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POWELL PERALTA SKATEBOARD VIDEO 1982

Junior Lua2 skaters recommend it · 2 mentions, 2014 to 2017
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Eight minute upload of Powell Peralta skate footage from 1982. Shows early 80s board shapes, wheels and tricks from Powell Peralta's first video era.

Why skaters like it

Linked in threads as proof of what boards and tricks looked like in 1982: wide decks, early 80s wheels, pool and ramp style skating.

“By 1982 we already had that first Powell Peralta video, with the fully fat board shapes and 80s wheel style.”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/ixAp0c2017 · 1 points

>I mean does no one remember when all there was to skate was penny board styled decks? I don't think we *remember* per say but tricks were a lot different back then. The Kickflip wasn't invented until 1982 by then which [LINK] big 10 inch pool boards were the norm, since this was the style [VIDEO]. Now we have guys tre flipping huge gaps and shit...

u/fingerguns2014 · 1 points

It's the 70s. By 1982 we already had that first Powell Peralta video, with the fully fat board shapes and 80s wheel style. [VIDEO]

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