Yellowood: Portugal's Premium Wood — and the Trucks That Followed

A Portuguese deck brand built on exotic woods that grew its own truck subsidiary, YTrucks, and outfitted champions.

Premium exotic-wood deck brand; developed the YTrucks subsidiary (signature pro truck colorways).

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Inside the Y-Store — walls tiled with decks under a 'Professional Fingerboards' arch, the workshop's own museum.Yellowood (official site, yellowoodstore.com/pages/ystore)

Founded: 2007
Country: Portugal
Focus: Decks, Trucks
Confidence: Confirmed

Origin

Where it started

Yellowood is a Portuguese brand whose trademark was registered in 2007, built around premium decks pressed from exotic woods. Where some brands chased the cheapest viable board, Yellowood went the other way — material quality as the whole point.^1, 2

The push

What changed

That premium instinct didn't stop at decks. Yellowood developed YTrucks, its own truck subsidiary, complete with signature pro colorways for team riders — including a 'Petr Pro' truck for three-time Fast Fingers champion Petr Ptáček. The brand's reach spanned eras: founded in the community-growth period, its influence (and YTrucks' maturity) carried into the pro-setup years.^1, 2

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2015-09-05.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)

Signature

What they pushed forward

Yellowood's pioneering is the rare move of a deck brand successfully becoming a hardware house too.

Premium exotic-wood decks: Yellowood made material the headline — exotic-wood decks that treated the board as a high-end object, pushing the ceiling on what a fingerboard deck could be.¹
YTrucks — the in-house truck subsidiary: Spinning up YTrucks let Yellowood control both ends of a setup. Its widely-ridden CNC trucks and signature pro colorways (like the 'Petr Pro') put the brand on champions' boards.^1, 2

Ytrucks X5 34mm fingerboard trucks spec sheet with silver hangers and gold baseplates. — The Ytrucks X5 — the in-house truck subsidiary's fifth-generation design, spec'd like real hardware.Yellowood (official storefront, yellowoodstore.com)

Legacy

Why it still matters

Yellowood proved a fingerboard brand could own its whole stack — premium decks and the trucks underneath them — and that a small Portuguese maker could equip the very top of the global field.^1, 2

Archive images

The Yellowood physical skate shop counter and displays. — The physical Y-Store in Portugal — proof the wood shop grew into a real-world scene hub.Yellowood (official site, yellowoodstore.com/pages/ystore)

A Yellowood wooden fingerboard deck with a hand-drawn elephant graphic. — A current Yellowood art deck — the Portuguese wood shop's illustrated graphic language.Yellowood (official storefront, yellowoodstore.com)

Ywheels Y4 dual urethane bearing wheels, macro product shot. — Ywheels round out the ecosystem — decks, trucks, and wheels from one workshop family.Yellowood (official storefront, yellowoodstore.com)

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2015-09-05.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2014-12-19.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)

Watch & explore

Yellowood Fingerboard assemblyYellowood

References

Numbered references to the brand, retailer, and community pages that back this article. Confidence labels show how firmly each source is established.

1.
Yellowood About
YellowoodOfficial
Portuguese brand; trademark registered 2007; premium exotic-wood decks; developed the Ytrucks subsidiary.
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2.
YTrucks 'Petr Pro' signature truck
Yellowood / YTrucksOfficial
YTrucks is Yellowood's truck subsidiary; signature pro colorways for team riders.
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In the magazine

Yellowood, Portugal, 2007: a deck brand that built its own trucksOct 1, 2026

What changed

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2015-09-05.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)

What they pushed forward

Yellowood's pioneering is the rare move of a deck brand successfully becoming a hardware house too.

Premium exotic-wood decks: Yellowood made material the headline — exotic-wood decks that treated the board as a high-end object, pushing the ceiling on what a fingerboard deck could be.¹
YTrucks — the in-house truck subsidiary: Spinning up YTrucks let Yellowood control both ends of a setup. Its widely-ridden CNC trucks and signature pro colorways (like the 'Petr Pro') put the brand on champions' boards.^1, 2

Archive images

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2015-09-05.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)

Archived Yellowood brand/product image captured via the Wayback Machine on 2014-12-19.Yellowood (via Archive.org / Wayback Machine)