Best Skateboarding Brands

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The Top Ten

1
Element

ELEMENT is awesome it is the best board 4 grinding kickflips 360s element rocks I don't care what you think but its the best board ever!

My first board is an element but I have ride and other boards too and I notice the difference between all them! I surely prefer element at least now

Element in my opinion is by far the best brand out there the helium is unbelievable awesome awesome and once again awesome

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2Plan B

+57plan be is the best because plan be has a lot of pro skaters and not only just pros but one of the best skaters in the universe and plan be has better pop.

+44It is the best board ever! It has the best pop and durability. Element should not be first it should be third. But if your looking for style and pop and durability buy a plan b!

+38Way better then element
I hated my element they chip a lot
Element should be fifth I think because the do not last very long at all

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3Zero

+23God! Zero's are awesome! They're better than element and plan be put together!

+20Zero are the best by far! Why is it not number 1 zero forever death to non believers

+18Zero's have sick graphics and awesome pop! But how the hell is element in front of Zero? I mean element is good but compared to zero? Forget it!

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4Almost

almost is amazing. I've had my board for a year and it hasnt chipped or anything. their graphics are amazing looking and the paint doesn't chip. almost rules!

I have lots of skatboarding gear and my favorite is almost

Almost last so long, they're badass, great pop... they are the only boards I get now

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5Enjoi

Pretty sick boards. The pop is fantastic and the boards are very durable. Very light and reliable. Enjoiy is the way to go.

Enjois have epic pop I have the pen and ink board, I know it feels heavy but it still get better pop than any other board I've tried, plus it's extremely strong, not even a crack yet and I've had it for a year

I've had an enjoi board for about 2 years now and it is great, no more to be said

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6Blind

I just got my Blind Ransom deck about month ago and It's perfect. Blind has the best graphics of all time.

Sick graphics and strong board. Once my blind skateboard got run over by a car and its still in perfect shape

Blind rocks I have a blind bloody original and it rocks.

blindsk8ter

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7Baker

Baker has so much pop its the best so if you bye one it will never brake

Baker is where its at I've got like 3 bakers and they're all the best boards. I've had flip, blind and zero none stand up 2 baker.

Best in the world matey got one for myself one of the best in the world can do kick flips and all sorts

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8Darkstar

Dark star is amazing runs smoothly zero rocks too amazing and has great design and it should be up there and not down here it rocks

I just orderd a darkstar skatebaord the other day I think I made a good choice.

Darkstar is the best skateboard brand in my opinion, and it is going to stay that way for a very long time. Peace out my homies!

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9Flip

I bought my flip 4 flat ground. The next day I landed a kick flip for my very first time. Enough said flip is a sick brand

Flip is better than element and zero it should be #1

RandomZebraChild

I think the flip is the best because it is really good pop and it lands good. I've saw someone use it and it did really good flips and landings it should be first and element should be last.

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10Birdhouse

Birdhouse is the best and so is hawk... How could you not like the great quality and pop of the birdhouse brand board

I got a skate board just this month its awesome birdhouse has great pop and its an amazing board to learn tricks

Really good board and good durability and I personally would rate this board a lot higher than 10 come this is tony hawks brand and tony hawks the best skater ever!

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The Contenders

11Girl

This brand should be on top best brands ever I don't know why it is ranked 11 sweetest graphics ever an best pop better then pro 2 boards don't have nearly as much pop than furl

I've got an enjoi but gotta admit girl are kick ass

Girl is the best. Why do you think they have all the great pros like Mike Mo, Mike Carrol, Sean Malto, Eric Koston, etc. Element sucks. I can ollie twice as high with girl than I can with element, birdhouse, blind, zero, and all other brands. You people have problems.

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12Alien Workshop

+10Alien Workshop RULE. It was the first good skateboard I got. its very light and pops amazing. I liked it so much I got anouther alien workshop
Arto Saari aws soldier series. its sick!

alienworkshopskater123

+5AMAZING just got my AWS and its AMAZING its light and strong. Not to be forgotten the price they are super cheap I recommend these to anybody. Please go out and buy one. With riders like steve berra, jason dill, and rob dyrdek they make alien workshop even better!

+5AWS have to be the best skateboards ever! Amazing concave, lightness, and pop make this board great for all tricks

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13Zoo York

+7Zoo york has a distinct way of shaping there board that makes it excel, I wouldn't ride anything else

+6so cool I have 22 and a half boards (one of them broke while I was grinding) I have 10 zoo york sk8 boards and they are the most lightest nice shoes

+4I love zoo york because it lastes long got great pop and neva breaks or chips

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14World Industries

World industries rules and should be at the top its simply the best skate brand out there

WORLD INDUSTRIES RULE IT IS BY FAR THE BEST I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT"S LAST IT SHOULD BE #1 I MEAN COME ON ZERO SHOULD BE #0 ON THE LIST AND ELEMENT SHOULD BE #2.

