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Same skate-core flame/logo tees at similar prices
What changes: Magazine-backed global mega-brand rather than niche indie
Brand profile
Skull Skates
Long-running Canadian skate label founded in 1978, pairing punk-graphic decks with screen-printed tees and hoodies sold direct and through skate shops.
ReginaOrigin
MenswearFocus
SkatewearStyle
$Price
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What to know about Skull Skates
A deck company that prints shirts
Core output is shaped and popsicle decks, wheels and hardware; the hoodies, T-shirts and caps most people buy come from that same skate program.
Graphics come from hardcore punk
The apparel is built around P.D. Ducommun's skull logo and hardcore punk artwork, which is why it reads as punk, grunge and goth as much as skatewear.
Family-run and sold direct
Started in Regina in 1978 by brothers Rick and Peter Ducommun and now run from Vancouver, it has sold direct online since 1997 plus independent Canadian skate shops.
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Brand facts
Skull Skates is an independent Canadian skateboard company started in April 1978 in Regina, Saskatchewan by brothers Rick and Peter "P.D." Ducommun, who first traded as Great North Country Skateboards before adopting P.D.'s skull logo. It grew out of P.D.'s Hot Shop, opened in Nanaimo, British Columbia in 1976, and now runs from Vancouver. Output centres on shaped and popsicle decks, wheels, hardware, and graphic T-shirts, hoodies and caps tied to hardcore punk artwork. Skullskates.com has sold direct since 1997; goods also reach independent Canadian skate shops.
- Founded
- 1978
- Origin
- Regina, Canada
- Made in
- Canada
- Price
- $
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Skatewear, Punk / Grunge / Goth, Streetwear