Best Skateboard Trucks of 2020

I need help I wanna start skating I have a 8.0 board but idk what trucks and wheels to get lol if anybody can help a brother out

you should weigh the lightest pig old school shape and compare skull skates die hard shape to all the other heavy 80s wood boards… what is lightest 10 x 30 inch board?

Are they as butter as thunder trucks cause I’m skateing silvers rn and their so sticky so I want a butter truck like thunder but a lower price

On the last life of my Primitive 8.38 on Thunders 149. By far my favorite set up

Tensor mag light best truck for speed flips and trick if you dont ride tensor you sad indy or whatever

Tensor Alloys weigh 11.9 oz and yes they are the same size as the other trucks in the video.

holy shit, the only two pairs of trucks i have are the indy 13 ounce and mag lights at 9 ounce, and yes i notice the difference big time ��

i miss thunder low but back then i wasnt 6 feet tall i was like 5 foot 5 lol

not gonna lie you have a really calming voice, dig the vid dude

when they bring out titanium trucks you will have to do scientific evaluation again… and might need an assistant (big or small tiddybitshesz)

I know they may not be on the market anymore, but what about grindking trucks?

Great video guys, very informative and good production. Only problem i have is you should have given us the weights in grams too.

I don’t like hollow axles. They’re not durable and bend. I do like forged base and hollow kingpins though. It’s the middle ground imo for weight saving and durability. Got a pair of V lights and Thunder lights.

I skated tensor back in the day. Back when they had the detachable self lubricating slider. The hanger had cracked and was some off the wall hanger. But they did feel light.

And since i was 15 I’ve only skated dwindle. I had an enjoi, after that i moved to a darkstar I picked up from walmart. Threw my ventures on it. After that it’s always been blinds. I’d like to try tensor out again. But ventures last for freaking ever

Growin up we all knew Indys were heavy. I skate Ventures. Gonna have to get some Tensors now

No, where I live we have the most sunny days in Australia, when the rain comes its such a relief!

I think your scale is off, you shouldve weighed it by the gram

Here’s 28 years of skating telling you that Ace’s are better than all Indy’s.
I rode nothing but Indy’s for almost a decade straight (only one I haven’t skated is the newer 144) skated thunders for 4 years straight, skated a few sets of Ventures, Tensors(old ones) Silver’s, royals, tracker, Gullwing, Orion’s, World industries(worst ever).
3 years ago I was picking up a new set and they didn’t have any Indy’s in my size so I said,
“I guess I’ll wait”,but the owner of the shop said,
“you might want to try Ace’s”
I said, ” Indy’s only, you know that better than anyone”
He held up his set up(with Ace’s) from behind the counter and said, “Indy’s never again. I absolutely LOVE these fuckin’ things”
He was the guy who stopped me from buying another set of Thunders and suggested Indy’s by saying “Here’s 36 years of skating experience telling you you’ll like Indy”s more”
I thought “he was right then about the Indy’s, so why wouldn’t he be right now about the Ace’s?”
I asked, “what if I hate’em?” he said, ” bring’em back and I’ll swap’em out for some Indy’s when they get here a day and a 1/2 from now”
I put them on and within 10 feet of rolling, I had and orgasm.
Not really of coarse, but my point is that 99.99% of everyone that says “Independent for life” are only confident in saying that because they haven’t tried Ace’s yet.
I’m sure there at least a few skaters out there that won’t like Ace’s more(probably because of the way they look) but time and time again I see this EXACT sentiment play out with ppl who’ve been skating for over 20 years.
FYI: Ace is basically an Indy stage 3 with wider hangers.
…which is why most every Indy lover will love Ace’s more.
Everything that makes an Independent truck awesome is approved upon in the Ace’s.
Try’em, I dare you.

I remember having Indy trucks years ago back in like 2000 and I swear they were heavier than anchors! I bought a pair of the stage 11’s this year after I felt that old passion for skating! (Thanks Aaron!) and put together a new complete. I can say that the stage 11’s felt nice and a lot lighter!

I actually just bought an enjoi panda with tensor trucks and 52mm wheels. Best setup I’ve had

yea i ride tensors. they bent though. i like them though. well i realised i had 8″ trucks on a 7.75″. not sure if that will do it, i think it will though. who knows

Got sent the wrong size trucks yesterday. Now I have to wait a week to return them

Very true, it is based on preference and looks like they work really well for you. Rog from the NineClub rocks Tensor!! You got a savage trick list bro!! Was wondering if anyone had some input on the bearing “spacer” that sits on axle between bearings. Rat Vision did a vid years ago about them but kinda focused on putting the spacers in weird longboard wheels. Some are too big for the wheel? Needs to sit perfectly between bearings without popping them a bit outta the pocket?

So the best reviews I can find on YouTube comes from dudes who skate the same park, you and Ben Degros, that’s it

He seems unconfident but confident, straight forward but not straight forward at the same time. Vibe is all over the place

Hi Ben, I’ve been watching a lot of your videos. Thanks! I’m curious if the Thunder and Venture trucks were the same price. The Venture Titanium (axle) is around 15% lighter but not so expensive. I wonder what you would think of them. On the subject of weight. It seems the lighter the board the easier the tricks, once you get used to a board. Why not go for the extreme and create a super light weight board?? 7″ board, small trucks and wheels. To remove weight drill extra holes in the trucks, deck and maybe even the wheels. I just wonder if the holes will create extra wind resistance or not. The unbreakable new decks might be fun the drill holes in!

