I really appreciate the technical write up of how trucks work. As others have pointed out, skateboarding is all about feel, and not efficiency. My favorite example of this is Daewon Song, one of the most skilled and creative skaters of all time. Somehow he rides a board with no top bushing on his front truck! [1] Even most skilled skaters would have a hard time rolling down the sidewalk on this, let alone tricking it in any way.
Wow that’s amazing a.f., never knew he removed any bushings. He says it’s “fairly loose” and that thing is just flopping around!
Like some of his newish stuff around removing/replacing wheels during tricks which seems similar to this in a way.
Thanks for the vid.
one of my favourites, he has always had such a casual style, looking almost unrefined but his board control is sublime.
I remember seeing the tapes he did with Mullen back in the early 00s, there aren't many people you could put on screen with Mullen but he is one of them.
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I really appreciate the technical write up of how trucks work. As others have pointed out, skateboarding is all about feel, and not efficiency. My favorite example of this is Daewon Song, one of the most skilled and creative skaters of all time. Somehow he rides a board with no top bushing on his front truck! [1] Even most skilled skaters would have a hard time rolling down the sidewalk on this, let alone tricking it in any way.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt--3DX-md0
Wow that’s amazing a.f., never knew he removed any bushings. He says it’s “fairly loose” and that thing is just flopping around! Like some of his newish stuff around removing/replacing wheels during tricks which seems similar to this in a way. Thanks for the vid.
That last trick @2:28 was jaw dropping.
Obligatory Gou Miyagi video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGgqvsz3qA
This guy is also awesomely creative in skateboarding and in video creation.
one of my favourites, he has always had such a casual style, looking almost unrefined but his board control is sublime.
I remember seeing the tapes he did with Mullen back in the early 00s, there aren't many people you could put on screen with Mullen but he is one of them.
I would step on that and immediately assume someone forgot to put it back together