Brand popularity by region

[ok boomer]

What gear is popular in your part of the world? I'm not as social as I used to be but what I've seen around St. Louis the last few years is:

Bloards: FA, Hockey, Polar, Quasi (maybe a bit of Palace? seen more stickers than bloards though)
Trucks: Indy
Wheels: Bones or Spitfire
Shoes: Adidas, Nike & Vans

Mostly curious about what trucks are popular in areas - find that fascinating. Like "in this part of the UK, most people are riding Thunder" or whatever.

[big_kev_215]

I’m in Philly and from my general observations:

Boards: FA, Real/Antihero, DGK
Trucks: Indy, Venture, Ace (don’t see a ton of Thunders)
Shoes: Nike, Vans, DC

[FUBAR]

I’m in Philly and from my general observations:

Boards: FA, Real/Antihero, DGK
Trucks: Indy, Venture, Ace (don’t see a ton of Thunders)
Shoes: Nike, Vans, DC

Damn no Traffic decks?

[palelight]

Genuinely curious, is gear regionalism still a thing? Purely considering North America, the rest of the world obviously has a ton of factors I couldn't consider. But given that you can basically get any product in any part of the continent with ease (pre covid) doesn't the popularity skew to whatever's trendy at the moment? Like Ace and Venture are more popular than they were 5 years ago, but they're more popular everywhere, not just say, the northeast.

[RottenToTheCore]

Ace, Polar, Nike and FA are very popular in Sweden.

[streetmeat]

Indiana:

Quasi or April
Ace or Thunder
Spitfire
New Balance or Adidas

[Mulldrifter]

France :
used to see a lot of ventures because they were 15 € a pair less than indy and everybody starting would get some (I did).
now that ventures cost has rise at the same level of indy and others, the new cheap but sturdy option are film trucks I see a lot more of them those days at the park.
I have never seen a lot of Aces. mostly Indy and Venture overall i would say. some thunders but not that much.

for wheels a lot of "bad" wheels, hard but not hard enough for parks and not soft enough for cruising ... elements and other deck's brands, people getting used to them because they dont know any better and finding them ok. for the cheap option the decathlon 101A are great by experience but strictly for smooth parks. only rich kids can get 60 € formular four when they are under 20 yo. i would prefere a 30 € nude deck and f4, than say a 80 € baker and shitty baker wheels.

[finknoos]

Ace, Polar, Nike and FA are very popular in Sweden.

Same in Denmark unsurprisingly. Almost every kid I see skating has an FA board nowadays.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Everyone at my local rides ventures (old people like myself being the exception), interestingly enough absolutely no one but me rode loopholes, but now that the local shop carries them, I see a lot in the wild! Polar decks are popular as is DGK? Welcome to rural Japan… OG eS accels have an almost cult-like following, although Areth are getting a lot of love too which is cool to see!

[bombsaway86]

Moved from northern Virginia to Seattle a few years ago. Bones wheels were a lot more popular in Virginia and I didn’t see many people riding Spitfire. It’s the opposite here in Washington/Oregon. I see a lot more OJ wheels out here as well

[TheBoognish]

Quebec City

Boards- Hockey, Polar, DLX brands, ULC (local brand) and local shop boards made by Control

Trucks- Indy, Thunder and a bit of Venture. Very little Ace riders. Mainly Indy and Thunder though.

Shoes- Vans, Adidas, NB and a bit of DC. Everyone rode Nike during the Janoski days, it seems to have died down a bit recently. Blazers aren’t as popular here as other places (still the only shoes I skate though).

Wheels- Spits, Bones and You Wheels (local brand).

[Shalom Peterson]

Tallahassee, FL:

FA, DLX, & Shop decks
Thunders; seeing anything else is rare tbh
Idk about wheels or anything else

[jimgrude]

Japan

Trucks: Thunder or Indy
wheels: F4 or shitty blanks
Decks: A lot of Polar and Primitive recently
Shoes: Asics

[moonordie]

From what I've seen here in Prague:
- Boards: Polar mainly but lately I've seen a lot of Hockey and ofc Jart.
- Trucks: Indy and Ace
- Wheels: Spitfire/Bones
- Shoes: Vans, Adidas and Etnies.

[roba]

gdynia, poland

it's like a "cool" town compared to some other parts of poland, i've seen tons of random shit when on skate trips, people skating etnies and silver trucks and so on

boards: magenta, polar, dlx, but it's usually whatever cheap shit they can find such as jart
trucks: mainly ace, sometimes thunder and indy
wheels: spitfire
shoes: lots of shelltoes (myself included) and other adidas, vans, nikes

[El Freegano]

The most popular brands in my town and i guess in Bulgaria are
decks - polar and sour
trucks - indy and thunder
wheels - a lot of kids ride some cheap wheels, but those that can afford or are sponsered are mostly on spits

[Urtripping]

In West Michigan:

Hockey, DLX, DGK (Kalis connection) are big board brands that are common. Snack, Scumco, and a small up and coming brand Plateau are also prevalent.

Wheels it's all Spits from what I can tell. Thunder and Venture are probably top 2 truck brands if I had to guess.

The local is a huge dunk seller, so Nike SB is super common but DC almost just as much (Kalis connection), pretty much everyone else rides Vans. Athough, there are cons and LRAB devotees, too. Don't see a ton of adidas skate shoes but the shop carries em for sure.

