content: it was heavy compared to modern decks, although much much lighter than the decks even a few years back. powells big thing in those days were that their decks used "bone ite" (bc they were the bones brigade) which made their decks lighter than their competitors.  it also made them flimsy as hell and easily broken by a hard landing if your weight was in the wrong place.  they did away with it a few years later bc skaters usually wouldn't buy another powell peralta deck after they broke one.