you are the hackneyed-cliche King. You should say the above in that ridiculous voice Christian Bale used when he's Batman. That's when he delivers his best tiresome platitudes.
Hey Guys, just a FYI RE: Theeve Trucks, they are very naughty. We agreed to sell them our patented BONES bushings when they began, and did so, years ago. After many months, we discovered they were not purchasing our Bushings any more, but still promoting their trucks as having Bones Bushings. After investigating, we learned that they had reproduced our bushings in China, and were representing them as originals. This caused us to sever our relationship and send them a cease and desist letter. If they are still saying that their trucks come with Bones bushing, they are lying to skaters, and if they don't ride like Bones bushings, that's' because they aren't. Some companies outright lie, cheat and steal, so beware.
@@parrysmith6565 It's not as easy of a fix as you seem to think lol. You can't fix this issue on ventures without changing the geometry and stability, so it isn't worth it for venture to piss off the people who already like riding their trucks. It's a precise engineering problem to retain the venture feel while freeing up space around the outside bolts. Trucks are finnicky and changing geometry is dangerous for truck brand loyalty. Copying others or attempting to conform to a standard is a big nono, because people WILL NOT CARE if you are yet another indy clone with worse turn. They're just gonna ride what they already like if you change your geometry and blow it. Gotta stand out somehow (IMO ventures do this by having a lot more baseplate/weight beyond the bolt holes compared to other brands which gives them heavy kicks with a ton of pop, as well as hella stability)
It’s a good thing that Ben is such an honest, upright guy, because in a sea of California voices, him and his Vancouver accent could convince me to buy anything.
ive skated thunders my entire skate career and on top of grinding perfect the way thunders make riding a skateboard feels, stepping on my friends indy setups but they feel like a soggy waffle
That’s not possible….the thunder baseplate reinforces the tail about 1/2” inch less than Indy’s. If you go back to back on the same board, the kicks with thunder will feel more soggy/flex comparatively.
Glad to see the classic indy come out on top, even after all the methodical breakdowns and benefits of everything else. Some trucks may do specific things better, but only the indy does everything well.
@@d_trick89the axle doesn’t determine the height of the truck. Go to the website it has all the measurements pretty much team thunder are 52mm high and titanium and forged hollow are 51mm high in all sizes 8 inch and up
Ok thanks, I'm at 48:42 and almost freaking out about Thunder not being listed/mentioned. Had to check the comments… It's like having the goat debate and not mentioning Lebron. He's not the goat, but he's up there and obviously has to be discussed.
I started skating in 1995. Indys were always the best. We used to get Destructos for free from the shop rep. They were fine back in 1999. Grind Kings were always the most expensive trucks or close to it. My friend rode for them and Grind King Skateboards, which was effectively just a continuation of Society Skateboards. The kingpins on Grind Kings would back out or dig into your board if you threaded them in too tight. That wasn't a problem for Daewon who kept them relevant for a lot of years. Trackers were always the bottom of the barrel and cheapest trucks at the shop. Orions were one of the few trucks I actually broke back in the day -- like the hanger and the kingpin. Just horrible trucks that were kept alive by a great team, which included (if I remember correctly) Kalis, Dyrdek, Koston and Berra (before he was so maligned). I never liked Ventures, but the older guys form the early '90s did as they were genuinely lighter than the rest. There were other dodgy trucks from the '90s. Titan trucks actually sold for more than Grind Kings, but were terrible. Recently, I got a pair of the newer Indys with the kingpin that threads into the base plate. They were given to me. They're horrible unless you like the Matt Rodriguez loose-truck approach. You've got to blue Locktit the kingpin if you want it to not back out. I skated with a few people on companies like Royal who'd ride Indys undercover. Long story short, Indys or Thunders. That's the conclusion I've come to after 27 years riding a skateboard.
I went from Krux to Indie Hollows and it took me a couple of weeks to get used to being able to turn so sharply (that and finding the right combo of bushings that didn't instantly split under my fat ass). I still use my Krux and find them fine. They might be designed for the heavier-than-average skater or something.
