and they know what they're doing.
Pros
- Sweet pro graphics
- Strong Tough-Ply™ Construction
- Powell decks are guaranteed against delaminating
Cons
- The Powell Pro series is made to be strong, not light
Description
- Tough-Ply™ construction adds a little thickness for added strength
- k-i11 concave features a fairly medium concave with flat nose and tail
- Made in Powell's own woodshop in California from American maple
- Incrediable graphics
- Danny Wainwright's pro deck features a slim yellow dragon's head
- Rodeny Jones's pro deck with a tough roaring green dragon's head
- Steve Caballero's pro deck features a red and orange Chinese style dragon's head
- Pat Channita's pro deck features a cold blue dragon's head
- Jon Comer's pro deck features a crazy-eyed smaller dragon's head with long spikes out the back
Guide Review - Deck - Powell Pro Graphic Series (dragon heads)
This series is hot. The graphics are very cool, both simple and artistic, with the dragon heads each having their own style and color scheme. These boards look great.
But beyond how the boards look, you want to know if they are made well, and these decks certainly are. Powell makes their own decks in their Santa Barbara Headquarters woodshop.
Powell is a name that has been around skateboarding forever, and so it's only fitting that they make high quality skate gear. A lot of companies out there buy their decks from an outside manufacturer, slap their graphics on it, and call it good. Powell goes the extra mile in making their own boards, making sure they are quality. Each skate deck is made from 7 plys of high grade American hard rock maple, pressed with high impulse water resistant glue, and sealed against moisture with an acrylic semi-gloss finish. The Powell Pro series has been given an additional clear coat of acrylic to give added protection to the graphics and the deck.
The Powell Pro series also features Tough-Ply™ Construction - the decks are a little thicker and tougher, so they don't break as easy. This should be a good selling point to a lot of guys and girls out there who like making their own stunt videos.
Bottom line - Powell's Pro Graphic series is a great choice. The dimensions of each deck are printed on them, so you should be able to find one that matches what you are looking for.