You have a deck, wheels, bearings, but you need to attach these all together to have a skateboard, that’s what skateboard trucks are for.

Trucks usually consist of about 6 different parts, the baseplate, which is screwed to the deck, the hanger which sits inside a pivot cup on the baseplate on one end and is bolted by the kingpin on the other end with rubber bushings. The axle for the wheels runs through the center of the hanger. Read more »

What’s special about skateboard backpacks? What makes them different from normal backpacks?

Well you are already getting geared up to skate, so why stop short? Read more »

Skateboard stickers, what to do with them, why do you even need them?

The following is a list (in no particular order) of some of the best uses for skateboard stickers. Read more »

At some point, you will have to land a huge ollie or come down off that rail, and for that moment, you will want to have a good set of skateboard wheels.

Skateboard wheels come in a variety of sizes (52mm, 54mm, 60mm, etc.), colors, designs and materials, some being harder and others softer and “stickier”. Read more »

Arguably the most important part of a skateboard is the deck, the piece of wood that you stand on, kick, slide, rub, grind and slam into all sorts of surfaces. Don’t believe it? Read more »