Those exact venture lows you pulled up are literally the only ventures I actually loved cause venture highs are a weird grind. I also loved Silvers with the thread protectors on them, hated destructos, am now a die hard indy hollow fan. All five setups Indy’s, one with mindys but they’re too heavy
I think it's worth mentioning that the GK distruptor kingpins snap in half. I had 2 pairs and 3 of my kingpins broke, it's apparently something that happens often enough that they offer to send replacement kingpins. After it sent me mid-bowl run I kinda replied with "Sorry I don't feel safe riding these"
@@pmstuff8420 well I guess I'm gonna put them on a cruiser board. I was stoked to use them for slappys but the advice you have given me sounds as though they are not strong enough for that kind of impact ... Appreciate the advice brotha...
@@j-mac7401 Slappys sound like they would be perfect with the low kingpin but unfortunately I just can't recommend it. As long as you're not doing any hard carving on that cruiser you should be pretty safe though!
Regarding Ace turns, they now have hard bushing that are 94A so the stability is way better on those than standard bushings. Hope more people can try those out!
As someone who has been skating almost 20 years and tried almost all truck brands, I always go back to independent and thunder trucks for various reasons. I follow the ben method of setting thunders up with decks that need some more life again. Thunders crisp up the pop and give great stability, but get bad wheel bite. I ride 48mm wheels with thunder and it is great! Independents always feel most like home, and as a 220 pound 6’5 dude, they are most practical for riding anywhere up to 52mm wheels and have the best turn without being too swirly (like ace trucks) for me. I decided to try the destructo mag baseplates 56mm height to stop wheel bite, but I found they don’t turn quite as well as indy, but are pretty close. You just have to throw away there bushings, put in indy bushings, melt some of the pivot cup down, and add wax in there so they (MIGHT) not get stuck when turning. Otherwise, they aren’t a terrible truck. Tensor all terrain trucks are really amazing on grinding concrete, but feel extremely cheap and improper when doing flip tricks. Venture are really stable, and fun to skate when doing manuals, but hesitate when turning and get terrible wheel bite. They also grind ruff. Ace were great when I was younger and swirly wasn’t a big deal (70 pounds ago). The only trouble I had with ace was doing crooks and my truck turning so much that it would slip into nose slide every time. Thinking of trying another set since they have an actual 8.5 size now. Skating 8.38 hangers on 8.5 decks may have been my issue with locking in on pinch grinds with ace trucks.
@@happyfingers55 I'm able to skate 60mm wheels with Indys without much of a wheel bite problem. If I go up to 63 or 64mm, then, I need a 1/8" riser. I think deck and truck width make a difference also. I've mainly been skating 8.25 and 8.5 decks.
Titanium will never work for grinding. In the knife industry with high end Titanium liner lock knives they always put a steel lockbar insert where the Titanium would meet the steel blade so it doesn't stick. Titanium is notoriously sticky against steel and there's no way around it. My ZT 0562ti full Titanium edition has the steel lockbar which makes it buttery smooth when unlocking. Titanium is even kinda sticky in the hand as well. So it's kinda surprising they made a full Titanium truck meant to grind against steel rails when it's widely known it sticks so badly against other metals. They're gonna have to put a layer of steel or something on top of the truck, or blended with the Titanium(though that's very expensive and difficult to do, ie Timascus) or it'll never work. It's probably just way to expensive and difficult to ever work in a truck.
@@zacherynoland8395 He's probably talking about the theeves TiH. Also, apparently it grinds great on ledges, so maybe they're better suited for a street tech skater
Thunder Lights are god teir for flatground, prefer them to Venture Lows, Tensor Mag Lights, Mini Logos and Aces. Great VIdeo, the Gifted Hater X Ben Degro-lab is what the skate world needed.
The nine club did its thing for years and it was and can still be great, but goddamn the “experience” show is so cringy and useless these days, and the regular show is running out of interesting guests, at least to me. It’s like 1 out of 10 episodes I’m somewhat hyped on the guest. If Hater and Ben did a podcast I’d be there no question.
While I agree with you, this would be better. Nine club is running with the same fumes pretty much, and while I have zero things against the dudes that are running it, they are not that interesting and kind of bland
Love the synergy between you two. Side note: I remember when I was 12 I had my first real board, a black label green elephant deck and a set of Webb trucks. Best looking trucks ever, they were yellow and they looked so awesome. Good talk from both of you! One Love!
Epic collab. I needed this in my life. I think the weight savings of the Indy Titaniums have more of a place on 159s-169s. I skate 159s on an 8.75 and the Titaniums feel right. Gotta say those Mini Logos turn great, not heavy, pinch and grind great but umm yeah...
