Spitfire Wheels: the legendary brand from San Francisco

Spitfire Wheels is one of the most legendary brands in the history of skateboarding and without a doubt one of the most iconic skateboard wheel companies ever created. Founded in San Francisco in 1987 inside Deluxe Distribution, Spitfire became a worldwide symbol of skate culture thanks to fast, durable wheels designed to handle every kind of terrain and every kind of session.

From the very beginning, the brand focused on producing skateboard wheels capable of surviving real street skating, rough asphalt, skateparks, bowls, rails and heavy transitions. Spitfire has never simply followed the skate market — it helped build it. Even today, Spitfire Wheels remain an absolute reference point for skaters looking for speed, control, durability and a style deeply connected to authentic skateboarding.

Besides developing some of the most respected urethane formulas in skateboarding, Spitfire also built one of the strongest visual identities in skate history. Logos like Bighead, Flamehead and Swirl became worldwide icons and are still instantly recognizable in every skate scene on the planet.

Choose the best Spitfire Wheels setup for your skateboard in our catalog and feel free to contact us for any advice about wheel size, hardness, shape or the perfect setup for your skating style. From Formula Four to Bighead, Classic, OG Classic and Conical Full, you’ll find the perfect wheels for street, bowl, park, vert and technical skateboarding of every level.

Spitfire skate wheels: the first videos and the original team riders

In 1993, Spitfire released its first official skate video simply titled “Spitfire.” The video perfectly captured the raw, fast and aggressive energy of Nineties skateboarding. Filmed mainly in street spots and legendary skateparks, it featured some of the most important names in skateboarding during the early years of their careers.

We see Jason Dill skating Embarcadero, a very young John Cardiel flying through transition with insane power and style, together with riders like Jerry Fowler, Brian Young, Jeremy and Jonas Wray, Jamie Thomas and lesser-known but extremely technical skaters such as Drake Jones landing a massive switch tre flip down the famous three blocks at Embarcadero.

That video officially opened the visual history of the brand, which today has become a global skateboarding icon with more than thirty years of research, development and collaboration with world-class skateboarders. In every video released after that, Spitfire Wheels continued gathering some of the best skaters on the planet, putting high-performance wheels under their feet.

Spitfire Wheels has sponsored legendary skaters such as Shane O’Neill, Andy Roy, Rob Welsh, Peter Ramondetta, Dennis Busenitz, Erik Ellington, Lizard King, Chris Cole, Brian Anderson, Eric Koston and many more. The list is incredibly long and full of iconic riders because Spitfire has always produced top-level skateboard wheels built for aggressive, technical and real skateboarding.

Spitfire skate wheels team

Today, the Spitfire Wheels team is still one of the strongest and most respected teams in skateboarding. Some of the biggest names include Miles Silvas, Mason Silva, Pedro Delfino, Jamie Foy, Louie Lopez, Peter Hewitt, Jacopo Carozzi, Andrew Reynolds and many other riders representing every side of modern skateboarding, from technical street skating to heavy transition riding.

Modern Spitfire videos are still completely insane because they are packed with huge tricks, rough spots, heavy lines and an extremely high level of skating. That has always been the strength of the brand: combining real skaters, high-performance wheels and a raw, aggressive image without ever losing connection with core skate culture.

Besides skateboard wheels, the San Francisco brand also developed a strong apparel line featuring T-shirts, hoodies, shirts and accessories that perfectly match the Spitfire identity. Logos like Bighead, Flamehead and Swirl became permanent symbols of skateboarding culture and still represent a raw, aggressive and timeless skate aesthetic.

Arson Dept is one of the video series developed by Spitfire Wheels in recent years with an extremely rough and aggressive approach. These videos perfectly represent the spirit of the brand: top riders, rough spots, speed and huge tricks are always the main focus.

Titles such as “Burn Forever” and “Trash and Burn” perfectly reflect the identity of the company. Inside these videos we find incredible skaters like Grant Taylor, Leo Baker, Ishod Wair, Daan Van Der Linden and Denny Pham — different riders connected by the same powerful and uncompromising skate mentality.

Spitfire Wheels Formula Four Classic

As the name suggests, Formula Four Classic wheels keep the classic shape of some of the best-selling skateboard wheels ever made. The Classic profile has a narrower riding surface that makes the wheel extremely fast, precise and reactive during technical street tricks. It is one of the most versatile wheel shapes available and can truly be used almost anywhere.

Spitfire Formula Four Classic wheels work perfectly for street skating, but they also perform incredibly well in parks, bowls and ramps. Available sizes range from smaller technical setups like 50 mm, 51 mm and 52 mm all the way up to faster and more powerful options such as 54 mm, 56 mm, 58 mm and 60 mm.

Every size comes with iconic Spitfire graphics and the famous Formula Four urethane, one of the fastest, most controllable and most durable wheel compounds ever developed in modern skateboarding.

Spitfire Classic Wheels Bighead

Bighead Classics are probably the most popular and best-selling Spitfire wheels ever made. Thanks to their versatile shape and the legendary Bighead logo, they became a universal choice for street, park, bowl and vert skaters all over the world.

Bighead wheels use Spitfire’s classic high-performance urethane formula and keep the traditional white wheel color seen on iconic skateboard setups for decades. They are available in almost every size imaginable and adapt perfectly to nearly every type of terrain and skate style.

If you are a beginner, Bighead wheels can absolutely become your first professional skateboard wheel. They are easy to control, fast, durable and incredibly versatile. A true all-terrain skateboard wheel for every kind of skating.

Spitfire skateboard wheels OG Classic

Spitfire OG Classic wheels feature a wider riding surface compared to Bighead and standard Classic shapes. They also include a cleaner side cut that improves control, stability and speed during aggressive and technical skating.

OG Classics are perfect for skaters looking for a faster but more stable feeling under the board, especially for powerful street skating, transitions and spots where extra control during slides and landings becomes important.

Trying the classic Spitfire urethane formula is enough to understand why this brand became an absolute standard in worldwide skateboarding.

Uncompromising quality for over 30 years

Spitfire Wheels are available in three main hardnesses: 101A, 99A and 97A. The brand also offers many different wheel shapes, from narrower technical profiles to wider and more stable models designed to deliver maximum performance on every type of terrain.

Together with Bones Wheels, Spitfire is one of the most recognized skateboard wheel brands in the world. Not necessarily because Spitfire wheels are objectively “better” than every other wheel, but because the brand managed to build an incredibly strong identity — almost like the Ferrari of skateboard wheels.

If you truly skate, sooner or later you have to try a set of Spitfire Formula Four wheels. The famous Formula Four urethane is extremely fast, controllable and incredibly resistant to flatspots. A true bomb for street, park, bowl and every type of terrain.

If you want to stay updated on the Spitfire team and the latest releases from the brand, explore our complete catalog and find your perfect Spitfire Wheels setup at the best price. At Pleasures Milano you will find a curated selection built with the mentality of a real skate shop, born directly from skate culture and developed by people who truly live the scene every single day.