Has anyone else been following the prices of skate products in europe?
From the start of the year price of skate product in the major online retailers in europe (Titus, Skatedeluxe,...) has been rising.
I guess this may be related to the shortages due to COVID situation, or to the recent boom in skateboarding, but I am afraid that once this situation stabilises prices wont come back to where they were.
A couple examples:
The super common in europe Jart decks went quite a while ago from 45 to 50. Not that impressive but it caught my attention.
Venture trucks price has skyrocketed, regular trucks used to be 25, v-lights were 30 and v-hollows were maybe 33. Right now they cost 34, 40 and even 46 for the v-hollows. This is for a single truck. Its crazy. This has made ventures as expensive or even more expensive than indys.
Overall deck prices are all over the place, but I think they are going up. Its surprising that plenty of DLX boards are available for 60 (price point maybe?). One incredible example is the price of Baker and Deathwish boards, they are now about 75-85.
I havent been tracking wheel prices that closely, wheels are already pretty fucking expensive, a set of formula fours costs 58.
Can any europeans pals give any insight on this? Have you noticed price increases? Any other examples?