I love the Aera feature lol, lets not forget the DH scene. We pay 600 for a set of trucks. And still go on to spend 200 bucks on bushings. No I'm not joking.
Old guy speaking here.... Venture lows were always my go to coming up to my peak skateboarding. Then Monster skate trucks came out. Obviously, they have disappeared since the early 2000's but they were some awesome trucks imho. I never had a problem with them until injuries happened, not truck related.
NO WAY LMAOOOOO THE crossover is insane acc smiled seeing the thumbnail for this just recenty came across your channel but been a longtime fan of Bens, glad this happened
I skated some Krux briefly in the early 2000's after getting them from a friend, after breaking my trucks. I remember being confused by how loose they were, but they didn't really turn much. Had to tick-tack like a MF with those. They were pretty tall too, but they could grind. Glad to hear nothing's changed, lol. That hole is so enticing, though.
All these bottom trucks have nothing on Element trucks. When I first started skating Element was huge so I wanted everything with that logo. Yes,even the trucks... The guy working at the skateshop straigh up tells me to not buy these. He's trying to push me away from them but I was determined to be all Element head to toe. The next day I go skating and the front trucks literarly splits in two pieaces lol. I was a skinny kid,skating flatgrant and they exploded on me.
I broke a royals base plate on flat as a kid . Went to the skate shop and they gave me another one. Half cabbed off a 3 foot dock and broke another one. I did not ask for a replacement after that. Thunder hollows for life
Titanium is stronger than steel but not harder. As in in it won't break or tear but it's definitely not harder and is kind of soft. Harder metals are brittle and will break like Carbon Tungsten that won't scratch but will shatter if you drop it while Titanium won't shatter or break but will scratch very eaisly. In the knife industry Titanium frame locks are extremely good knifes but on the lock itself they always put a steel lockbar insert where the Titanium would meet the steel blade because otherwise the Titanium would stick when unlocking it. My ZT 0562ti full Titanium edition has the lockbar insert on it so it's a smooth unlock action. So Titanium on steel is very sticky and doesn't glide across it well so having a full Titanium truck is gonna do the same thing when grinding.
My two favorite skate youtubers collaborate, amazing! I love the grind of tensors but they are light and take a lot of adjustment. I wish they made the mag light without hollow axels and kingpins. It would make them a touch heavier and stronger. They turn great in my opinion and one of the best for manuals. Plus I like being in the naughty category haha.
I've always heard ppl's frustration with bones bushings. I think the whole hernia thing is fixed by using two classic Indy or thunder top washers above the top and bottom bones bushings. Never had blowouts with that, even after retiring a set of trucks at 9 months.
Thank you to Ben for coming on and sharing uh his wisdom about, about trucks with me and everybody else who’s made it this far into what will probably be biblical length youtube video ummm.
I guess at this point in my life (I'm almost 35) I've ridden a fair amount of trucks, but I've never been particularly good at skateboarding. I also got into longboarding/downhill for a while which is where I noticed more of a difference with my traditional kingpin trucks (no sense comparing those to a reverse kingpin truck like Paris). Indy is my go-to. They're what trucks should feel like. The boards I skate the most these days are top mount longboards, like an Earthwing Superglider (38" long, kick tail and a tiny nose) and a Earthwing Miniglider (Same general shape, just 33" long i think? Wheelbase is somewhere around 18"). I love the miniglider and that's where my Indys live. Just a fantastic board for cruising around, carving down some mellow hills, popping off curbs, super comfy and nimble board. I have a pair of Krux K4s I bought mostly for the aesthetics for that setup plus the bottle opener and because the ads were great. I think I noticed they turned different, but not terrible? And heavier. I should pull that setup out and compare it to my others. I have tensor mag lights. They seem nice enough, they are really light and I notice how it affects the smoothness of my ride. A bit more chattery, if that makes sense? Turning seems fine. I still have one of my first setups with ventures from the late 90s. I haven't actually skated it in decades but it'd be fun to test it out with my other boards and see how the trucks feel compared to the other ones on my street decks. Can't speak much at all to grinds/flips. I think the tensor mags slide better on coping, but I haven't skated a mini ramp in quite some time and I usually use the board with those trucks when I skate ramps in general. I've only ever ridden Thunders on other people's boards and it's hard to compare that way, like wearing someone else's shoes. Fun video and a walk down memory lane!
