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Park Skater Setups

Park skating is performed in purpose-built skateparks combining street obstacles and transition elements. It rewards creativity and versatility.

53 pro riders
street vert transition

What Defines a Park Skating Setup

Park skating is performed in purpose-built concrete and wood parks that combine transition elements (quarter-pipes, bowls, hips) with street-style obstacles (ledges, rails, gaps). The setup has to handle both worlds: stable enough for speed through transitions, responsive enough for technical lip tricks. Park pros tend to ride slightly wider boards and larger wheels than pure street skaters, but the gap is smaller than most assume.

We track the complete setups of 53 professional park skaters in our database. The numbers below are aggregated directly from those verified setups.

What 53 Pro Park Skaters Actually Ride

Decks

75.7% of pro park skaters in our database ride decks between 8.0" and 8.5" wide. The most common size is 8.5", chosen by 18.9% of park pros. 8.25" (15.1%) is the next most popular. The average park pro deck is 8.36" wide , with Opera Skateboards the most-ridden deck brand at 11.3%.

Trucks

Independent Trucks leads truck choice at 60.4% of pro park skaters. Ace Trucks is second at 11.3%. Together, the top two brands account for 71.7% of all pro park truck choices , with Thunder Trucks (7.5%) the most common alternative.

Wheels

The average park pro wheel is 54.7mm. 54mm is the most-ridden size at 11.3%, followed by 55mm at 9.4%. Spitfire Wheels dominates wheel brand choice at 39.6% of park pros, with Bones Wheels second at 22.6%.

Bearings

Bronson leads at 15.1% of pro park skaters with verified bearing data , followed by Bones Bearings at 7.5%. Pros consistently choose precision bearings over budget options because performance under repeated impact matters at this level.

Shoes

Shoe choice is more distributed than wheels or trucks. Vans leads at 34.0%, followed by Nike SB (15.1%) and Adidas Skateboarding (7.5%). Treat shoe data as a quality signal across the top brands rather than a strict recommendation — sponsorship plays a heavy role here.

How Park Setups Compare

Park sits between street and vert on the setup spectrum. Decks are a touch wider, wheels a touch larger, and Independent trucks dominate even more strongly than in street. The all-terrain nature of park skating rewards a versatile, neutral setup over either extreme — which is why the most common park rig is closer to "modern street + a few millimetres" than to a true transition setup.

Component StreetParkVert
Deck width
8.30"avg
8.25"median
8.36"avg
8.38"median
8.71"avg
8.50"median
Wheel size
53.1mmavg
53.0mmmedian
54.7mmavg
54.0mmmedian
57.3mmavg
58.0mmmedian
Top truck Independent Trucks (35.8%)Independent Trucks (60.4%)Independent Trucks (64.9%)

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Park Setup FAQ

What deck size do most pro park skaters ride?

The most common deck size among pro park skaters is 8.5", ridden by 18.9% of the 53 pros in our database. The average park pro deck width is 8.36", and 75.7% ride somewhere between 8.0" and 8.5".

What truck brand is most popular for park skating?

Independent Trucks is the most-ridden truck brand among pro park skaters, chosen by 60.4% of the 53 pros in our database. Ace Trucks is the next most popular at 11.3%, with the top two brands together accounting for 71.7% of all pro park truck setups.

What wheel size do pro park skaters use?

The average pro park skater rides 54.7mm wheels. 54mm is the most-ridden specific size at 11.3%, and Spitfire Wheels is the dominant wheel brand at 39.6% of the 53 pros tracked.

What shoes do pro park skaters wear?

Vans leads park skating shoe choice at 34.0% of pros in our database, but the field is more distributed than wheels or trucks because shoe choice is heavily influenced by sponsorship. Treat the data as a quality signal across the top brands.

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