Enjoyed watching you testing the Lockers. Your skating is smooth fluid and putting it to a good test on rails. Will get you some 8.75 when they come in. (not orange lol)
I rode the same pair of Grind Kings from 2003 until Rad Rat announced that you were back and production started. I got two pairs of disruptors ASAP. the king is back!
Dan you are alot better of a skater than you give yourself credit for, I enjoy watching your style of skating. At 52 I cant do alot of tricks anymore but still enjoying skating with my kid.
took time off cause I sprained an ankle and I always get excited to come back to it. switch it up, bring a new mindset and relate to skating differently than before. I respect you for skating at 52, I hope I can do the same
Dan is sick. My only complaint about his flow is that he tries to pack too many tricks into one line, instead of focusing on cleaner, smoother, and more fluid tricks. He already has a unique style, and I think, for Dan specifically, less is more. Fast Dan looks great too. I feel like it’s more about self-control versus impulsiveness.
If you street skate the holes wear and i think the 3 holes will turn into one oval in less than a month. My thunders ive had for a year have diagonal ovals in all 4 holes
@@wilmueller6421 Pretty sure that's why bear trucks just have the 2 and always have a thin riser to take away wear. They are from a downhill set so know how to stop slop. Potentially the larger base plate and grooves along with the 'rocket bolts' mean the grind king set up has the same effect in removing the slop that causes such wear.
Taste is like the ass, divided. And that’s a good thing. For me any board riden by anyone without at least silver hangers and white wheels looks like an abomination.
Love the support the business mentality. It justifies some of my spending on some unnecessary extra skateboard parts as a 40yr old now with a little more money than i had when i was 15.
If I tell you why skateboarding is dying, can you support our band, with the same love you have for Truck Companies? Just like NBA viewership, thier main target demographic, doesn't exist in the same numbers anymore. If you hoike in a boiling hot fry pan, you will see your phlegm does not evaporate like water anymore. Inside all of us, is a Graphene oxide Aerogel nanotechnology Bioweapon, that has already killed over 30% of New Zealand. 21% died from the very first batch, within the first year. Never 99.97 percent safe. Always a bioweapon. Our mums made 6 babies each in 1960. Now our nz mums make less than half a baby each. We have 500 deaths to every baby born now. If you hoike in a fry pan you can see for yourself. We have video on this page.
Those divots in the truck, from a science and mathematical point of view, reduce the degree of incline between the contact point of the trucks and the rails, while locked into tricks. The more of a horizontal plane you can keep the two points of contact on, the more stable it will be. Even if the degree of incline reduction is only .01 degree, for how precise skateboarding is, that is enough to produce viable impact when it comes to slipping out out of tricks due to the fact that the trucks often don't make contact with the grind point on a horizontal plane. It's not so much about "locking in" as it is not letting gravity pull you downward. The wheel still locks you in for the most part, since being locked in from slipping side to side would require side contact, not just a little divot to sit into, although the divot still helps and that's the point. Again, it reduces the degree of angle between the contact points and creates a more stable, horizontal plane for said object (skateboard) to sit on. Super long winded I'm kinda stoned munching on dinner
I think that lump will force you into those 50-50s where the rail is flush with your wheel on one side and then you’re about 35 degrees from being forward facing
@@dogf4cemf he saying " The more of a horizontal plane you can keep the two points of contact on" I question that because ? Well, the feel of that " the grind" changes while you're grinding; when positioning while grinding the hump on the truck will add not a beneficial hook that you could easily get ? But idk
All the pros and ams out there must have forgotten about math and science while they dominate on other trucks. If only they knew they needed stability! Keep hitting that bong!
These are actually so sick, just as much as I think that they’re cheat codes for crooks and 5-0s. I feel like skateboarding is still evolving in a productive way.🥂🔥
I thought this, too. This is like the perfect truck for Andy’s boards and wheels and pants and shoes (and I mean this non-ironically, as a fan of Andy)
Andy likes the mini logo trucks that are curved near the wheels so they lock easier so the idea of him trying and liking the grind king for similar reasons is feasible, also interesting if we're to hear a comparison between the two from him.
