Good brands that are out there.. from my experience in the past(stopped skating a while back) would be uhh,
Decks:
World Industries
Zero
Toy Machine
Girl
etc, etc. There are a lot of good ones.
Only ones I had problems with are Blind decks, becuase my friends and I have snapped them easily.
Trucks
Venture(pretty basic)
Independent
Destructo
Wheels
Spitfire
Speed Demons( wanted to try these but I quit skating)
Bearings
Panther
German(? I think these were it? Discountinued las time I checked, but they were great)
Speed Demons
But If I were you, I'd contine to ask around and stuff like that. I haven't skated in a few years, so my info could be outdated.
Maybe I should pick up skating again....