WHAT ARE TRUCK COPERS?!

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Aaron Kyro tried his best to make a PVC Truck cover that allowed him to grind on any surface... it didn't work very well. Shortly after we were made aware of Truck Copers which are basically a professionally made version of our PVC Hacks made to put on a pair of trucks and crate the most buttery grinds! Will this skateboard life hack actually make a difference or will it grind to a halt?!
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@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Soooooo, yes we pronounced the name wrong. Thank you guys for always helping with grammar and pronunciation. I appreciate you.

@itsUncleMonK Год назад

As a skate brand and company, You guys need some work to do… 👎

@buddychartrand5504 Год назад

Lol it don’t matter you guys are amazing I’m waiting to get yours shoes I’m a size 9,0

@bigtex5483 Год назад

Please watch the video of the kid doing a GAINER BACKFLIP DROPIN ON VERT!! Love to see someone from Braille even attempt this lol

@ghost_615 Год назад

Nah, forget that. I think you need to double down. From this day forth, it's metal copping at the top of the ramp. Just lean into it. Cop that copping before the cops show up. 😂

@BelairPedicab Год назад

Copers, as in cope-ers, as in coping. They're for pools and such.

@curiousgeorge7070 Год назад

They were made for pools and ramps originally. Grind rails and copers were originally made to preserve your board and trucks. Back then everyone wanted there boards to look mint

@Xx__Pro00_Gamer_xX696 Год назад

they also made for big wheels that old school boards have

@fukkingusernames Год назад

Ahh my retro 80s boys ! You guys took the words right out of my mouth.

@2001waldo Год назад

yep wanted no scratches on the board. Tail guards and rail sliders were a must

@Thasoulmanshaus Год назад

@@2001waldo yes I had bumpers all around .😂

@jacobmecrob5185 Год назад

yep! had them on mine when I was a kid.

@DIYskate Год назад

The copers I had (co-pers, not cop-ers), were rounded, and didn't have edges that would catch the curb. We also used a tail protector, rails, cell block risers, lappers and spongy grip for grabs on the underside of the board. Skateboarding was wild in the 80's.

@philanders3705 Год назад

Haha I had every piece of protection available on my boards too. My skate probably weighed half as much as I did at the time.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Hahahahaha

@DIYskate Год назад

@@brailleskateboarding You guys should do an 80's skate challenge. Eighties shape, wheels, all the plastic bits. Just to see how hard it was. Flip tricks weren't a thing back then, it was all grabs and grinds.

@gozerianminion Год назад

I remember seeing old photos of Caballero rocking these. But you gotta remember when these were in use people weren’t doing ledge grinds since nobody was really doing ollies yet & street skating was still in its infancy . Gotta try these on pool coping for a proper test. Love the channel btw

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Ooooh yes, Pool Coping! Makes sense for the era they were designed in.

@dieseldabz7104 Год назад

I remember rocking the originals everyone was back then but we skated pools and alot of concrete curbs which didn't grind because not in California on Venice Beach all waxed up from skater's our curbs were rough to say the least on the East Coast back then.

@Wipsplash Год назад

These were used during the 80s on boards like Vision with 65mm wheels. They worked great on those types of boards. Mine is a Vision Mark Gonzales with Vision trucks and Sims 65mm Street wheels. I loved that style board. Still have it and use it.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

That is awesome, my first real skateboard was a Vision

@dieseldabz7104 Год назад

Correct. I still have few of my old 80's boards like my '85 G&S Welcome Miller deck

@Wipsplash Год назад

Might be fun to do a comparison of 1980s larger boards like the Vision Gator and Mark Gonzales with 65mm style wheels to see if you can do the same tricks or different compared to the current boards.

@musclecarfan74 Год назад

We had a Skate park back in the day in Milwaukee called the Turf, .They required copers. They are meant to prevent damage to the coping of concrete pools. I ended up buying the wrong ones, not knowing what fit my Tracker trucks. Modern shape of trucks is different than vintage truck designs, so that might be why they keep popping off.

@Robebabu 8 месяцев назад

The Turf should be re-opening this year. Will they reinstate the coper mandate? Stay tuned to find out.

