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Skate Brands & Companies Web Sites

An alphabetical list of skateboarding company web sites, with a description of the companies products. Looking for the home page for a specific brand? Look here.

Bump Skateboards

An independent skateboard Co out of NJ with 100% Canadian maple pro quality, yet very affordable, skateboards. Bump also supports the skateboard community by keeping their products strictly in independent shops & staying clear of the corporate stores at whatever cost.

(Alien Workshop)

Makers of decks, wheels, clothing and accessories. Site includes a world map for locating distributors world wide.

Adio Footwear

Makers of skate shoes and clothing, Adio also boasts a skate team with the likes of Tony Hawk and Bam Margera.

Aesthetics Skateboards

Mostly clothing, and very little on skateboards.

Airwalk

Airwalk has been making quality skate shoes for a long time, and also snowboarding boots, BMX shoes and cool clothing.

Almost - a skateboard company

Sweet graphics and attitude - Rodney Mullen with Daewon Song got the ball rolling at the end of 2002, and Almost now has a great team. Check 'em out.

Angelboy Skateboards

Angelboy Skateboards is a Skate1 company that makes high quality decks, wheels, softgoods and more, all with Angelboy's smooth edgy-but-not-offensive graphics.

Antihero Skateboards

Antihero makes decks, clothes, and has other wild things on thier site. Antihero is a DLXSF company.

Arise Trucks Mfg.

Arise is a skateboard truck manufacturing company, making trucks in their own factory located in Argentina and exporting to other countries. They also have accessories and clothing, and have beep pushing skating forward in South America since 2002.

Avera Skateboards

A proud Canadian skate company that makes decks, wheels and clothes, Avera Skateboards was launched in 2002 "out of pure passion for the skateboarding way of life."

Bacon Skateboards

Bacon Skateboards, a skateboard company based out of Cayucos California base their product line on the motto, "Bacon, the embodiment of the basic primal need for that which will one day be our demise."

Baker Skateboards

Baker makes boards.

Birdhouse

Tony Hawk's skateboard company, with a famous pro team, trick tips, decks and more.

Black Label

Black Label sells boards, wheels and wearables. A large label that's anti label ...

Blind

Makers of decks, wheels and clothing. The site has videos and a store locator.

Bones Bearings

Bones Bearings are famous for thier quality and design. From affordable Bones REDS to the amazing Bones Ceramics, Bones Bearings has what you need.

Bones Wheels

Bones has a large variety of wheels, along with soft goods and other accessories. The site has a cool "free rat stencil" part - check it out.

Bootleg Skateboards

Bootleg is an NHS skateboard company that makes ... BOARDS! And some other things.

C1RCA Footwear

Circa makes good skate shoes and apparel, and has a strong skateboarding team. C1RCA is the skate shoe arm of Four Star Distribution.

Capix

Makers of helmets, pads and other accessories such as a skateboard rack for a bicycle, slam kit for skateboarding and earphone attachments for Capix helmets.

Chocolate Skateboards

A cool site with boards, wheels, clothing, team info and more.

Cruise Candy

A website specializing in the best electric skateboards on the planet!

Darkstar

Darkstar has two branches, wheels and wood. Both are quality, with Darkstar's armored knight images.

DC Shoe CO USA

DC is one of the top names in skate shoe design and production, while also maintaining an awesome team and producing great clothing, video, snow sport gear, and other products.

Deatbox Skateboards

Deathbox is a Tum Yeto company that makes clothes, weels and decks - all with a hardcore attitude.

Deca Skateboards

Deca is a Dwindle company - thier website is under revision.

Decade

Decade sells complete boards, gear, shoes, clothes, videos and much more.

Dekline

Dekline is a Tum Yeto company who's site is under construction.

Destructo Trucks

Destructo have been around since 1996, making quality trucks. Destructo is a strong name in skateboarding.

Dimension Streetboards

Makers of cool strap-in boards with pivoting nose and tail, giving a great amount of freedom in movement.

dNA skateboards

dNA makes decks, wheels and clothing. The link is to Syndrome distribution - click on the dNA double helix to go to the dNA website.

Dogtown Skateboards

Dogtown makes decks, wheels, clothes and accessories, all from the hardcore skate history of Venice California where the Z-Boys bent skateboarding in a new direction.

Duffs

Duffs makes skate shoes with an old school, full leather look but with bright current colors and style. Duffs has a skate team and a BMX team.