World Industries RULES I got mine in January and now its October I've been skating hard and it ain't snapping soon, moderately cheep too! WORLDS RULE

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15Mystery

Mystery's r awesome Zeros are cool but i cant trust dem! And Darkstar and Elements are too heavy.. Mystery beats any board forget freakin 12 its #1

MusicGalSyd3

they are the best the never snapped and I had them for 2 years and it is cool too

sk8erboi

they have okay pop and most of the graffics aren't bout hell (like zero) and great flip and durability

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16Toy Machine

toy machine is the best decks ever and they are rated the best decks ever but i dont understand why element is first becuase my friend had one and it broke in a month and he is 11

cheese

How the hell are toy machine boards20, there really good and should be in the top 12, anyways, world industry boards are crap they should be last

mcarzwashere

So strong and concave best I've had.. Graphix are cool too

anthonymcfadden

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17DGK

Dgk boards is all I skate I couldn't live without them

dgk all day best board I've had doesn't snap like the blind boards they last a long time they are underrated dgk all day

DGK ALL DAY CUZ EVEN THOUGH THEY UNDERRATED THEY HAVE GREAT POP AND DON'T BREAK EASILY
get one now =]

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18DC

I have went through several brands like DVS and the shoes never worked to for me. I skate daily and I skate long. So I tried Ryan Smith 2.0's and they were durable.

violentduckz

Obviously its the most famous and the guy who made it has had 3 t.V. Shoes and the brands just awesome

Dude there skate shoes not skateboards and the skateshoes have gitten crapper over the years even more gimmiky than element.

Baker!

19Habitat

I just got my first Habitat on Friday and I already to teach my self to do a heel flip in 30 min

It is durable and watt better than any other skateboard brand out there. Nice and Sexy ;)

Habitat has to do with animals and plants. The best design of Habitat is called the Coat Of Arms. Habitat is a recommended brand.

XxSpitfire34109xX

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20Chocolate

Choclate is the best but there skinnyer boards and ya element is horrible they chip easily and don't last long plus choclate has really good pop and is a nice ride best deck ever.

wo! I'm shocked to see this amazing brand at 19! WTF I've had santa cruz decks, powell decks, darkstar decks, etc... but my new chocolate deck is the best by far! perfectly rounded POP! long lasting and strong. yes the designs arent the best but who cares. the shape and pop are the important bit. so overall! CHOCOLATE ARE NUMBER 1! :D

these boards rock light and very good at tricks
get won

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21Black Label

Dude Black Label and Blind are sick as But Plan B should be way in front of element

dudewheresmyskatie

I cannot beleve world boards are in front of black label. because
world boards are crap!

Ive got a blacklabel its oregon its lasted my cuz for 3-5 years he gave it to me ive had it for a month its abit heavy since its the older kind

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22Real

real best designs best material I did a frontside flip on one first try and I can't do it on any other board

great deck only just got it but I love it good for fliptricks and awesome graphics

real is by far the best fliptrick board it may notbe good fer grinds but if you like fliiping real'

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23Speed Demons

It's a really good board and it has an amazing concave, the board never snaps and I love it. each time I fall of the board I get angry, but when I see the nice pink chess design under the board it makes me happy. speed demons is the best. and I love the board.

robinokal15

this is sick! it was my first board an I've had it for 3 yrs and it only has 1 tiny chip. I'm not saying it's the best but its way better than element and real. plus it has sick graphics

yeah i got one now its got realy good pop and bearings are great also good trucks!!!!!!!!

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24Santa Cruz

I've ridden SantaCruz boards since 1983 and still buy em. If this company and there boards have been around as long as I've been skating you known there solid! Powell boards are just as good.

They are simply unstoppable, highest ollie, longest ollie, most pop, sick designs, NEVER breaks and is light and great for tricks. The board for a 720 gazzelle flip ;)

Dippy

Best pop and cool I have a blind deck and speed demons deck I like them both love santa cruz

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25Krooked

really good designs and they are just totally epic has decent prices

These boards are perfect! perfect shape (for me anyways) medium concave (which is better than deep or mellow in my opinion) perfect shape of the tail and nose, and have perfect pop (which last FOREVER) they're very durable too. Everything is perfect but why they're ranked so low is because not many people get deluxe boards than come here to write about how awesome they are.