[Wizard0f0dds]

Ottawa, Canada

Boards: mostly shop decks (Local shop - Birling - has very good shop decks) and mostly Polar, Quasi, and whatever the local shop carries (Glue, Pass~Port, DLX brands, etc.) so I'd say pretty varied, but mostly shop decks.
Trucks: Probably 80% Indy, 10% Ace, 5% Thunder and Venture (don't see those very often)
Wheels: 99% Spitfire, occasional Bones or Dial Tone sightings
Shoes: Lots of Vans, NB# and Nike, with the occasional LRAB and Adidas

[overwaxed]

Chicago!
Decks: hockey, polar, Strangelove, magenta, quasi, snack, plateau
Trucks: ace, thunder, Indy
Wheels: spitfire, mass transit
Shoes: vans, nb#, dunks

[thehogsniper]

In West Michigan:

Hockey, DLX, DGK (Kalis connection) are big board brands that are common. Snack, Scumco, and a small up and coming brand Plateau are also prevalent.

Wheels it's all Spits from what I can tell. Thunder and Venture are probably top 2 truck brands if I had to guess.

The local is a huge dunk seller, so Nike SB is super common but DC almost just as much (Kalis connection), pretty much everyone else rides Vans. Athough, there are cons and LRAB devotees, too. Don't see a ton of adidas skate shoes but the shop carries em for sure.

Premier is the only retailer in the entire state who carries Adidas I believe.

[Texas_Tone]

Austin TX

Boards: a lot of roger, there’s some other local brands like potato, and others killing it, FA, and a bunch of Anti hero eagles around as well

Wheels: lots of local love for cherries, I’m a loophole man myself but cherries does a lot for the local skate community around here so that’s sick, other than that spits

Shoes: lots of soletech, we got connections to emerica down here since figgy has moved to the area and a couple locals are on es, and vans they’ve done collabs with NoCo hook up a couple local people as well

Hardware: motherfucking SPA Gear , we like our local shit around here

[whale]

Northern Finland

Mostly Nikes, newest breed of kids all rock Accel OGs or puffy DC

Trucks are like 50% Indy, rest split pretty evenly.

Bloards are mostly DLX and whatever shit the kids buy from the awful mall store.

[SorryReallySorryDVD]

Washington, DC

Nike, Krooked and Venture.

In the late 2000s, the majority of Pulaski skated in Vans, especially Half Cabs. When Bobby got on Nike and Venture, there was a big switch. Indy to Venture. Lots of Blazers. Now it's a lot of Dunks.

[Creachteach]

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Ace, Polar, Nike and FA are very popular in Sweden.

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Same in Denmark unsurprisingly. Almost every kid I see skating has an FA board nowadays.

Where in DK?
I’m in mid-west Jutland.
I’m seeing some Polar boards, but have seen zero ACE, or FA/Hockey.

Here everyone but me skates Vans or Lakais for shoes, Creature, Polar, Madness and Brodega (Quarter Dist) for boards.
I’ve seen one pair of Thunder and Venture in the wild, the rest is Indy.
For wheels it’s Spit, Bones and OJs.

What else do you see, where you’re at?

[Urtripping]

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In West Michigan:

Hockey, DLX, DGK (Kalis connection) are big board brands that are common. Snack, Scumco, and a small up and coming brand Plateau are also prevalent.

Wheels it's all Spits from what I can tell. Thunder and Venture are probably top 2 truck brands if I had to guess.

The local is a huge dunk seller, so Nike SB is super common but DC almost just as much (Kalis connection), pretty much everyone else rides Vans. Athough, there are cons and LRAB devotees, too. Don't see a ton of adidas skate shoes but the shop carries em for sure.

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Premier is the only retailer in the entire state who carries Adidas I believe.

That's crazy! There are so many in the shop too. I don't see many of them being skated outside of a few pairs of Tyshawns here and there, and one shop homie skates the Forum from time to time.

[SupremePizza]

Dunno if its just me but I feel like I see a lot of Girl, krooked, and lakai followed by fa/hockey in Seattle

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

I’d put money on DGK being more popular in Japan than anywhere else in the world

[thehogsniper]

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In West Michigan:

Hockey, DLX, DGK (Kalis connection) are big board brands that are common. Snack, Scumco, and a small up and coming brand Plateau are also prevalent.

Wheels it's all Spits from what I can tell. Thunder and Venture are probably top 2 truck brands if I had to guess.

The local is a huge dunk seller, so Nike SB is super common but DC almost just as much (Kalis connection), pretty much everyone else rides Vans. Athough, there are cons and LRAB devotees, too. Don't see a ton of adidas skate shoes but the shop carries em for sure.

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Premier is the only retailer in the entire state who carries Adidas I believe.

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That's crazy! There are so many in the shop too. I don't see many of them being skated outside of a few pairs of Tyshawns here and there, and one shop homie skates the Forum from time to time.

It's weird because you can get them for cheap at the adidas outlets, but the shop owners I know have said they've had really poor experiences with adidas rep and that's why adidas nowadays is pulled from so many skate shops.

[Boog]

Indiana here.

Quasi, Hockey/FA, DLX

Independent and Thunder for trucks

Spitfire and bones wheels

[Steely Daniel]

 I feel like in my neck of the woods it varies extremely just from town to town. I will poll the local kids today at the park and get back with the pertinent information.

Just a handful of scooter bros and a guy with a 7.75 skull skates deck , thunders with 3 threads showing and toy machine wheels. I think he may be an outlier...