Santa Cruz Skateboards

The Santa Cruz story

Founded in 1973 in Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz Skateboards is one of the longest-running brands in the sport, there for nearly every era of skating. Jim Phillips' Screaming Hand became skateboarding's most famous graphic, and the brand's catalogue of classic art and team riders runs deep. Santa Cruz bridges decades of heritage with a full modern range, which makes it a brand that appeals to old-school collectors and new skaters alike.

What is Santa Cruz known for?

The full spread: street decks, classic reissue shapes, cruisers (including the popular factory-complete cruisers) and a huge range of iconic graphics. They are especially strong on cruisers and ready-to-ride completes, which makes them a great pick for someone who wants a quality board set up and ready to go, as well as for street skaters after a heritage brand.

Which Santa Cruz board should you get?

• Cruisers and completes — Santa Cruz factory cruisers come set up and ready to roll, ideal for getting around town and for beginners who want a quality board without building one.
• Street decks — modern popsicle shapes in current widths for technical street and park skating.
• Reissues and old-school shapes — the classic Screaming Hand and Rob Roskopp shapes for pool, ramp, cruising and collecting.

Tell us how and where you want to ride and we will match the right one.

Are Santa Cruz cruisers good for beginners?

Yes. The factory-complete cruisers are a genuinely good first board, set up correctly out of the box with soft wheels for a smooth ride, so you can get straight to cruising without needing to know every spec. They are also just fun to have around for getting to the shops or campus.

Buying Santa Cruz in Australia

Deep range of decks, cruisers, completes and reissues in stock, from a genuine core skate shop run by skaters. We build custom completes or you can grab a ready-to-ride cruiser, with free shipping on orders over $90 and same and next-day dispatch from Richmond.

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