Powell Peralta x Bones Brigade x Mike McGill "Skull and Snake" 1984 Reissue Skateboard Deck.
Original Mike McGill "Skull and Snake" deck shape, concave and artwork.
Bones Brigade Series 16 limited edition 2025 release of 2,500 decks.
The Bones Brigade Series 16 Skateboards feature a sequentially numbered, tamper-proof hologram-style authentication sticker and official collectabe Certificate of Authenticity postcard with Bones Brigade team rider biographies. The stickers and cards uniquely identify each limited edition deck.
- BB Series 16 decks feature satin black inks with gold foil highlights
- Width: 10.0″
- Length: 30.58″
- Wheelbase: 15.2″
- Nose: 4.13″
- Tail: 6.2″
- Shape: 215
- Concave: SP3
- Wheel wells: No
- Truck hole pattern: Long 4. Original 2.5" "old school" truck hole template
- Construction: 7-Ply North American Hard Rock Maple
Powell-Peralta™ limited edition reissue decks, authentic reproductions for collectors, classic set-ups, and old school skating.
Due to the delicate nature of some inks and metallic foils used in Bones Brigade limited reissues, care should be taken when handling. With individual production processes for each deck, there may be subtle variations and minor imperfections unique to each skateboard.
Powell-Peralta x Mike McGill Artwork;
Mike McGill joined the Powell Peralta team in 1980, and soon after became a core member of the Bones Brigade.
Before the iconic Skull and Snake became his signature graphic, McGill's first pro-model board featured a Fighter Jet graphic, designed by Powell Peralta artist Vernon Courtlandt Johnson (VCJ).
In the summer of 1984, Mike McGill perfected the 540 degree front-flip aerial maneuver, known as the "540 McTwist" at a skate camp in Sweden. This innovative, competition changing vertical trick coincided with the time VCJ was tasked with developing a new pro-model board graphic for McGill.
With the popularity of the Powell-Peralta "Skull and Bones" theme, it was decided to use a similar concept for McGill's new deck. In a phone interview conducted by VCJ and a teenage Mike, noting that his home state of Florida "had a lot of rattle snakes that were green" and frequent thunderstorms, requested that a snake and lightning bolts be incorporated into the skull graphic.
McGill's 1984 Skull and Snake graphic, now an iconic Powell Peralta pro-board design of the 1980's skate aesthetic.
Powell-Peralta x Bones Brigade
The Bones Brigade were an unprecedented group of skateboarders who, as a collective, transformed the cultural and technical evolution of skateboarding. The innovative manoeuvres performed by them over a decade spanned the fundamental to revolutionary.
World champion Stacy Peralta recruited and mentored the "Brigade" as he joined forces with product designer George Powell to form Powell Peralta.
Graphics, colours, veneers and stains may vary slightly from images.