DVS Girls

Skate shoes for girls, along with clothing and accessories. The site also features a cool fortune cookie generator.

DVS Shoe Company

Makers of skate shoes and skate clothing, along with surf and snow apparel. DVS has teams for skate, surf, snow, moto X and even racing.

Earth

Earth makes quality streetwear for skating and just looking good, along with great gear for snowboarding. And, the site has a sweet intro.

Element

Element makes boards, wheels, clothing and accessories, all with a simple, natural, environmental look.

Emerica

Emerica is a no-nonsense skate shoe company, and a member of Sole Technologies. Emerica also makes clothes, videos and more.

Enjoi

Enjoi makes boards and clothes. The site is full of cool stuff, with a forum and gallary and everything.

Es Footwear

Es, a member of Sole Technologies, makes fine quality skate shoes.

Ethos Skateboards

A skateboard company created to give back to the world. 50% of all their profits go back to organizations that are providing opportunity and relief for people all over the world that are in need. Their graphics depict real people with real needs. Who knew that buying a skateboard could provide opportunity for somebody thousands of miles away.

Etnies

Etnies makes clean, solid skate shoes. Check out thier site. Etnies is a part of Sole Technologies.

Exkate

Makers of electric skateboards and powerboards. These boards can drive fast (18 mph+), and are controlled with a one handed remote handset. They don't come cheap, but they are fun to ride.

Ezekiel

Clothing company that makes stylish apparel for skate, surf and snow culture. Well known for their bear & star logo, and spelling the name Ezekiel with inverted numbers.

FDK Bearings

FDK makes high velocity skate bearings with several different ABEC ratings. FDK also makes some apparel.

Flip Skateboards

Flip is a Blitz company that makes skateboards and more, including skate videos.

Flowlab

Flowlab makes ollieblocks, the flowboard and more - all kinds of interesting skateboard - related inventions. Check them out.

Foundation

Foundation is a skateboard company with history that offers goods, along with a whole lot of culture.

Fourstar Clothing

Fourstar is a Crailtap company that makes loads of clothing, from jackets to pants to shirts to neckties, all with a great style.

Gallaz

A girls skate and surf company, born from Globe. Gallaz is one of the strongest supporters of females in the board sports world. They make shoes and clothing for girls.

Garage Mfg

Garage is the maker of Softrucks - practice skateboard trucks. These allow skaters to practice technical tricks anytime and anywhere, and have been recogised worldwide as a remarkable product.

Girl

Homepage for Girl brand skate stuff, with info on their team and help in finding Girl gear near you.

Globe Shoes

The great Australian skate shoe company, with high quality designs and a smooth look. Gobe also has clothing, videos and other stuff available.

Goldcoast Longboards

Makers of longboards and cruisers. Clean designs and a sense of fun makes their brand stand out from most other companies in the category.

Grind King

Grind King makes trucks with a unique kingpin style, along with some clothing and hardware.

Grind Queen Apparel

Makers of hot clothes and accessories for girls who skate or wish they did. Grind Queen has a strong, hot urban style.

Habitat

Decks, wheels, clothing, caps, beanies, backpacks and accessories, all with a classy look.

HarvestBoards.com

Family owned and run skateshop from Eugene, Oregon that offers good deals. Their whole goal in starting this business was to get more girls skating!

Hawk Shoes

Skate shoes designed for the younger skater, with a young skate team to back them up. As their site says, "Inspired by Tony Hawk and made for kids!"

Hijinx Skateboarding

Products for true invidual expression on a skateboard and the naturally resulting FUN!

Hookups Skateboards

Hookups makes decks, wheels, clothing and accessories, all with NC-17 hentai anime style graphics.

Hurley International

An international clothing company that caters to skate, surf and snowboard culture. Hurley also has strong ties to music, and promotes bands.

Independent Truck Company

Independent has been around forever, making quality trucks. The site has a great historical time line tat charts the history of Independent - check it out.

Insect Skateboards

Handcrafted in Seattle. They combine the best of the classic, old-school, hardwood-laminate boards with modern composite reinforcements from the aerospace industry.

IPath Footwear

IPath makes a variety of interesting and unique shoe designs, and even has some shoes made with hemp.

KAYO

Distributors of DGK, Expedition-One, Gold Wheels and Organika decks and wheels.