Can’t believe you posted a FaceTime with your psychologist, love it splintered
🤣
@@vancouvercarpenter I wish they would have talked about z rollers.
@@vancouvercarpenter bro! you taught me how to do something when i first bought my house thanks!
Ertt
Daddy Ben Degros wit the Phd fits
its like jesus and satan in a zoom call
The two ain’t that different after all 🤝
@ roadkill Cause we all know it’s really like the WWE; they kick it behind the scenes.
On Lurpivs:
”They are ahead of their time”
”In some ways”
In most ways. Even released them before their time.
😂
Lol
Haha
The Lurpiv Paradox 🧠
Only Ben De Gros and Gifted Hater can talk about nothing but trucks for over an hour
and it's a beautiful, beautiful thing
You know this is just the edited version of a 3 hour conversation about trucks to 😭
@@joshgross8741 have u ever ridden more than one truck brand?
@@joshgross8741 I mean wheel base and turning radius are affected by truck brand… right …?
And we're hear for it
THE COLLAB WE NEEDED
Why ?
@@Michealceraoffical why not christopher?
Not the collab we deserved, but the collab we needed
Nah we deserved it
Not the collab we needed, but the collab we deserved.*
@@eye4eyelights nah bro ben is too powerful we puny humans don't deserve his vast galaxy brain of skate knowledge
you are the hackneyed-cliche King. You should say the above in that ridiculous voice Christian Bale used when he's Batman. That's when he delivers his best tiresome platitudes.
Gifted Hater and Ben Degros, this can’t get any better
Hey Guys, just a FYI RE: Theeve Trucks, they are very naughty. We agreed to sell them our patented BONES bushings when they began, and did so, years ago. After many months, we discovered they were not purchasing our Bushings any more, but still promoting their trucks as having Bones Bushings. After investigating, we learned that they had reproduced our bushings in China, and were representing them as originals. This caused us to sever our relationship and send them a cease and desist letter. If they are still saying that their trucks come with Bones bushing, they are lying to skaters, and if they don't ride like Bones bushings, that's' because they aren't. Some companies outright lie, cheat and steal, so beware.
bones bushings suck anyways 😢
Ventures were a good £15 cheaper per set than any other truck in the UK. When you’re a kid with little to no budget, that was a big persuader.
Having to take the hangar off every time you set up a new board
@@reecejamesvickers you'd think after 30+ years they'd figure out a way to make their trucks work with skate tools
@@parrysmith6565 It's not as easy of a fix as you seem to think lol. You can't fix this issue on ventures without changing the geometry and stability, so it isn't worth it for venture to piss off the people who already like riding their trucks. It's a precise engineering problem to retain the venture feel while freeing up space around the outside bolts. Trucks are finnicky and changing geometry is dangerous for truck brand loyalty. Copying others or attempting to conform to a standard is a big nono, because people WILL NOT CARE if you are yet another indy clone with worse turn. They're just gonna ride what they already like if you change your geometry and blow it. Gotta stand out somehow (IMO ventures do this by having a lot more baseplate/weight beyond the bolt holes compared to other brands which gives them heavy kicks with a ton of pop, as well as hella stability)
@@parrysmith6565 they kind of figured it out with the lows. You have to pre-thread the bolt first and itll scratch paint but it works.
@@parrysmith6565 use a Spitfire skate tool. Works for Ventures, Thunders, Indys, everything just fine
"I dont like different, It gives me feeling's and I dont want to have feeling's " - Ben Degros such a real voice during these times
fell asleep with my tv on and woke up to this and thought I might've been hallucinating lol
🤣
One hour video on a video with no ads and now revenue, true hero of the skate community. Keep up the work we love you.
love ben degros, hes the perfect person for this tier list lol
Absolutely devious of you to do this
It’s a good thing that Ben is such an honest, upright guy, because in a sea of California voices, him and his Vancouver accent could convince me to buy anything.
ive skated thunders my entire skate career and on top of grinding perfect the way thunders make riding a skateboard feels, stepping on my friends indy setups but they feel like a soggy waffle
Indys have this weird like lag to their turns I swear thunders just feel so smooth and surfy
Yup I’ve always skated thunders and probably always will.
That’s not possible….the thunder baseplate reinforces the tail about 1/2” inch less than Indy’s. If you go back to back on the same board, the kicks with thunder will feel more soggy/flex comparatively.