@2001waldo Год назад

I had those on my G&S trucks and G&S Bill Tocco late 80's board. Blast from the past. Also had the coper covers that went over the rear nut and helped the trucks climb up over things. Like a mini ramp

@GramsByThePack Год назад

I just want to say I been watching y'all vids for years and I haven't seen a vid from you guys at all on my feed in over 5 years. This video just brought back memories

@Analogy13 Год назад

"Don't disgrace my piece of wood like that 😤" - Aaron Kyro 😭💀🔥💯

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Hahahaha

@robertlee8400 Год назад

Ya,ll should try axel extenders , they screw on to your existing axel & set the wheels out about 2 to 3 inches , absolutely no wheel bite , maybe axel bite but no wheel bite , they make them , there out there .

@aurabod2000 Год назад

if you have to do so much extra just to skate the product is not practical at all

@chaosoul-seanleeriggs369 Год назад

I feel like it's in the name Copers...as in to provide "Coping" where there is none! They could also be used as grinding trainers for people who have yet to get that AHA moment from the feel of it after "landing" a grind successfully when/while learning 5-0s and 50-50s. Once it all clicks in their minds, then they can proceed without them and also start to progress into the other grinds that the Copers would actually prevent otherwise! Still a great video Braille Much respect and love! Let's Go Keep Shredding

@dieseldabz7104 Год назад

Yup Sherlock that's where they got the name from Coping

@mipp28 Год назад

Skeleton Key MFG PVC Copers - I use these and they don't have the harsh ridges seen on these (haven't tried the ones reviewed here so can't compare usage). The copers can be sanded/cut to size for width and kingpin fitment also.

@BretCahill Год назад

You should try a lapper which comes from the same Era as the coper. Better yet you should put together a board with all the 80's inventions like rails, copers, lappers, nose and tail guards.

@ms6derek Год назад

These were also used with much larger wheels. you would have more wheel to keep you on grinds if you were running the size wheels that they had back then.

@DarkRavok Год назад

Always look forward to braille uploads

@sideoutside 6 месяцев назад

When I skated in the early 90's, we had a skateboard park here named "The Turf", It had pools mainly, small outdoor section with ramps that came way later. But they wouldn't let you skate without copers back then, so they never had to repair the coping on the pools. Plus I'm sure they made a lot of money selling copers. You also needed full pads and a helmet to skate. Which they conveniently rented to you 4 hours at a time.

@gamesincharacter5106 Год назад

As a guy who use old school street boards to street skate and vert skate. I still use truck copers although I would recommend the santa cruz truck copers. (Their lot more rounded than squared ontop)

@OCrush Год назад

Gabe working at braille is like someone teach a history class but can't remember what happened the day before

@godswittness69 Год назад

I love Gabe, but you got me. That was hilarious !

@AndySo2000 Год назад

street skating hadn't been developed yet when those were a thing. So it was for transition skating. They weren't as big and lumpy as the ones you have. Also wheels were way bigger in the 80's, 60mm where about as small as it went then.

@sketchyssk8shop Год назад

Also need to try truck lappers ( birds)

@vegasjason7 Год назад

You need to find a pair of tracker trucks with tracker coping

@sonsofthetribe Год назад

These were early 80’s. My first board in 86 came with these we took them straight off. So that was the time that the transition from early skating to what it is now started.

@ShawnxEdge Год назад

You know what’s funny, I skated from 88-2010 and I never knew about “pinching or locking in” my grinds I just did it. It wasn’t ever a thing anyone talked about.

@Slizard Год назад

Another banger by braille

@joshuaschmidinger3993 Год назад

Cool video, would be a interesting idea to get people in that know how and where to use them and shred on them(I mean they do or did have a purpose)just a thought. Love braille and all the crazy and educational stuff you guys do 😎👏

@Analogy13 Год назад

You guys have a great day! Hope the sun is shining! ♥️♥️

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

You too!!

@joshgruenbaum9379 Год назад

The popping off was real back in the day, that's why the Tracker (a truck brand) ones had pieces that went between the trucks and the wheels that held them in place. Next you guys should find some old Z-Roller trucks.