Krooked Skateboarding

Krooked makes decks, all with a very wild, modern art look. The site features art and poetry as well as decks.

Krux Trucks

Krux makes trucks, and they have some pretty great designs. They also have softgoods and giveaways.

Lakai Limited Footwear

Lakai is a Crailtap company that makes quality skate shoes.

Lakai

Lakai makes skate shoes and some clothing (shirts, hats pants).

Lib Technologies Skateboards

Libtech makes skateboard decks with fiberglass and graphite and all kinds of crazy stuff to make your deck pop higher and longer, and to reduce weight.

Loaded Carving Systems

Builders of freeride longboards and skateboards. All of their boards have a unique shape and snowboard construction, plus the Loaded site has a discussion forum.

Makaha

Larry Stevenson formed the Makaha Skateboard Company in Santa Monica, California in 1962. The company has recently re-emerged, and offer a variety of old school designs!

Matix

Matix makes clothes. Some for men, some for girls, some for boys. Sorry, none for women.

MCARTA

A skateboarding shop in Aberdeen in Scotland makes the first British skate shoe brand. The brand is known as “MCARTA”, short for Magna Carta. One percent of their turnover goes to Amnesty International.

Mentality Skateboards

Mentality is a skateboard company out of Texas, founded by Dan MacFarlane. Mentality makes decks, hoodies, shirts, wheels - the works. The name Mentality comes from the concept that most of skateboarding happens in your head, and if you grasp this, you can do anything.

Minion Skateboards Company

A board, wheel and truck manufacture. From the south from Birmingham, Alabama. They also offer custom deck sizes for a small fee you can get ANY deck in ANY size. Plus they have a generous return policy for broken decks.

Mystery Skateboards

Mystery makes boards, wheels and clothing, all black & white with their trademark jagged "S" and heart. It's a cool look, check 'em out.

Navigator Truck Co.

Navigator makes several types of tough skate trucks with unique features, like a concave hanger and the "Nutgrabber" innovation.

Nike Skateboarding

Nike brings thier years of study in making perfect sports shoes to the skate shoe market with interesting designs only available at certified dealers.

Ninja Bearings

Ninja Bearings range from ABEC 1 to 7, and Ninja has it's own teams. Ninja bearings are used with skateboarding, inline, hockey, and luge.

Ol'84 Clothing

A large clothing company with gritty, western imagery and style. Ol'84 also has thier own team and movie.

oneballjay

Primarily makers of snowboard wax and apparel, oneballjay also makes skate curb wax and Slappy's Skate Wax.

Original Longboards

Original builds composite longboards and patented longboard trucks; spring-loaded for tighter turns, more carves and better control.

Osiris Shoes

Osiris makes high quality skate shoes - they're a big brand. Check out thier site.

Penn's Wood MFG

Home of Catalyst Skateboarding, Penn's Wood OEM / Custom Skateboard Manufacturing & Direction East - quality clothing from Pennsylvania.

Phantom Trucks

Phantom makes skateboard trucks, accessories and clothing.

Pig Wheels

Pig Wheels makes wheels, of course, along with clothes, accessories and more.

Popwar

Popwar is a Giant Skateboard Distribution company that makes decks. Popwar's logo is an iconic bunny head. The Popwar website has been down recently.

Powell Skateboards

Powell is one of the strongest names in skateboarding. They make cool decks, wheels, clothings, accessories, CDs and videos.

Premium Skateboards

Premium makes boards, wheels and clothes. "Manufactured and operated by skateboarders for skateboarders since 1996."

Pro-Tec

Pro-Tec makes all kinds of safty gear for any sport. A huge name in the market.

Quiksilver

Quiksilver is a huge company that makes clothing and accessories for skate, surf and snow. Quiksilver also hosts and supports a pile of board sport events across the planet.

Reflex Bearings

Reflex makes a large variety of bearings and accessories. Watch for the speeding turtle logo.

Revolution Graphite Skateboards

Makers of the "Revdeck", the first graphite skateboard decks in the world, Revolution claims that they are lighter, stronger, and last longer.

Ricta Wheel Dynamics

Ricta is an NHS company that makes wheels - thier site is under construction.

Roxy Hardgoods

Roxy is the girls brand for Quiksilver - they make skateboards and longboards, all with Hawaiian flowers or bright colors. Roxy also makes plenty of clothing, but that's found elsewhere.