@@jeffli480 im talking about when you roll around on a skateboard with indy trucks, it literally feels like youre pushing a wet sponge around
@@sgodraw j
Glad to see the classic indy come out on top, even after all the methodical breakdowns and benefits of everything else. Some trucks may do specific things better, but only the indy does everything well.
Are you kidding me. What an incredible video for someone in a truck craze. Plus the 2 best youtubers. Thanks guys
So have u found your perfect truck yet
never @@joe.nail1
@@joe.nail1 Ford Raptor baby
Watch both of you a lot and genuinely enjoy hearing Ben on a more silly tip. This video was super great.
The perfect collab doesn’t exi- 😳😳😳
u right its me and your mom
@@welitty6132 destruction
BBQ chicken
the best part of this video is at 43:27 where when he types Royal Trucks into google a rolling garbage bin pops up
as someone who skates Thunders religiously i was so confused about how they didn’t get brought up until 52:37 lmao
I’m confused by Ben’s comment about thunder trucks, where he says 149’s are lower than 147’s, aren’t 147’s lower as they are a shorter axel?
@@d_trick89the axle doesn’t determine the height of the truck. Go to the website it has all the measurements pretty much team thunder are 52mm high and titanium and forged hollow are 51mm high in all sizes 8 inch and up
Ok thanks, I'm at 48:42 and almost freaking out about Thunder not being listed/mentioned. Had to check the comments… It's like having the goat debate and not mentioning Lebron. He's not the goat, but he's up there and obviously has to be discussed.
My favorite dudes on TH-cam in 1 video. Sick!
I started skating in 1995. Indys were always the best. We used to get Destructos for free from the shop rep. They were fine back in 1999. Grind Kings were always the most expensive trucks or close to it. My friend rode for them and Grind King Skateboards, which was effectively just a continuation of Society Skateboards. The kingpins on Grind Kings would back out or dig into your board if you threaded them in too tight. That wasn't a problem for Daewon who kept them relevant for a lot of years. Trackers were always the bottom of the barrel and cheapest trucks at the shop. Orions were one of the few trucks I actually broke back in the day -- like the hanger and the kingpin. Just horrible trucks that were kept alive by a great team, which included (if I remember correctly) Kalis, Dyrdek, Koston and Berra (before he was so maligned). I never liked Ventures, but the older guys form the early '90s did as they were genuinely lighter than the rest. There were other dodgy trucks from the '90s. Titan trucks actually sold for more than Grind Kings, but were terrible. Recently, I got a pair of the newer Indys with the kingpin that threads into the base plate. They were given to me. They're horrible unless you like the Matt Rodriguez loose-truck approach. You've got to blue Locktit the kingpin if you want it to not back out. I skated with a few people on companies like Royal who'd ride Indys undercover. Long story short, Indys or Thunders. That's the conclusion I've come to after 27 years riding a skateboard.
You pulled out some good names there 🤘
I forgot about silver ,grind king and titan trucks.
the legends. the combo. the counterpart to youtube skater bullshit content
I went from Krux to Indie Hollows and it took me a couple of weeks to get used to being able to turn so sharply (that and finding the right combo of bushings that didn't instantly split under my fat ass). I still use my Krux and find them fine. They might be designed for the heavier-than-average skater or something.
Not k4s tho right
Tru Dat Niggz.
@@joedent3323 your white shut 😭
@@I4k_au Actually not sure. They could be k5s because I got them as part of a complete loadout July last year.
@@Spurgte Make sense, butt boy
Those exact venture lows you pulled up are literally the only ventures I actually loved cause venture highs are a weird grind. I also loved Silvers with the thread protectors on them, hated destructos, am now a die hard indy hollow fan. All five setups Indy’s, one with mindys but they’re too heavy
I need this in podcast form every 7 days, thankyou.
I think it's worth mentioning that the GK distruptor kingpins snap in half.
I had 2 pairs and 3 of my kingpins broke, it's apparently something that happens often enough that they offer to send replacement kingpins.
After it sent me mid-bowl run I kinda replied with "Sorry I don't feel safe riding these"
Same thing happened to me. I tried to get a replacement but they never actually sent it.
Damn it!!! I just put a set on my thunders...
@@j-mac7401 as long as you don't skate your trucks too hard or skate bowl or vert you should be fine, otherwise I can't recommend you skating them :(
@@pmstuff8420 well I guess I'm gonna put them on a cruiser board. I was stoked to use them for slappys but the advice you have given me sounds as though they are not strong enough for that kind of impact ... Appreciate the advice brotha...
