Been riding some Slappys for the past two weeks and i been enjoying them!! Turns great, slides smooth, and definitely quick to brake in. Also barely any wheel bite, currently ridding a 8.7 shop deck, 8.5 Slappy trucks, 56mm spitefire formula 4. Loving this new set up!!!
I skated Indy’s my whole life . I think I bought ACE because I was riding a 9 inch board and I THOUGHT the 169,s were gonna be too big. I was wrong but I have to be honest Iliked them right off the bat . I loved the radius of the turns and they just good to ride. My problem was that I really liked my 159 stage 11 GT MODEL. Because I have size 13 feet a 9 inch board to me is nothing. Fits great. That with my smallest riser and 56/ 58 wheels I found a great match. I’m still trying to see if Indy’s are still good . I’m going to get some SLAPPY TRUCKS next. I’m 51 so I need every advantage. lol I really think it’s important to try out different stuff if you have the chance. Remember Fashion before Function is never a goood idea. Peace ! Mike 13st NYC.
Truth time. As someone who has skated forty years and worked in shops. The first thing you do when you get trucks is take them apart, replace all the bushings and pivot cups. Riptide makes a ton of options in a much better quality urethane. Pivot cups make a huge difference in truck stability when running them looser, more wiggle, less wobble.
Joey Tershay said it best, “if you’re not fuckin with your trucks, you’re really fuckin with yourself” 😂 He even encourages people to mess with Aces and make em their own
@@From96TilDeath Damn right. I was lucky enough to pick up two pairs of the magnesium base plates when they made a batch. I ride 00's with mag baseplates, bones bushings, a riptide pivot cup and titanium truck and wheel bolts. With titanium mounting hardware to hold them on.
I have the same problem with Thunders, but still prefer them to Indy. I just replace my bushings every few months and it seems to fix the issue. I still feel like I have to tighten the trucks perfectly aligned with them new bushings to avoid it, though.
Get their hardest set of bushings 100s and swap out the stock top bushing’s for the harder top bushings. You won’t have to crank your trucks so much and they’ll be more stable while allowing you to turn like a looser truck. 100/90 du if you want to get new everything.
I've been skating these trucks for the last few months, started with indies and have stuck with slappy's for my last two pairs. I don't think ill be convinced any other truck is for me. Fastest break in period, best feeling truck.
Have you tried the new grind kings? The kingpin is literally just not a problem since the nut is not on the top. I've been skating them since they came back and they're great
I was a Thunder guy too.... been on Slappy's for a minute now and I'm digging them for sure. They were way loose for me at first too. I seem to get better pop with them and can hold nose/tailslides a bit longer (for reasons I don't understand). However, I have been hearing more and more about Ventures and how some folks love them so I have a pair of them on the way to try but Slappys are totally legit and they get my recommendation for what thats worth.
Man watching your videos lately make me miss skating sooo much with my homies.. I grew up a skating everyday an skated for years. but once I had my son when I was 18 I gave it up, an now that I’m 26, I wish I never stopped 😢 wish I still had a board
What they need to do is have the kingpin smaller with a rounded Allen key top bolt and where the hanger and kingpin meet there's a drop down at like 90 degrees so you can shrink the kingpin area while keeping the same angle from the truck so it rides the same
literally just bought this exact pair of trucks at my local skate shop a couple days ago for my birthday, thought they felt weird at first but they've grown on me super fast and i actually love skating them now
Cranking down soft bushings isn’t the same as using harder ones and tightening them just a bit. The more you crank them down, the more likely your trucks will stick to one side... and get lower, giving more wheelbite.
This style of video is awesome, I think going into it kind of blindly just makes for a much “better focused” experience for the viewer. You never really know what to expect and it’s awesome. It’s like the same feeling you get when you go out street skating not knowing what you may run in to!
Man i really love how the music fits with your style of skating (very soft, peacefully but killing up at the same time). Keep killing it! your clips give me so much vibes to go skate
Anyone else just really not like that there are 3 truck companies that look nearly identical? Indy, Ace, Slappy I like thunder and venture because they have their own styling
The nonchalant commentary + hard tricks > lots of tricks style of video you've been doing lately has made this the greatest era of your RU-vid channel in my opinion. That's saying something too because I've been watching for a loooong time.
Your typical truck issue sounds more like a bushing issue. You ever tried bones bushings? The plastic core helps prevent them from getting stuck to one side. The downside is that they blow out after a couple months. They also don’t fit great in thunders. The good thing is that they don’t really have that break in period like stock bushings. They’d be worth trying in those slappies if the stock bushings get weird.
Hey you should try ice baths a couple hours after a heavy session where you know you’ll be sore, it speeds up recovery big time I’m 36 and before I got into ice baths after a heavy session of working out and or skateboarding I would have to pick and choose what days I can skate because it would take about 2-3 to not feel sore and feel ready, now I can do both and not feel sore where I would be sacrificing progress, also in corporate Wim Hoff breathing technique which allows you to tolerate the cold immediately after the breathing exercise, oh one last thing that also helps is intermittent fasting, I do all this because I can’t see myself not skateboarding for another 20 years
MY first trucks were grindkings they sucked then i moved up to thunder and venture Had A pair of silver they were great but they broke hella fast i got indys rn and mag lites but i really miss the lightness of ventures
I picked up a pair of hollow inverted kingpin 8.75” Slappy’s last month. Been mostly an Indy guy these felt at home to me. My only complaint is the stock bushings are way too soft. I swapped them with some black Indy hards and they feel better, medium loose.
How do the sizes in Slappy's work? I know they are supposed to fit true to board size but what is the range? Like, do Slappy 8s fit 8"-8.5"? Thanks for the vid John, always good uploads from you! 👌
Trucks are easy, get the lightest and buy hqrd bushings. File down your kingpin. Use two spacers between the truck and 1 between the axle nut for the wheel. No issue. People ans their losse trucks thinking theyre better than they actually are. Your not Dylan.
Trucks just keep getting made with cheaper and cheaper materials as the years go on. I have old royals that have stood the test of time. Amazing trucks.
Recently bought a new complete board, skated from about 10 till 17 ish, I have had a break for 6 years. Enjoying it but oh my god I forgot how hard it is and how much it hurts. Glad to be part of the community again
John you are ridiculously good at skateboarding. There doesn’t seem to be many tricks you cannot do. Love your positive attitude makes me want to skate.
I feel the pain of trucks being meh, recently got new bushings because the ones that came with my trucks were splitting and it was about time. They’re Indy’s and I got some bones bushings, and no matter what I did they would stick in one direction, ended up just getting independent bushings in the end
Bones bushings are terrible, in reality every aftermarket bushing you try to pun in a different brand of truck doesn't fit well. When I used to skate I tried everything to make my thunder Trucks feel a little tighter. Guess what? Aftermarket thunder bushings solved everything 😅 Bones bushings...well they last 2/3 weeks then they completely destroy
I keep switching sizes I went from 8.25 to 8.38 to 8.5 to 8.125 currently and I have a deck on the way that’s 8.25 so back to 8.25 unless I notice a big difference. So far I really like 8.125 it’s a nice sweet spot I have high trucks too so I have perfect feel of Tre flips and Nellie tres.
I’m 26 stopped skating heavily around 17 years old .. just copped me a brand new board built it by myself and about to get back to it for the freedom it brings