One of the best boards I've ever road and its a shame that people hardly know of them or never tried one, along with vreatures.

26Vans

Best sk8 shoes I have ever had good quality and don't tear up easily. I have worn nothing but vans for years.

They make really good shoes that people of all ages like including my 50 year old grandma

27Powell

DA best In DA World. Rides smooth.:]

Awesome board. Fast wheels. Smooth ride. Good trucks. I really like it! Manuels really well and best graphics out there.

28Airwalk

Good for beginners. I used mine and its still not broken (6 months) but I can't land a trick..

My first board yeah it rides smooth has a good pop scratches quite easily but makes brands like monster seem like ironing boards

One the best brands it is really easy to ride and has great control and amazing wheel

29Creature

+6Creature skateboards should be in the top ten because they have great pop and sweet designs

+5Awesome skateboards... Made the same as Santa Cruz and Flip, and deserve to be in the top 10. Awesome pop and flip recommend to everyone!

+2All I have to say is Creature boards are nearly indestructible. They have a nice feel to them and not to mention they have a sweet design. I skate plenty of different boards but my favorite is my Creature board.

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30Volcom

real good clothing good team riders and awesome brand

this one pwns noobs 2 the max

They make really good jackets and shirts and good jeans to

31Enuff

I love Enuff best skateboard I've ever had the pop is excellent I reckon it should at least in the top 30

how the hell is element first enuff are legend boards and no wonder yr airwalk isn't broke you probely can't ollie I had 1 did a caveman off the wall and it snapped and by the way rodney mullan skates
enjoi

enuff are unbeliveable pop I landed a 720 varial kickflip over a funbox really sharp turning and are quite cheap I paid £60 plus my reds which were a tenner

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32Foundation

Foundation boards are amazing. Great pop and quality boards. Not to mention a good team with lots of good riders I mean what about duff

good skater and good boards

33Fallen

fallen are the sickest shoes I landed my first backside treflip in them there actually very amazing lasted a long time and I've had 2 or more pairs of them I recommend these they should be frist

never had a pair want one though

34Krown

cheap and good boards. should be anyones starting board.

krown is sooo good their new and awsome i had a world board i couldnt do tricks on it my first day with akrown i did a heelflip

it's EXTREME! and cheap yo. Whoa it's is super. so cool too. and they really have great boards. Not always the best boards though.

35Mini-Logo

its a really good board and they are cheap 2 but there really skinny so if u like your board fat dont get one and there heavy 2

36Bones

+4I love bone this skate is best of my all skates. This skate is fast and easy for ride bone is supers

+4Bones wheels run smoothly.
The decks comfortable and very strong
When I got my Bones deck it was very fast and I could do a kick flip muck easy then my last deck.
Flip is good too

THEIR WHEELS WONT POP THE BERING when YOU LAND A HIGH OLLIE

37Circa

Good brand, decent prices.
Also a great pro deck line.

violentduckz

38Emerica

They are badass nice grip and the best especial the Jerry hsu staygold promodel and Leo romero 2 promodel

39Deathwish

deathwish is the best! has the best concave, pop, designs, theme and all! bakerboys ftw! :D

deatwish makes so easy to land tricks they should be at the and elment really bad that most people say

Just got a death wish deck and its fking awesome! The graphics is good the logo is good best brand ev

40Kryptonics

Pro decks quality trucks and a smooth ride and skinny wells all and all its worth the money

I had one. For some reason the grip tape comes off VERY easily, thats never happened to any of my other boards. Trucks are ok, just a descent board.

Awesome board. Cool graphics but not good in doing ollies and stuff. A very smooth ride.

41Etnies

Etnies are only number 42 because hey mostly specialize in shoes. There good for getting girls.

42Kr3w
43Lakai

Awesome.... Eric Koston is the best in the world

SOOooOO CooLLiestt Show ever! (Lakai Channel) Very comfortable while bording and the design is very nice! Search for this show, its GREEAATTTTT

44Adio
45Quiksilver
46Mongoose

the mongoose was one of the best boards I've ever had. its a good beginner board.

47Stereo

Stereo vinyl cruisers are the best. Even though they're small, they have amazing handling and have a decent wheel spin.

48Target

NOBODY LIKES THEM THEY SNAP IN HALF VERY EASILY SO FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITH TARGET BOARDS GET A NEW BOARD.

COMPLETE TRASH I'm TELLING YOU! IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE BOARDS YOU BETTER GET OFF OF IT AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE! GET A POSITIV OR A BIRDHOUSE BOARD. MAYBE A DARKSTAR BUT THIS IS AN EPIC FAIL!

