Loose trucks or tight trucks? - Whale Talk 

This is such an underrated video! He gets straight to the point instead of doing weak vs loose truck challenges. Too many of those around.

Those Fila shoes looks great. Especially the gum bottom ones..

when i used to teach lessons, i'd have so many kids with tight trucks, they weren't sure if they even liked skating. then i'd have them ride my loose trucks and they would instantly fall in love and say "i feel like i'm surfing!". loose trucks save lives

I still gotta find that perfect medium. I've skated tight trucks all my life, and only recently tried loosening my trucks. It felt so great skating at the park but setting up for tricks going fast to a euro gap was difficult. Either I gotta keep pushin and learning or try to find a happy medium. I don't wanna loose that flow though. Skating loose felt too amazing to give up

My son and I one day called it the Daewon challenge. We removed our top bushings and threw the washer on top. We thought it was gonna be insane but we now only ride that way. If you don't mind them, risers are helpful if you want a lil less wheel bite.

I used to ride somewhat tight but in my old age I have loosened them up and actually have much more control.

I hate wheelbite enough to give up on my cool carving technique, and a like being centered and stable while poping tricks so i always have my board medium tight with my back truck a bit more tight

yo solid topic for a video!! Just getting back into skating and was looking for a good video on this topic that wasn't Braille (sorry Kyro) LOL

quick and simple, thank you this is all I needed. Keep up the content!

those filas are badass!!!

6 holes baseplate Indy's. That's vintage 😙

Nice straightfoward video. I've just bought a nice new skateboard - I'm 63 years young (!) - and found I couldn't turn as easily as I did on an old crummy skateboard I found years ago - so seems I need to loosen the trucks a bit (trial and error, I guess).

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First time longboarder here. My longboard trucks were too loose from the factory and I thought my longboard was defective! Nevertheless, thanks to your video, I tightened my trucks a little bit and I feel more stable. I only use my longboard to commute on a flat bike path and keep my trucks a bit tight.

I skate really loose front & tight rear, gives me the perfect mobility on the front and the stability in the rear

Tight trucks all day baby. Love the solid feeling and stability. Helps to set up for tricks when rolling, and everything feels a lot "poppier" and easier to flick

I started, recently, loosening my trucks and it's a game changer. If you haven't tried it, i would HIGHLY suggest it because it makes skating so much easier and more fun.

Thunder 147 lights on a Indy titanium baseplate is the best truck I've ridden by far for me. Keeps the Wheelbase almost the same, got the perfect in between height and the nice baseplate slide of an indy with the responsive and fast popping feel if a thunder. I don't know why not more people do it but it kinda eliminates the weaknesses of both trucks and only keeps the good things about them.

I started out with them fairly loose (only like a fingers width gap between the wheels and board at full lean) and loved how it felt, But I noticed that I wasn't very comfortable skating at moderate speeds and I could only really ollie with like a single good push on the ground. I tightened my trucks so like two threads are showing and immediately it felt a lot more stable and I could ollie at a bit faster speeds. On the other hand, my treflip attempts got much worse since you lose a lot of the scoop with tighter trucks.

For me I need a pair of both medium and hard bushings- I can’t fully commit to tricks with loose trucks, but I do like to have a surfy feel when I’m just out cruising

Great tech info. Just getting into it. Thanks.

It's all preferences Daewon song's board is literally slapping loose on the front truck and firm rear truck. I like mine nice medium to loose depending on how I'm riding I switch between regular, Mongo, and goofy

Putting wax in your pivot cups and rubbing some on your bushings to prevent that squeak

imo loose trucks obviously better for turning but for doing tricks, especially starting out, tighter trucks help you land tricks easier cuz you dont gotta balance so much after the landing. when my trucks are too loose, i lose balance as i land cuz i land leaning too much to one side. til you get better foot placement and balance, tighter trucks makes landing those tricks easier. also its hard to push for more speed on loose trucks cuz u gotta put extra energy keeping balance and staying straight.

Wax wheel bite spot :)

It seems the better I get the tighter I want trucks. I think its all street no park board life though.

very informative and helpful! thank you! :)

I usually take the top washers out of my truck to get them as loose as possible without the truck rattling

thank you.

I like it somewhere in the middle

Whale my guy please make a vid talking about Indy’s kingpin like how far should or shouldn’t the kingpin be sticking out!!!!!!!🙏🏿👊🏿

What wheels were those? I liked the way those looked on the board.

Me over here with my board wheel biteing without me even on it

Long time ago when I was young, my friends made their trucks so tight that the top bushing looked like smashed donuts 🍩

Nice vids guys!! I just got my first OJ Hot Juice 60mm, do I need riser pad for my board? 🍊

Couldnt have explained it better

I only do three turns tighter when I get new ones and skate them tell they die

wax {a teeny drop of lube} in the pivot cup to get rid of the creaky sound.

What the best for tricks loose or tight trucks?

DUUUUDE I HAD THAT BOARD!!! THAT WAS ONE WIDE MF!

I wwould it loose with very hard bushings 104a or more

my metal cover under is rattleing, what should I do?

my board sounds like if you were to drop wood on the floor, it doesn’t make that click sound from the wheels, it also feels super stiff. Is it my trucks? or...

I like tight trucks. It’s make my feel solid on the board 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

I thought you ride krux and Santa Cruz why the change ??

Hey NHS or anyone, are you more likely to get wheel bite with your trucks a little wider than the board or a little narrower?

Haha idk why im watching this

Yo Ron, riser pads! Whats going on? We need to know!!!!

If you go fast enough there is no such thing as wheel bite

I’m new and sometimes my wheels come of the ground when I turn does that mean I need to loosen my trucks or is it okay to have that happen

How much should I loosen my trucks? My doesn't goes side at all!!

Back truck looser then the front truck is key

Someone told me ill break my skateboard with how loose my trucks are

Is it me or does anyone else skateboard wheel on one side lift up when they turn even if my trucks are loose

Fkn love your videos

My trucks is so tight how to loosen it? It cant with tools

fairly loose for me

I feel like it’s just me who prefers tight trucks

Nylock = nylon insert.

imagine daewon watching this

That squeaking is so horrible.. When i buy new Indy’s i just take em apart & grease the bushings with hair pomade. Nice & quiet. And my board smells fresh, like it just got out the barbershop 😂

gay like me

Tighter trucks harder bushings for scary hillbombs Looser trucks softer bushings for cruising around the park

So fila should send my man Ron some insensitive type love 💸💸 Ronaldo!! I'm over here freaking out shuving downlown kingpins into ventures n shit 💪

Seeing as I like to use both Tail and Nose interchangeably, I keep my trucks at a perfect Even(Steven).