@@j-mac7401 Slappys sound like they would be perfect with the low kingpin but unfortunately I just can't recommend it.
As long as you're not doing any hard carving on that cruiser you should be pretty safe though!
Regarding Ace turns, they now have hard bushing that are 94A so the stability is way better on those than standard bushings. Hope more people can try those out!
Rode destructo's in the early 2000's and they were amazing
As someone who has been skating almost 20 years and tried almost all truck brands, I always go back to independent and thunder trucks for various reasons. I follow the ben method of setting thunders up with decks that need some more life again. Thunders crisp up the pop and give great stability, but get bad wheel bite. I ride 48mm wheels with thunder and it is great! Independents always feel most like home, and as a 220 pound 6’5 dude, they are most practical for riding anywhere up to 52mm wheels and have the best turn without being too swirly (like ace trucks) for me. I decided to try the destructo mag baseplates 56mm height to stop wheel bite, but I found they don’t turn quite as well as indy, but are pretty close. You just have to throw away there bushings, put in indy bushings, melt some of the pivot cup down, and add wax in there so they (MIGHT) not get stuck when turning. Otherwise, they aren’t a terrible truck. Tensor all terrain trucks are really amazing on grinding concrete, but feel extremely cheap and improper when doing flip tricks. Venture are really stable, and fun to skate when doing manuals, but hesitate when turning and get terrible wheel bite. They also grind ruff. Ace were great when I was younger and swirly wasn’t a big deal (70 pounds ago). The only trouble I had with ace was doing crooks and my truck turning so much that it would slip into nose slide every time. Thinking of trying another set since they have an actual 8.5 size now. Skating 8.38 hangers on 8.5 decks may have been my issue with locking in on pinch grinds with ace trucks.
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What about just adding a 1/8" riser to Thunders to stop the wheel bite. I think that will make them about 1 mm less than Indys.
@@idmhead0160 I tried that and it does make it perfect height for wheels 49mm
@@happyfingers55 I'm able to skate 60mm wheels with Indys without much of a wheel bite problem. If I go up to 63 or 64mm, then, I need a 1/8" riser. I think deck and truck width make a difference also. I've mainly been skating 8.25 and 8.5 decks.
Titanium will never work for grinding. In the knife industry with high end Titanium liner lock knives they always put a steel lockbar insert where the Titanium would meet the steel blade so it doesn't stick. Titanium is notoriously sticky against steel and there's no way around it. My ZT 0562ti full Titanium edition has the steel lockbar which makes it buttery smooth when unlocking. Titanium is even kinda sticky in the hand as well. So it's kinda surprising they made a full Titanium truck meant to grind against steel rails when it's widely known it sticks so badly against other metals. They're gonna have to put a layer of steel or something on top of the truck, or blended with the Titanium(though that's very expensive and difficult to do, ie Timascus) or it'll never work. It's probably just way to expensive and difficult to ever work in a truck.
That's pretty interesting
It’s just the axel and kingpin that are titanium. The rest of the truck is cast like a normal Indy
@@zacherynoland8395 He's probably talking about the theeves TiH. Also, apparently it grinds great on ledges, so maybe they're better suited for a street tech skater
1 hour with big daddy degros OMG poggers
Thunder Lights are god teir for flatground, prefer them to Venture Lows, Tensor Mag Lights, Mini Logos and Aces.
Great VIdeo, the Gifted Hater X Ben Degro-lab is what the skate world needed.
Bruh. Ben. Vancouver Carpenter. OG of OG's.
2:59 You definitely meant Zach Dowdy. I believe Zach Doelling skates for minilogo trucks or something lol
Whoops lol
Zach Doelling skates loose trucks
@@18JR78 oh really, my bad.
You and Ben could be 9 club status if you started a podcast.
The nine club did its thing for years and it was and can still be great, but goddamn the “experience” show is so cringy and useless these days, and the regular show is running out of interesting guests, at least to me. It’s like 1 out of 10 episodes I’m somewhat hyped on the guest. If Hater and Ben did a podcast I’d be there no question.
Nine club has been done since 2019
While I agree with you, this would be better. Nine club is running with the same fumes pretty much, and while I have zero things against the dudes that are running it, they are not that interesting and kind of bland
Love the synergy between you two.