Are these trucks still turning nice? I may be wrong, but I believe you may have yourself the ‘tensor all terrains’ which are made for better turning.

when lance asked what trucks come with hardware and aaron just stares at him hahaha people need to learn that trucks do not come with hardware. its like getting trucks and saying wheres the wheels and bearings omg i thought i was gonna get the whole shabang! skateboard set up for 42 dollars. what an idiot. i have just bought thunder lights couple days ago and i havent skated my new set up yet. i was thinking of getting indys but the weight put me off. and also a lot of my fav skaters skate thunders. i just hope they grind smooth like butter compared to my raw 7.6 ventures lows.

great review and sesh, i may just get these now, your an excellent skater btw

I was curious to his setup, so what I did…was got this EXACT board…(go to element website they have this shape it’s a special limited edition for his till death part, in fact it’s this exact graphic too I think) I already had those ricta wheels, and I got some what I think he’s riding are thunder lights, not hollow lights, 147. So pretty much over the last month what I gather is…the shit works extremly well for him, but it’s a very particular shape and I’m not sure I dig it that much but it’s been fun. The shape he gets made for him is super mellow, damn near like a girl or chocolate. The trucks and wheels are fine though I like ricta…the shape he rides is so weird it may not look strange from videos but it is when you get it, short shallow tail, wide nose but also shallow. Also, the wheelbase is like shifted foward from the tail to the nose…its also a smaller wheelbase than the stock size 8 boards element puts put. if you get a normal element board in around 8-8.1 unless it’s a labelled as “Nyjah concave” it won’t be the shape he rides, it’ll be much more steep as all elements are through bbs, the board he gets made for him, it’s pretty similar to girl and chocalote shapes.

this really helped picking out my first skateboard. thank you

Great video!, I’m trying to resume skating after 15 years and I was wondering if my trucks vs deck widths were really compatible. Several videos just focused on “if your board width is X and you are buying independents buy WW, if thunders buy YY,”, etc. They were not elaborating in the variables that drive the decision. I liked your analysis.

just curious what size wheel cause they look like fifties or smaller

Will you ever a budget truck review video? Mini logo, bullet, tensor, ext…

“Let me know if some of you guys tried tensor or an enjoi board.”
dude that’s litterally my favorite setup for my 8″ flip board.

you shouldn’t change up your board setup if you’re learning, if you start out with a truck that weighs 13 oz you might think “I need a lighter truck” so you get those tensors and find out that you gotta change the way you do everything to manipulate the weight of your new setup, just stick to what’s been true to you.

Dude. Indy’s crack and break quicker than all. That’s exactly why they offer a lifetime warranty, against normal use. You don’t know shit about geometry, mag is just a softer metal, it’s a pureer pour and mix. Then you go onto saying you are going to review an old soggy board. Please look up some shit before you flap those uneducated gums. Feww

i’m buying a skateboard and the width is 7.75 and in the description it says the tensor trucks are 5.5 is that good or bad

So I restarted skating after idk, since 2009ish.
I have a board a homie gave to me and now I’m going to replace it out. Just got some spitfires 52mm, I’ll keep the trucks a little longer, I have thunders idk what size or anything, but could you recommend a good setup? I was hoping to get a baker board, I’m thinking 8.0 or a little bigger, and I have spitfire 52mm, if I replace the trucks what should I get that would go with a baker with that size and the size of my wheels?
I know skating is all preference but I just want to know what you would ride if I wanted a low truck or not too high or too heavy.

I skate 8.5 and I’m literally known as the tech truck guy. Board width doesn’t affect anything

Just bought tensors and i think thier 10 times hevier than my thunders that i had for a year

Great review, but it’s a bit too long for just a truck review bruh. The video really drags on when you could have concluded it in like 10 mins

you live in canada, vancouver i think. i recognize that park lmao.

what your favourite shoe? can you please make a vid on skate shoes

the guy that went to a skate shop and asked “do you guys sell grip tape?” LMAO

I ride thunders hollows and therefore I like to put some big 56 mm OJ wheels on them, which eliminates the light feeling to them

so i’m new to skateboarding and i was wondering what size trucks should i buy for an 8.0 board

I skate an 8 & just ordered a new 7.75. Will my 144 independent trucks work on my 7.75 or will they be too big?

Hi i am beginner skater, i have 8. Skateboard, my desk is broked, should I change desk 7.5 along with 8. Truck (old truck). Thank you

Truck height along with wheelbase, tail length, and tail steepness define how the pop of a board feels. That’s what he felt when riding high trucks. You can counter that by going for a smaller wheelbase board or maybe a longer / less steep tail. Given that you have enough force in your pop, a higher truck results in much higher popped tricks. That’s why I prefer a slightly larger wheelbase with Thunder Highs.

I can’t find that deck can somebody tell me where to find it

I have like 9 inch feet and im going to go from a 7something to an 8

What axle length are best for a deck 8 inches wide and 32 inches long

venture 5.2 low v hollow lights or v lights all day everyday