The Value of Collecting 1990s Skateboard Decks

Originally posted on TransWorld SKATEboarding
By Blair Alley | Last updated Mar 25, 2025 6:53 AM ET

Mitch Hartman, one half of Dead Air Radio had an epic SkateHoarders episode last year. Now, as a mini episode for his regular podcast, here's an outtake of Mitch telling the back story behind some of the earliest decks he collected and their value.

"a little clip of Mitch talking about his oldest collected decks, and the story behind them, from his skateboarders episode on TransWorld SKATEboarding from 2024."

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We had a good podcast running with Mitch and Steve Fletch. Pull up some previous episodes of Podus Operandi:

The whole history of Ricky Oyola and Zoo York and Illuminati is East Coast skate history you outta know. Looking at that Illuminati ad, Tim O'Connor was on for a hot second.

The Serge Trudnowski Illuminati deck is a rare gem. Even though Mitch skated the deck, you can still see all the freemason/illuminati artwork on it. Really cool little company that should've lasted longer and had a bigger impact on skateboarding.

This article first appeared on TransWorld Skateboarding and was syndicated with permission.

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