@horstderheld22 Год назад

Tracker made them with rings at the ends, so you couldn't lose them. BTW, have you already done Z-Roller Trucks?

@philanders3705 Год назад

I always wanted a pair of z rollers but only ever saw them in Transworld or Thrasher

@DIYskate Год назад

@@philanders3705 Same here. Never tried a pair, but remember the ads vividly.

@philanders3705 Год назад

@@DIYskate I was just searching them online, they're well over $2000 on eBay! Crazy

@ThePlayerOfGames Год назад

I can see a bunch of problems: 1. There's a sacrificial ledge. Nice idea but it's causing additional friction whereas the pipe was uniformly curved 2. The 'rear' coper is *always* going to rotate and dig in because the friction wants to move it back 3. The issue of the conflict between the stand post and the coper cut-out is not going to be resolved until the coper is braced in a way that prevents rotation and sliding

@Makaya9s Год назад

Alot of copers were made for certain trucks. These ones were made for madrid trucks that come on their completes. And some completes even came with them standard with nose and tail guards, lappers, risers and rails. I still ride some old ones for cruising.

@baltazard133T 9 месяцев назад

A small groove cut around both edges of the copers and a pair of zip ties would securely attached them to the trucks. Should work great if they would have done that.

@brailleskateboarding 9 месяцев назад

Good idea

@kevinchavez3946 Год назад

If you watch all the old Powell peralta videos Tony Hawk had those things on every board he had... also used nose and tail bones rib bones and lappers on the back truck

@lonniestringfellow9854 Год назад

Gabe- "wwhhoooww g g g nooooo" 🤣

@Thasoulmanshaus Год назад

I had them on my trackers when I had a Dogtown in the mid 80s. We used them on ramps to have grinds that didn’t stick. Also not to tear up trucks. Pronounced Co-pers.

@jeramiedutcher6720 Год назад

I think you said the name wrong. It's not coppers, it's copers with a long o. A play on the word coping, metal pipe installed along the top edge of a ramp. Maybe a few zip-ties could help keep them on? Or full send and go heavy with a glue made for connecting plastic to metal and sand the surfaces to rough them up for better adhesion.

@onetono619 Год назад

On the 80’s board that I first learned to ride had those truck guards, but they had grooves cut in them and they were attached with zip ties. So they won’t come off.

@dittodill Год назад

Thank you Braille Team your positivity is contagious ♥️

@wtfgonbd Год назад

Gabe's foot placement for that varial flip is wild LOL.. back foot is sideways and the front is pointing straight forward

@366atticus Год назад

he flips it so fast!

@jeffreymedina9026 Год назад

They are awesome to do slappies with and grind unpainted curbs.

@myjeepadventures2492 Год назад

you guys should get some vintage tracker sixtrack trucks with copers. they used rings at the ends of each coper to lock them in place.

@chrisparker7815 Год назад

Tracker made them with a washer that held them on. Back in the day everyone used nose,tail,rails and copers.. Boards were heavy...

@jarrettjohnson5844 Год назад

Lmao love the lil GMM reference in there 😂

@silverghost8143 Год назад

GandS and Independent used to make them too in the late 80s .. so funny how you said coper like a british policeman which is actually copper ... From memory too Gulwing used to make them too ... plenty of sk8 vids from back in the day with folks riding them on pools and parks ..

@curtisjacksons3027 Год назад

* "forced it on backwards and broke her in half " 😅😅😅😅 best thing I've ever heard AK say besides.. CHICKEN TERIYAKIIIIIII 9:05

@jazzqueen1 Год назад

Cool video and I like the trucks they look nice Braille

@switchbeck6673 Год назад

Design trucks that have those completely integrated into the truck to eliminate the locking in issue, it should work since all the weight is still put onto the metal of the trucks if made correctly. Shoot don't need to be made all metal if you're doing low impact tricks

@Zeddicus_Zorander Год назад

Way cool you got some. There are also some called “Skeleton Keys” think they are made by “Creature” maybe. 😉 sick video guys. 👏

@Numizzmaticaddict Год назад

Love how arron literally says what they are used for and definitely not street skating.

@ElementsUnknown Год назад

I am old enough (44) to have skated the originals. Had rails on the board too, everything old is new again!

