IT'S ALMOST HERE!

This coming Sunday, October 18, Santa Cruz and Pokemon team up for the launch of 30 limited edition skateboard decks featuring unique artwork from the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Each skateboard deck comes in a blind bag and features 1 of 30 possible designs, with trading card artwork spanning different generations of the franchise.

Due to the extremely limited nature of the release, there will be no pre-orders and no holds available for this drop. First in best dressed.

This is the first time the trading card team has worked on an external collaboration, and the first time 1:1 recreations of the trading cards have appeared on a collaborative product. And, it probably goes without saying, stock in Australia will be extremely limited.

This is a simultaneous worldwide release, which means the products officially launch at exactly midnight (12AM) on Sunday, October 18, AEDT. In other words, as soon as Saturday night ticks over into Sunday, Sydney time, they’ll be available for purchase in Australia.

Of course, we can’t miss this worldwide release time. So at exactly 12AM, we’ll have an initial release of Pokemon x Santa Cruz decks exclusively through our online store, with fast and free Australia-wide shipping. International orders on these products will not be accepted.

In saying that, we don’t want this to be an exclusively online release, where just anyone from anywhere can snap up the boards. We want to cater to our Sydney & Inner West community. So at 11AM Sunday, when the shop opens its doors, we’ll have a second release of Santa Cruz x Pokemon boards exclusively at our King Street shop in Newtown. The earlier online release won’t affect availability for the in-store release.

The stock is of course limited, and while we managed to get as many Santa Cruz x Pokemon boards as we possibly could, we expect both of these releases to sell quickly.

Release Times & Locations (Australian Eastern Daylight Time / Sydney Time)

Initial Release: 12AM Sunday, October 18, exclusively at boardworld.com.au

Second Release: 11AM Sunday, October 18, exclusively at Boardworld Skate Shop, 551C King Street, Newtown, Sydney