Mike Vallely // "Prime Heritage x World Industries Mike Vallely Deck Elephant 9.75″ - 2018 Reissue - Handsigned by Mike!

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Prime Heritage x World Industries Mike Vallely Deck Elephant 9.75″ 

Width: 9.75"

Length: 30.75

Wheelbase: 14.5"

Mal wieder ist die Freude groß...geiles Deck und handsigniert von Mike Vallely!

Mike Vallely aka "Mike V."...geiler Skater, ein bisschen kontrovers, was ihn aber auszeichnet und meine persönliche Meinung ist. Ich finde es gut und er hat das nie aufgegeben. Sein neuestes und möglicherweise bestes Projekt "Street Plant" aka "Garageland".

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"About Prime Wood USA

The World Industries Mike Vallely Deck is manufacture by Prime Wood USA.

Prime Wood was founded in 1930 by a young, dedicated Italian-American businessman named Ceasare Tuccinardi. Ceasare started out primarily handcrafting quality furniture. They were very successful in making custom breakfast nooks. Shortly after launching his business, Ceasare had his three boys Phil, Louie and Lorrie. It wasn’t long before Prime became a family affair.

By 1964 the company had began curving plywood for some of its furniture projects. The presses the Tuccinardi family hand built for this process would eventually produce some of the earliest “kick tail” skateboards. With the new presses in place, Prime began pressing wood for early skateboard brands like Madrid and Z Products. The first skateboards were pressed by Prime Wood in 1968, making Prime one of the earliest mass producers of skateboards.

Prime Wood in the 1980’s

By 1988, Professional skateboarders Steve Rocco and Rodney Mullen felt the industry shifting. They left Sims and Powell respectively to found World Industries. The two walked through the Prime doors shortly after, and worked closely with Phil Tuccinardi to perfect the modern day skateboard. To this day Phil speaks of the countless hours Rodney spent shaping and perfecting things at the Prime factory to make top notch, quality skateboards. It was during this time Prime began making skateboards for almost the entire industry.

Their production roster included brands like World, Blind, Plan B, 101, Shorty’s, Birdhouse, Flip, Hookups, Baker, and the Firm to name just a portion. Prime Wood at it’s peak had 220 employees, produced 2.4 million skateboards a year, and was running 24 hours a day, 7 days week.

Phil, Louie and Lorrie all retired in 2008 and sold the Prime business to long-time skateboarder and musician Scott Holloway. Scott has since relocated the USA production facility to South Pasadena in Los Angeles County. Today each and every employee at Prime is also a passionate skateboarder, which ensures that our skateboards are made by individuals who really care about the quality of our products."