I can remember being stoked when Poweredge first came out in the late 80’s. It seemed like a little bit of Thrasher and a little bit of Transworld. More importantly, it was something different, and it seemed fresh and authentic and not just something cobbled together by outsiders jumping on a bandwagon. I remember meeting a couple of the Poweredge staff at a few of the higher profile skate events in the Midwest, and they were all friendly and without attitude. Needless to say, Poweredge folded in 1991. but like R.A.D. before it, Poweredge has shown up online. Right now it’s just some history and selected parts of the first issue. The interface is a bit wonky, but sometimes it’s better to forge ahead instead of waiting for another five years to pass while you make everything perfect. Believe me, I’ve been there.
Check out Poweredge Magazine online.
And on another note. The site has been relatively inactive lately because I’ve been ill and I’m finally recovering, so expect the pace to pick up. Thanks to everyone who contributed in my absence.
17 comments
Adam Fleming
Thats my ramp that Gator is rolling in on!!! Ramp Paradise!! Honolulu, HA. 1988 🙂
jim beach
me and bruce adams along with a few others started lapper mag. it started with a tribute to A-TOWN ramp in annandale,va. it grew into lapper.anything ya’ll want to know about what happened to it and us , look up bruce at skatecolorado.com or e-mail me. we still have a few back issues.
TG
Poweredge,
Just wanted to say WELCOME BACK!!!
TG
Rich Real
YO! Whats up poweredge is thee alltime best mag out of san diego ca. …I was blessed w having Dan Sturt photograph me @ a killer time in skateboarding!!!!!! march 1988 centerfold big boneless one!!! RICH REAL
Danny Bearer
Allan Sarlo, the New King of Dogtown after last years proformance at the Dukes World Championships at 30 foot 12 waves in a row at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii without one mistake !!! And to Jeff Ho the New Prince of Dogtown and his buddies Skipper Boy,Craig Steke 111 and Curtis Stevenson member of the MAKAHA SKATEBOARD AND SKI CLUB’S proformance on THE Poweredge Magazine home front and his buddy and mine Shawn Bryant new owner of MAKAHA’s Club !!! Cheers to all the Santa Monica Skateboard Club MAKAHA!!!! Very truly yours, Danny Bearer
Danny Bearer
Dear Curt, What is it that you would lie me to do also Craig Stekc, Jeff Ho, Spiker Boy Emlblom ? I do have two new model skateboards one MAKAHA SKATEBOARD AND SKI CLUB 44″ x 9″ White Ash with two Black Walnut 1″ stringers to the right of center manufactured by MAKAHA and Skipper gave me a double kick tail blank which was shaped immediately by yours truly as a long board free flyer !!! Very truly yours, Daniel Bearer
Danny Bearer
See more old photo’s from the beginning’s of showmanship in the sport and art of skateboarding and surfing see, facebook.com, and beconme a friend ! Very truly yours, Danny Bearer, thank you!
Danny Bearer
Poweredgemagazine.com is an excellent source of skateboarding sport and art, Publisher the Father of the Skateboard, R.L.Stevenson, assistant publishers, Shawn Bryant and Curt Stevenon the son of the father of the skateboard. Owners of THE MAKAHA SKATEBOARD AND SKI CLUB. MEMBERS AND RIDERS ARE WOODY WOODWARD, BRUCE LOGAN, GREGG CARROLL, CURT STEVENSON,TONY ALVA, DANNY BEARER AND SCOTT ARCHER, THANK YOU ! VERY TRULY YOURS, DANNY BEARER
Danny Bearer
Dear Skate and annoy website, My name is Danny Bearer I would like to know what I can do to improve your website. Please contact me if there is something I can do to impove the sport and art we all love…Very truly yours, Daniel F. Bearer 111 phone# i-310-452-1030 ! Thank you in advance and thankyou for your servive to the community of the world of Skateboarding!!!
Danny Bearer
The new novel “Defense Above All” the Adventures of Danny Bearer Chapter 23 …..(To be continued)the true story of the first professional skateboard club MAKAHA and professional surfing’s beginnings in the early 1960’s in California travelling tne United States of America, Western Europe and Northern Africa….
zed-word
I have something I need to get off my chest. It is not easy for me to be sentimental but here I go. You guys make me feel good about early grabbing all of my airs and spending all day skating the ramp.
It is nice to know that their are other peole who still get excited about learning inverts and standup grinds in the bowl. Thanks Skate and Annoy. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go do some layback airs and frontside rocks. Then I’ll probably drink myself to sleep. Skate and Annoy, mutherfuckers.
hectic
I GOT THE MIND OF A LUNATIC
Jeff G.
Thanks for the PowerEdge post. I just emailed the guy. I had about 5 weeks ago scanned in the whole Issue #1 ads and all, but never posted it up on CD.
Too bad I got rid of all my other Power Edge issues, I had some stuff show up in there in a couple of weird ways… any one got the one with the Grosso interview? I’d like to see that one… A couple of ramp photos are from the ramp I help build long ago.
bailgun
poweredge was great. too bad it couldn’t have lasted longer.
Kilwag
I’ve got a couple of copies of Lapper. I should put them up some time. Davoud once said that Lapper was a major inspiration for Concussion.
duders
how about lapper magazine online? anyone remember that one? east coast vert was the shit
nweyesk8
I loved poweredge whenever i could find a copy in the boondocks of Mississippi.