Posts Tagged ‘Powell Peralta’
Powell Peralta Christmas Skull & Sword Deck
December 1st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Powell Peralta skateboards get a space for news – haven’t heard much from them lately or my radar scanner just hasn’t beeped when they turned up. This piece of skateboard news did attract my attention as they have planted a limited Christmas Skull & Sword Deck 10×30 deck in stores which may just work for some as a nice collector’s item for the next 50 years. You can decide if it’s something you want for Christmas…
Ray Underhill passes away August 1st,2008
August 3rd, 2008 / No Comments » / by Jonathan Young
Death is for me always something sad, when someone you have known, experienced something with or you just could relate to is not there anymore, at least physically. Ray Underhill passed away on Friday, August 1st, 2008 after several years of battling cancer.
He was known for those of us who started skating in the 70s or 80s as a part of the legendary Bones Brigade crew. Ray turned pro in 1987 and was sponsored by Powell Peralta. He was featured in the Bones Brigade videos The Search For Animal Chin (1987) and Ban This (1989), two videos which formed many skaters I know.
He leaves behind his family, wife and two children and many friends and fellow skaters. If you wish to leave your condolences you can go to the Ray Underhill website and leave a message on their message board.
Many websites and people are writing about his passing away, here’s just one of many videos dedicated to Ray. Sometimes it’s also good to just remember the good times and not be sad.
Rest in peace Ray and thanks for showing me and many others how skateboarding is always a part of our lives.
other sites writing about Ray Underhill:
- SkateDaily.net
- The Skateboard Mag and J. Grant Brittain
- Thrasher Magazine
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August 27, 2010: Ricardo Batista
August 22, 2010: Jonas Wedelstädt
August 21, 2010: bill Danforth