Side note: I remember when I was 12 I had my first real board, a black label green elephant deck and a set of Webb trucks. Best looking trucks ever, they were yellow and they looked so awesome. Good talk from both of you! One Love!
40 min in and I'm like wow I've watched this for 40 min. My two faves, naughty and nice... Glad this collab became a thing.
Might as well start a podcast ngl
plz
KRUX should be a tier lower than Lethal Injection imo
Lez karnt
This give me hope for the future of skateboarding on TH-cam. Well done all involved, everything said was on the money.
Oh man Ben degros has held me down this past year of me learning to skateboard. Glad you guys got together!
7:31 xDDDD, I'm European and that was funny as fuck. Well done Hater.
Mini Logo? I heard they're good. Like really good. Too good. Send them to the dungeons! 🙃
Ben’s coughing sound effect gave me new life.
Epic collab. I needed this in my life. I think the weight savings of the Indy Titaniums have more of a place on 159s-169s. I skate 159s on an 8.75 and the Titaniums feel right. Gotta say those Mini Logos turn great, not heavy, pinch and grind great but umm yeah...
When Ben speaks we listen
Mini Logo is a decent truck damnit! I need a nap after watching the video....
I love the Aera feature lol, lets not forget the DH scene. We pay 600 for a set of trucks. And still go on to spend 200 bucks on bushings. No I'm not joking.
Old guy speaking here.... Venture lows were always my go to coming up to my peak skateboarding. Then Monster skate trucks came out. Obviously, they have disappeared since the early 2000's but they were some awesome trucks imho. I never had a problem with them until injuries happened, not truck related.
This has to be the only skateboarding related video EVER to include the word 'porous'
Pulled a Mikey Taylor 😂 shout out Bennett for inspiring all these trucks! This was great.
I watch all ya videos that tip for tail block was invaluable so thankyou sir all the way from Australia 🤙
Sitting at home with Covid and your videos help me keeping my head up and getting stoked for skating after i feel ok again. thank you!
Ayo Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro!
I can definitely vouch for mini-logo trucks. Honestly some of the best feeling trucks I’ve ever skated
So much sexual tension
Hearing Ben say dude it’s exactly like a cyber truck made my year
NO WAY LMAOOOOO THE crossover is insane acc smiled seeing the thumbnail for this just recenty came across your channel but been a longtime fan of Bens, glad this happened
more long form!! skateboard Joe rogan
So gassed that Ben degros gave tensors some props, the regular atgs are so nice to ride
I wish they would make the mag light without hollow kingpins and axels. I love the grind of the magnesium. No wax, no problem. Haha.
Straight up regular Thunders are the best trucks ever. Only brand I haven't fully snapped. Been rockin them since 1995.
Have you tried Aces?
when you edited the audio of Ben's cough. Subtle genius fucking gets me.
Missed opportunity not discussing the Grind King Kreper truck. Truly the Frankenstein of the truck world.
Just looked them up and holly fuck
As someone who’s currently in the midst of truck madness, both you and Ben will be getting a bill from my shrink.
Ben was spot on about Venture lows in the 90s. Best truck ever has to be the Tensor Maglight ATG.
6:10 that shit caught me off guard lmao i was like no way he coughs like that
I skated some Krux briefly in the early 2000's after getting them from a friend, after breaking my trucks. I remember being confused by how loose they were, but they didn't really turn much. Had to tick-tack like a MF with those. They were pretty tall too, but they could grind. Glad to hear nothing's changed, lol. That hole is so enticing, though.
I bought krux trucks just to see what the hole did. Turns out it was a bottle opener
I went and spent every lost dollar I had for rent to buy a new phone just to watch gifted hater on
Collab of the decade. Now we need JoaRat
Venture lows are phenomenal
I agree 💯 about Krux in lethal injection the worst trucks is history ... Holy shit ...
I agree, I broke the kingpin while being a beginner learning how to skate lol
@@npeelee Hahaha no way
NO WAY. BEN IS MY FATHER
All these bottom trucks have nothing on Element trucks. When I first started skating Element was huge so I wanted everything with that logo. Yes,even the trucks... The guy working at the skateshop straigh up tells me to not buy these. He's trying to push me away from them but I was determined to be all Element head to toe. The next day I go skating and the front trucks literarly splits in two pieaces lol. I was a skinny kid,skating flatgrant and they exploded on me.
Dude I was literally wondering where the thunder trucks where!!!lol!!! What a comeback for the Thunders!!!