Late nights and sleeping in won’t make a great year, you won’t make any real world progress. You should realign your goals and what’s important to you and your future and your families future. Good luck.
@@mikayla_collie I think you might be having a tizzy moment. I'm implying that the queen Sade Adu is so amazing that wearing a Sade shirt automatically makes me like the video.
@@jaythejuiceman3000 it was a simple question. no "tizzy" involved in the slightest... I'm guessing you are a bit confused at my question? I can explain it to you further if you need me too...
@@mikayla_collie Definite tizzy moment. The fact that you are unable to understand the tone behind my comment kind of suggests it. My original comment doesn't even require a reply at all. Go listen to Sade now.
Orange is perfect with the green rails, they look sick and I’m not watching next videos if I don’t see you on this board at least a little while longer Great video Bananaman
I have 3 sets of old gks from ‘90s-‘00s, and several other trucks with Gk kingpins or bushings. They always made good products, some were kinda goofy. These are growing on me, i thought the disruptors looked sick. They made bridgebolts too
Been waiting for this one. I got my set on the first run, cannot wait for them to arrive . I'm a lil biased tho, GK has always been my favorite trucks to skate. In my opinion GKs disruptors grind better then my indys and mini logos and I always prefered GK when 20 years ago when I skated. Was stoked to see GK come back and innovate. Dan is trying SOOO hard to not like these trucks lol...
I’m the opposite always hated GKs 20+ years ago. Only trucks that really never liked skating. Besides Tensors mag lights. I like heavy trucks and I like trucks that feel solid under my feet. 🦶 I skate ventures 8.75s with venture loose bushings. And also Indy Titanium’s. I could skate Indy titanium’s forever and be happy
I skate thunders for their lower profile too. Gotta have that forged baseplate though. The team base plate is a tad bit higher. I used to hate on GK back in the day and even thought they were out of business until recently. Now, I have a newfound respect for them because of their recent innovations. Grind King is doing it right. Good for them! I look forward to skating these, though I might wait for the next edition after Grind King gathers more feedback and makes improvements to these Locker's as they mentioned. I love the ability to adjust the wheelbase on these trucks-this should really be an industry standard. It's a super easy baseplate adjustment that all truck companies could implement.
I was grindkings TM in the 2000 to 05 and the one thing that I always thought was the coolest thing about them. That is the fact that the truck that goes to the foundry to get scanned in that truck was made completely by hand! Seriously Donald would make start to finish by hand he'd f-ing be walking around the warehouse for months sanding on and eyeballing the truck getting it exactly how he wanted it. No CAD no computers so I liked that aspect of them.
i kinda like all the tech-y experimenting with products going on right now even if most of them might not be for me. these trucks with a weird angular welcome deck shape would be kind of gross but kinda futuristic
first trucks I ever had were grind king back in the 90s on into the 2000s....then veered away from them. This has been very cool to see along with other folks riding them. i look forward to the next video about these trucks
I'm glad this video doesn't have your flatspots going BRRRRRRRT. I'll probably get a set of these in orange, they look neat, and I'm always down to see and try new stuff. I think a lot of "hobby cultures" tend to have a fixation on tradition and slack on the innovation.
DAN, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. YOU SKATED WITH SUCH AMAZING SKILL, AS WELL AS EFFORT. YOU WERE SO ADIMATE ABOUT LANDING THE TRICKS THAT YOU STARTED. YOU DID WELL FOR NO WARM UP, AND JUST GOING TO HARD TRICKS RIGHT AWAY. I BELIEVE YOUR SKILLS ARE GETTING BETTER, AND BETTER. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO PERSISTENT WITH YOUR SKATING. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN YOU DUDE. YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. YOU ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I STARTED MY TH-cam CHANNEL. YOU INSPIRE SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU ARE A GREAT HUMAN DAN CORRIGAN.