@gohtwm Год назад

Keeeevvvinnnnn De Bruyne

@ericroberts5236 Год назад

Those use to come standard on our boards in the 80’s. Gonna need bigger wheels to lock in.

@garageink74 Год назад

In the immortal words of Tommy Guerrero “never do a nose picker with a coper”. You should check out a vintage pair of tracker 6 tracks. They had copers with retaining rings. You also have to get some bigger wheels. Like 60s.

@Chuck_The_Human Год назад

Of course my pair just came in today.. after watching this video I think I'm going to take my dremel to them, round them off a bit, give myself more clearance for the wheels and then actually grind a groove into it for krooks so I can still lock in, I think with a little manipulation they could be great... as long as they stay on the trucks!

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Did it work?

@Chuck_The_Human Год назад

@Braille Skateboarding I will get back to you lol.. it's gonna take a lot of grinding.. I wonder if I put concave into the width of the truck would it help lock in and pinch grinds 🤔🤔🤞

@Chuck_The_Human Год назад

@Braille Skateboarding they are much thicker than I expected.. but I think after I shave off 2/3rds of the thickness they'll could work great.. hopefully won't break too easily 🤷

@benjamindeml Год назад

You guys should DIY PVC again and then plastic weld 2 pieces on the other side so the pvc is wrapped around and hopefully prevents it from falling off.

@666nacirema666 Год назад

have you guys done the old roller trucks? iirc they were called Z-rollers and i think theyre still around to this day just not really in the american market.

@brandondone2888 Год назад

Old school truck covers bolted on to the trucks with a flap that screwed on with the truck nut.

@DanJamFitz Год назад

You the best Braille

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Thanks!

@coreybennett4560 Год назад

Those + deck rails + those things they use for the nose and tail on freestyle boards = a fully protected board?

@JaX1point6 Год назад

i suppose what product id like you to test next are these fibre glass skateboards from france, Which had the worlds biggest switch ollie record shown, But im not sure the brand, So ill have to find out for you. Thanks

@TheAquabears Год назад

The better designed ones came with slots carved in them that let you strap them to your trucks with zip-ties.

@DitchNap Год назад

I wanted to like them too, Aaron. I bought them and yeah they do fall off constantly. They were coming off in the mini ramp from axle stalls. They really don't seem to be designed for actual skating.

@MikaTarkela Год назад

They're designed for skating in pools. They protect the trucks and the pool coping.

@DitchNap Год назад

@@MikaTarkela I know what they are supposed to be, but this particular product doesn't do what copers are supposed to do, mostly they just come off anytime you grind. Pool coping will pop them right off

@Dead_Goat Год назад

Wouldnt using one on one truck and the other without allow you still "snap" in on a grind while allowing the coper to slide freely?

@scottkeenan6339 Год назад

5050 grind with barbwire wrapped trucks. Barbwire wrapped Board for extra points.

@bigtex5483 Год назад

Someone at Braille needs to try the “gainer backflip drop in” on vert…have you seen the video of that kid doing it? It’s insane…not sure Ricky ice would even try it

@moogman5801 Год назад

Not sure if you guys have done it yet but you should try a board with grip tape on the bottom instead of the top.

@iniquitousprime8747 Год назад

Another ancient & most unforgettable add-ons you use is a truck guard or also known as a truck lapper

@IndecisionTelevision Год назад

What ever happened to Roman from the worst board at the park? The one that does the CRAZY combos. Were you ever able to get him to warehouse? I encourage getting a hold of him

@KeithSkates Год назад

In all fairness, when these came out we were skating an average of 60mm wheels so there was more wheel sticking up to lock in with.

@thebusbums2825 Год назад

Love tgat you actually put that sound effect over Uzi's fsll

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Aussie Dan is a king for that one

@Jbizzy666 Год назад

Are you still doing the boot camp how to skate series? Found it very helpful so far

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

We put the remaining episodes on Braille Army as honestly they did terrible on views, which is sad but true.