Monster trucks, Titan Ti lights, destructos, Fury, Webbs
hiftedgater blessed us today
Ben’s Canadian perspective is just so… hate free and polite.
The most legendary and important collab of all time i stg 🙏🏽🖤
WE NEEDED THIS
The chemistry between these two🥰
Thunders with bones hardcore bushings are perfection.
I broke a royals base plate on flat as a kid . Went to the skate shop and they gave me another one. Half cabbed off a 3 foot dock and broke another one. I did not ask for a replacement after that. Thunder hollows for life
My current pair are 3 years old and should last another 2 years of heavy grinding.
Thunder gang ⚡️
I loved every second of this.
Titanium is stronger than steel but not harder. As in in it won't break or tear but it's definitely not harder and is kind of soft. Harder metals are brittle and will break like Carbon Tungsten that won't scratch but will shatter if you drop it while Titanium won't shatter or break but will scratch very eaisly. In the knife industry Titanium frame locks are extremely good knifes but on the lock itself they always put a steel lockbar insert where the Titanium would meet the steel blade because otherwise the Titanium would stick when unlocking it. My ZT 0562ti full Titanium edition has the lockbar insert on it so it's a smooth unlock action. So Titanium on steel is very sticky and doesn't glide across it well so having a full Titanium truck is gonna do the same thing when grinding.
this is the video im referencing from now on regarding trucks, thank you benny and the jets
Joa Rogan
My two favorite skate youtubers collaborate, amazing! I love the grind of tensors but they are light and take a lot of adjustment. I wish they made the mag light without hollow axels and kingpins. It would make them a touch heavier and stronger. They turn great in my opinion and one of the best for manuals. Plus I like being in the naughty category haha.
The fact that I’ve been looking at trucks all week so I can get new ones today 🤣 and then I see this video
I've always heard ppl's frustration with bones bushings. I think the whole hernia thing is fixed by using two classic Indy or thunder top washers above the top and bottom bones bushings. Never had blowouts with that, even after retiring a set of trucks at 9 months.
Jake Johnson rode for destructo for a bit. Always blew my mind.
if you've ever seen him irl, he could skate on anything
@@amadousy7543 I believe that!
Thank you to Ben for coming on and sharing uh his wisdom about, about trucks with me and everybody else who’s made it this far into what will probably be biblical length youtube video ummm.
EU & UK parts are pretty good. The background just always looks cool to me.
I gotta say, the Grind King Disruptors are pretty fuckin awesome. Deserve to be higher on this list. Although I did change out the bushings.
I agree, I also did the same too lol
You should expand your tier list format to other similar ideas… like venn diagrams
Where is Fury trucks?
I'll stick to my Indy Hollow Standards. I'm happy I don't have to skate anything else 😂. Great video guys.
I guess at this point in my life (I'm almost 35) I've ridden a fair amount of trucks, but I've never been particularly good at skateboarding. I also got into longboarding/downhill for a while which is where I noticed more of a difference with my traditional kingpin trucks (no sense comparing those to a reverse kingpin truck like Paris).
Indy is my go-to. They're what trucks should feel like. The boards I skate the most these days are top mount longboards, like an Earthwing Superglider (38" long, kick tail and a tiny nose) and a Earthwing Miniglider (Same general shape, just 33" long i think? Wheelbase is somewhere around 18"). I love the miniglider and that's where my Indys live. Just a fantastic board for cruising around, carving down some mellow hills, popping off curbs, super comfy and nimble board.
I have a pair of Krux K4s I bought mostly for the aesthetics for that setup plus the bottle opener and because the ads were great. I think I noticed they turned different, but not terrible? And heavier. I should pull that setup out and compare it to my others.
I have tensor mag lights. They seem nice enough, they are really light and I notice how it affects the smoothness of my ride. A bit more chattery, if that makes sense? Turning seems fine.
I still have one of my first setups with ventures from the late 90s. I haven't actually skated it in decades but it'd be fun to test it out with my other boards and see how the trucks feel compared to the other ones on my street decks.
Can't speak much at all to grinds/flips. I think the tensor mags slide better on coping, but I haven't skated a mini ramp in quite some time and I usually use the board with those trucks when I skate ramps in general.
I've only ever ridden Thunders on other people's boards and it's hard to compare that way, like wearing someone else's shoes.
Fun video and a walk down memory lane!