Wednesday, March 11, 2009

LOOSE or TIGHT TRUCKS ??

Are you speed-wobbling down the street millimeters away from catching wheel bite, or are you stressing as you try to tick-tack around some annoying pedestrian? If there's one piece of equipment that can contribute to someone's overall style and flow on a skateboard it's their trucks. Loose or tight? Here's how the pros stack up.

* "If you keep your trucks tight, you don't gotta break 'em in and get used to 'em. It's good for me because I usually freak out and throw my boards into traffic or just give 'em to some rats." - Ragdoll

* "If I'm skating ledges, they're loose, rails they're tight. That's why I always have my tool with me." - Mike Taylor

* "I ride my trucks tight for better pop. Plus I don't want to roll up to some rail, wiggling around the shit." - Terry Kennedy

* People give me shit for having such loose trucks, but I've just got to be able to feel the turns." - Adam Alfaro

* Most people probably think my tucks are tight, but I weigh 200 pounds, ya know? Basically they're closer to tight than loose." - Kenny Hughes

* Here's my technique: i turn the board over end try to press the wheel down into the board. I get it to where the wheels are half in inch away from the board on all sides, with me putting pressure on it. If its touches, it's way too loose. Basically I try and get to where I won't get wheel bite." - Marc Johnson

* I've always had a tight back truck and loose front truck, and that's that." - Jim Greco

* It all depends if I feel loose or
tight. If I got really bed hangover and I gotta skate the Tampa park, I'll usually tighten 'em up because I'll be over the place. But if I'm out street skating with Geoff Mark in front of a gas station with no shirt on, then I might just keep 'em loose." - Arto Saari

yee! I admit it, I drunk but I still Know what I'm posting! heek! :DD
It's all about SKATEBOARDING.. whether LOOSE or TIGHT trucks you're gonna to uSE!! :))

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