Customer's Vintage Powell Sword & Skull

As you can see, this board is being held together with the tail guard. The good news is that it has good shape.

7 ply separation and damage mostly on this side.

The front end of the board is in much better shape than the tail side.

Same.

Few things to fix.

My guess is that the other side of the board took some weather related damage at some point for awhile.

This is a big growing problem for this board and customer. No problem for V.E.S. !!!

This separation goes right to the truck and the middle of the board. With this amount of damage to the board's wood, as soon as you take the trucks off, the 7 ply separation starts spreading even faster to the other side.

The damaged plys can slide around when the board is rotting. Thanks to the tail guard, trucks, nose guard and rails most of the board stayed in shape.

The board still has some nice concave to it after all these years. The truck guard stickers will also be saved as part of the board's history.

Wheels and bearings could look better- let's see if I can bring some color and life back to blend in well with this board's total refurbish.

The trucks will be dealt with along with all the board's rusty hardware.

The griptape has been removed from the board and is now ready to be refurbished with its history saved.

What you see is what V.E.S. deals with all the time on old boards. Now what?

As always I will consult with my customer on how to proceed for the final look of this board. 

This is what V.E.S. offers.

Custom - Saved - Skateboard - History

Take a look. The paint underneath the griptape is now even cracking off the board.

As I have said before, most boards at this stage of age and condition will not last into the future and its value will be in constant decline. 

The V.E.S. process is changing that future with every board we get !!!

Before any work was done on this board I had to stabilize the graphics, so I could work on the board. Now that the board and its graphics have been stabilized I can now start to customize the board and its look before being V.E.S. sealed.

The big splinter that fell off this board is now back into its stock position and this corner of the board is now made stronger to last into the future. No termites getting into this board now or any time soon!

This boards 7 ply's were wide open, dry and in constant deterioration. The center of both sides were bubbling out and splitting apart.    But that's no problem for V.E.S.  

I do pics under a black light to gives you a great point of view as to how the paint looks before and after work is done. It's for my customer and  for those unconvinced that the graphic or the look of the paint will not change. 

The paint still looks old and shows its history. The only change is that it's locked in back to the board not flaking off into the air.

Keeping the O.G. look, but better.

The V.E.S. process not only fixes the wood under the paint, it repairs the paint at the same time closing the dry-crack gaps and reversing the damage of time, then locking it in for a better looking board ready to go forward into the future.

You can now rub, hold, touch, display, pass around to friends your skateboard history and not be scared to loose it. The next time you are around someone or someplace with a lot of skateboard history on the wall, ask them if you can pass the boards around to your friends.

My guess is that you can't. V.E.S. gives you the opportunity to take back your skateboard history that so few control.

This customer is !!!

Here you can see the V.E.S. custom fix for this boards side. You can guess at what I use but it's really about how I use it and in what way and time. 

Notice the shape is back and the paint is sealed. This area was the worst on this vintage skateboard, but now the worst looks good.

Just go back a few pics and compare.

These wheels were in ok shape as most of the history was from sitting in storage.

Not too much damage from the bearings, but like any wheel of this age, the bearings, if rusty and left in, will only lead to more damage as time goes on.

This is the first step of the V.E.S. detail. I can do more but my customer likes how this looks, so I will stop. 

Now that the wheels are done, I will apply a custom product to help maintain the look and help protect the wheels from the elements.

The look and shade of this wheel will blend nicely into the final look of this board when reassembled.

Now you can see the color of the wheels. This is just one part of the board, but all together this look will age well long into the future and look good doing it while adding value $$$.

I find myself looking at this grip-tape Powell is putting out for the masses with a particular point of view.

As a company that is in the business of saving skateboard history to see the same company 

( Powell Peralta)  copying it's history makes me wonder why they haven't called me yet.

This is what real skateboard history looks like. No copy here!!!

And only Vintage Evolution Skateboards 

is doing it.