The Longboard Blog

Today was my first day back from the Surf Expo trade show, so I wanted to take it easy on myself. What could be easier than photographing a few reissued Powell and Bones stickers. Turns out, there are over 22 of them, and it took 6 hours to shoot, edit, and add them to the site. It was well worth the effort, as every sticker I worked on brought back great memories. Each sticker is just as crisp and vibrant as I remember the originals to be, and appear to be manufactured by the same silkscreening method, which gives them that extra punch.

Hollywood has been on strike for a month now, so you may be bogged down watching The Tonight Show re-runs or depleting what’s left on Tivo. I happen to be watching an old Steven King Film, which reminded me to edit photos of the new Alligators from Bennett. Both 62mm and 71mm versions are now available in blue and orange, and come in slightly changed durometers [hardnesses], 80a for blue and 79a for orange. And you thought nothing new would be coming out of California until next year.

A few of us at the shop, and many of our customers are a product of the 80’s. For us radicals, we are going old school. Visit the new Powell section for re-issues of the Ray Rodriguez, Skull & Snake, Cab Street, Dragon II, Vallely, and Ripper. We’re making a list of other re-issues to bring in. If you have a request, please let us know. There is also a new web address being added to the family, theoldschoolstore.com.