Royal Skateboard Truck Company

Royal is a Crailtap company that makes trucks and clothes.

Ruckus Metal

Ruckus is a Tum Yeto company that makes trucks - thier site is under construction.

San Diego Speed

SDS makes everything skateboarding - decks, wheels, trucks and Armor helmets. San Diego Speed also distributes several other fun products.

Santa Cruz

Makers of skate decks. Besides a lot of decks, the site features clothing, pro team info and videos.

Sector 9 Skateboards

Makers of longboards and short decks, wheels, hardware and apparel. Sector 9 has a comfortable, laid back image with "a boatload of know-how".

Seek Skateboards

Seek makes decks, wheels and clothes, all with a solid-lined bold-cut primary style.

Shortys Inc.

Shortys makes all kinds of skate gear, from decks to hardwear to clothing. Shortys is also the parent for Doh-Doh and other labels, and featurs Chad Muska's designs.

Silver Truck Company

Silver is a truck company that makes quality skate trucks with features such as an invered kingpin, axle shields, and a lock in nut sleeve.

Sk8nuts

Sk8nuts makes special hardware that replaces the nuts with a lightweight bar that allows the screws to be adjusted with one hand. Sk8nuts also makes threadlocking screws, and clothing.

Sole Technology Inc.

Sole is Etnies, Es, Emerica, 32, and the Sole Technology Institute.

Speed Demon Wheels

Speed Demons makes wheels, bearings, boards, clothing and other accessories. "Diabolically fast."

Spin Dog

Longboards featuring "the revolutionary Torsion Truck™ with an unprecedented 6' turning radius."

Spitfire

Spitfire makes wheels, and clothing and accessories. The site features contests and more.

St. Chris X

Makes boards, wheels and trucks. Moderate priced decks and clothing.

Status

Status makes skate decks, wheels and clothes. The above link will take you to Syndrome Distribution - click on the Status link to see thier site.

Stereo

Stereo is a smaller Giant Skateboard Distribution company that makes decks.

Surf One & Surf One girl

The Surf One companies are the long board extension of Skate1. They provide a slick primary surfing style to longboarding.

Tensor Trucks

Tensor makes hi, low and medium trucks, along with clothing. The site can take a while to load, but be patient. It has a lot to offer.

Termite Skateboards

Focusing on making skateboards for younger riders, Termite skateboards makes decks, wheels, helmets, pads and even an instructional video geared towards young skaters.

Thirdchoice Skateboards and Apparel

Thirdchoice is a skate gear and clothing company. They're said to be one of the fastest growing skate companies in Orange County since Volcom, and offer easy purchasing from thier site.

Thunder Trucks

Thunder is a DLXSF brand of trucks, and that's it.

Toast Skateboards

Toast Skateboards is a midwest company on the rise based out of Indianapolis, IN. Toast Skateboards are made in the United States and is a skateboarder operated company for skateboarders.

Toy Machine

Toy Machine makes boards, wheels, clothing, accessories and videos.

Transformed Clothing Company

A clothing company that focuses on skate style and culture, with a "Death to Conformity" battlecry. Transformed is proudly made in the United States.

Triple Eight

Makers of all types of protective gear, from helmets and pads to padded shorts, shin guards, wrist guards and a whole assortment of snowboarding pads.

TSG

"Protection for the Unsafe", TSG makes helmets and other saftey gear for any kind of active sport.

TSG

One of the big names in protective gear, TSG makes skate helmets, pads, everything to protect you while boarding.

Understood Clothing

A fairly new clothing company with cool gritty skateboarding style. Understood has a growing team that currently features skaters and a band (gaskit).

Vans

Vans have been making skate shoes since the beginning - you know you're buying quality with Vans.

Viking Helmets

Viking makes price point skateboarding helmets. Viking is with Rock On Distribution, who makes several types of cheaper skate gear (trucks, wheels, decks, etc.).

Volcom

Volcom, "Youth Against Establishment", is a clothing company that focuses on riders.

Woodchuck

Woodchuck OEM Manufacturing is a company that applies graphics and laminates skateboards for other companies. If you want to make skateboards, but don't want to build a factory, call Woodchuck.

Zero

Zero makes accessories, hardware, clothing, decks and wheels.

Zoo York

Stylish, diverse east coast company that makes various skate gear and clothing.

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