After Steve Caballero took third place overall in the Gold Cup Series and voted Rookie of the Year in 1980, he proved he was ready to design his own Pro Signature model. At first a simple propeller/skull nose-art graphic was suggested to him, but he rejected it. Steve presented some of his own sketches as an option, one of which was a crouching dragon, and that's the direction they went. The artist VCJ reworked the design a few times before applying the final color. The deck was first published in December 1980 and the graphic was so well received that it was not replaced until 1986. Originally released: 1980.