@Jbizzy666 Год назад

@@brailleskateboarding thanks

@iamtheotterofmeownfeet8334 Год назад

Copers were for grinding concrete. They were to preserve your trucks against the obstacles of our day. Just like the rails on the sides, a truck slide for going up curbs and the tail slider. Try larger wheels for locking in on rails. I used 70mm wheels back then.

@jeffl9534 Год назад

you can't lock in because those were designed to work when wheels were twice as big. they also made it easy to grind on curbs that weren't waxed. but they would break shortly after because they would Crack just like in this video. Z-rollers were better for curbs and made these history.

@otakugirl205 Год назад

when is the braille drop game of skate @braille skateboarding

@johnsdea Год назад

BORGY Copers "Gnarley Grind" from Australia were the best

@J0EtheD0G Год назад

7:35 favorite part lol

@Thegreatclamslamof93 Год назад

"You make it we Bre- I mean Skate it!"

@ezraallen5962 Год назад

You guys should do a skating with weighted shoes/weight vest, video.

@scizophrenic2602 Год назад

it has one p. its not coppers as in the police. its cope, as in to deal with something difficult effectively. copers were originally made for vert ramp and pool skating. doesnt surprise me that they arent working as well on street obstacles.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Scam, never fall for this guys

@ThisOldSkater Год назад

Long "o" like "Cope." Like "Cope with your slow speed by putting these on your trucks." That was pretty much what they were for back in the day.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Or like the coping on kicker ramps?

@edjjit Год назад

loooove it !

@thegreysgotme Год назад

“Of course” - glo 😂😉

@ToyMachineLoser75 Год назад

I knew a guy who thought u could grind any random curb and at the time I told him that we would need wax. I had no idea about hot wax. I’d seen it in a video but I didn’t know what it was. I’m guessing the copers would stick on a curb.

@edwardp5748 Год назад

obviously you need to try the tensor mag lite trucks that actually do grind anything. but we already know those are legit.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

I feel like we did, now I need to go look through the archives

@michaelpena-yt1vn Год назад

Mid to late 80's if you seen a shopping cart missing the plastic handle cover, it most likely got turned into these.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

Hey this is a scam, please don't fall for him guys. We do NOT use Telegram

@forreststrong797 Год назад

I wonder how these would work on cement? Like curb style edges etc..

@muttzy Год назад

You should try them with some bigger wheels, they might possibly lock in on the rail a bit then 😉👍🏻

@jeffthreat66 Год назад

You will have to do a sequel episode on lappers and nose bones.

@Crossfirepyro2 Год назад

I still don’t think they’re like the original ones from the 80s we had to literally stomp on them to get them to snap onto the trucks he had to pry them off with the screwdrivers they didn’t move they didn’t pop off not even on the concrete curb also the wheels were a lot bigger back then so you could lock him

@gotosotoCreator1100 Год назад

Maybe the axle is bent, that might be why that popped off?

@Scranton_Boii_666 Год назад

I think also back then they had bigger MM wheels on their boards, I think the not locking in would need bigger wheels.

@davidweiss364 Год назад

You have to put on bigger wheels so they can lock in like an oldschool set up

@RawDisplays Год назад

could be wrong would they have had bigger wheels back then...making more room for locking in? dope idea tho for sure

@NextbigLeager12 Год назад

If I go to the Braille skate house, when you guys teach me skate tricks

@cvnate619ify Год назад

Bmx plastic peg cut in half then use pipe clamps to put em on the trucks

@R1ck_M4 Год назад

aron i have been struggling with the oille i have been lifting the board but can’t put my back foot on it when i try to land.

@StaticVapour590 Год назад

I bet those are more for pools and not so much for ledges

@m4owy Год назад

Love braile

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

thanks

@nickhunter8707 Год назад

What happened to all the pros? I know Ricky is in Australia but McNugg and Mowgley have been MIA for a while.

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

McNugg is handling some life stuff and Mogely films every other week to spend time with his kid, so half the videos he will never be in.

@ShawnxEdge Год назад

Made for pool coping. Also those don’t look as nice as the ones from the 80’s, they were more round and made for Tracker Trucks. You can look up old Tony Hawk videos and see him using them.

@sketchyssk8shop Год назад

We used 60 mm wheels back in the day with them

@brailleskateboarding Год назад

that makes sense