49Think
50Spitfire

They do make great wheels, and bearings. They are insane.

violentduckz

Spitfire is effn crisp great strong urethane wheels they wear in outrageously fast spitfire all the way wouldn't ride any thing else

Spit fire wheels are great they protect your bearings real good

51Hurley

Hurley surfing stuff is B3@$T. Not a skater though. But I Surf all the time and there regular clothing is awesome

52Hawk
53Nike Skateboarding

they use skating scientists to make the shoes

army555

They are awesome shoes I have a pair of renzos and I loved them and they were so cool and good to skate with till I tore them up

54DBX

first skateboard probably best I've ever tried I'm probably going to stay with this brand for a while

55Sector Nine

Sector nine skateboards are sick. I just got one and its the sickest skateboard ever. The wheels are awesome, the bearings are awesome, the deck is awesome and the design is awesome. Sector nine rocks.

56Yocaher
57ATM

They make great bearings. I got some about a month ago and they are still not that bad. My friend just got an ATM deck, he's not good so I would recomend the decks to begginers.

I've have an atm board for a while now and I love it it hasn't broken yet... I would recommend this board to anyone who loves to skateboard

58Cliche

I ride cliché Joey is on cliché ehh carbon light boards and keystone boards cliché all THE way

I ride cliché and it very nice. The pop is one of the best pops ever

Cliche a lot like girl or choclate nice and buttery perfect size

59Channel 1

very good beginner board
or just to do stupid or wacky stuff that you don't wanna do with your good board

60Pig Wheels

Amazing pop brother jealous after getting a cliche shame to him haha.

61Supreme
62Venture

I recommend Venture Superlites. They are really the best trucks they make it so much easier to kickflip and ollie [specially stairs] you should definitely get one if you wanna do flip tricks =]

63Supra
64Skate Mafia

Sk8mafia have amazing pop, great board all round. Mint designs, mellow concave, long lasting. Highly recommended.

65Tony Hawk Huckjam

you know there are better boards than this and people say tony hawk sucks but if he never skated some of these brands would have never been invented so this is why I worship the guy

you know there are better boards than this tony hawk but if he never skated some of these brands would have never been invented so

66Thunder

Light Trucks That Are Had To Snap
Element Is THE WORST BRAND EVER!

67Dexter

brilliant deck
lots of pop good kick
just the best

68Willy's Workshop

I'm surprised. He teaches how to make stuff outa wood. Not make skateboards. Th boards look great!

69Blackout
70Billabong

Don't know about the skateboards but the make in surfing and surf boards and clothing is AWESOME!

71Independent

duad indis are actually pretty light and they make good quality stuff there bearings are good too thrasher

Heavy trucks, but good for grinding. * if you are a beginner I suggest royals or ventures. *

violentduckz

72Dirty Birdz

Sick graphics and great wood. Their clothing is dope too, high quality fabric and fresh designs. Watch out for the Birdz!

73Shiznit

very good board just as good as birdhouse and darkstar

74Tensor
75Alliance

I got this board 2 years ago, and it just snapped it goes about madium sppeed it has good pop and it will chip very easy though I would give it 3 1/2 out of 5 stars

76Es
775boronyc
781031

not a well known brand...but the strongest ive ever had and has had the longest lasting pop.

79DVS

i love dvs's i wear them everyday!!!!!!!!! and i love steve o damn hes sooooo sexi

80Ricta
81Vox
82Shut
83Skate Mental

Screw element plan b and skate are the best I've been ride a shane o'neill board and it hasn't broken over the past year

84Slave

Pictures on it sexy and awesome pop and good speed its not my favorite in performance but picture is my favorite

85Ice Cream
86Premium
87IPATH
88Traffic
89Bummer High
90GoodWood

A good wood was my first board I got it when I was 3 yrs old when I got it and they wont chip I still got it and its almost brand new

91Bullet

bullet is sane. great pop. learnt to suvit in 3 min.

92Elo
93Autobahn

autobahn has the best bearings i reccomend these bearings they are the best. i can ride halfway down my road .2miles with this board

Best wheels I've ever owned! Never flatspots!
They go through any type of surface Street, Pavement, Brick whatever it is Autobahn can do it!

Best wheels I ever rode on, they don't ware out quick and never get slatspots, I would recommend anyone skating heavy street

94Dregs
95Popwar

best pop ever I can ollie a foot higher on popwar vs almost or darkstar amazing boards insanely light better than anything its a shame the went out of business
Popwars RULE!

96Acme
97Mob

Griptape With Most Grip Ever

98Grind King

Light Trucks Dont Snap Too Easily

99Silver
100Macbeth

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