Legit review idea for a super cool vlog, Dan Corrigan😎! To quote you: 'I'm a Thunder guy'. Well, me too dude🛹.The T-shirt was steezy! Thanks for the generous footage, radical🌛.
Seeing you & John Hill skate flat bars so effortlessly really makes me wanna learn some tricks on the flat bar just restored.. but I’m super discouraged cause I can only do like 3 tricks lmao. I wanna learn feebles so bad
It’s dope you’re doing a review on this, cause I just saw an ad for these & as a 10+ year skater I thought they were a huge gimmick but it’s kinda cool. 😎
I've assumed Grind King were low quality because the last decade or two I've just seen them occupy Wal-Mart shelves and introduce weird new tech that never works out. Friend of my dad worked for them for a bit in the early '00s and said they wanted to just throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what stuck.
The notches on trucks are to rep the OG grooves on old trucks. Also when pinched if you look it becomes flat again which forces you back to wheel side either way you lock. Someone sound in if I’m wrong. Believe Grindking explains in his unavailing of concepts
FOR ME, a shop i go to sometimes got a set for people to mess with, and i tried to match my tensors pretty much 1 for one, and honestly... i was more annoyed i coulnt clean nosegrind vs get into crooks. I can't land a ncrook, ive said it before, but thats the trick that broke my ankle, so i have alot of fear associated with it, so i don't do them, however, salad, willy, feeble, felt great, until i tried it on a quarter and then i felt a little wonky, 5050 fought me a bit bet never spit me, 50 fought into odd position like i was fighting salad and stuff. only a couple of people i know personally ride at my level so getting like, had potential mid riders vibes from a older dude, im 31, but tbh, nano cubics, and some lockers, its a pretty solid set up for people just chillen
My first board was a barely skated complete my buddy got a few years prior. Really cool looking zero deck and phantom trucks. This was probably 2002 and he got it in probably 98 or 99. My next pair of trucks were grind kings and were honestly one of my favorite trucks. And I have skated quite a few. I even had a pair of ruckus
I I got a pair of these in the mail too. I did a video on my skateboarding channel with them. I’m really liking them, especially after messing with the bushings and the wheelbase. Got another video coming soon.
Very thorough, scientific and honest review, Dan. Wish I had your repertoire of tricks. I've been a big fan of Grind King since they first came out. I used to ride Indy's back in the late 80s early 90s, but modified them with Grind King kingpins as soon as that became a thing. Never really liked the way Thunders or Ventures turn. I have some of the newer GK Disruptors and they are pretty nice for turning and pop. I wish there was more and better stuff to grind by me. My secret sloppy curb got dozed a few years ago when they redid a shopping center. But they used to sloppy grind pretty well if the curb was slick enough. I have the spark ones too, but haven't sparked them off yet. Be interested to see how these fare long term. Give Grind King an honest chance over time. I think you'll find they are a great happy medium btw Indy and Thunder and address a lot of the issues with both. God bless, man.
Right off the bat you had the same concern I had for these. Time to watch the rest and see if thats a real issue or not. Regardless of how your review turns out Id really like to try these.
What happened to the Tensor trucks we were riding 20 years ago, that had a bit of resin to "facilitate" tailslides and blunts ? They were super hot when i was a kid lol
Tensor Sliders. All my friends skated Ventures but I rode those Sliders, just cause I liked the little orange shield and the unfinished metal look lol compared to the shiny oily look ventures had in the mid 2000's.
Just watched the new Von Dutch documentary. There's a cool nugget of Grind King history in there. I still skate a set of those glowing Kre-pers. I'd happily pre-order a reissue of them. Especially if the inverted kingpins are improved now.
I had tons of grind kings when I was a little kid. from like 4th grade to 9th grade I had like 5 pairs. I might buy some grind kings just for nostalgia's sake sometime.
Not cool of me to mention, but there was a good opportunity to spend 5 minutes with that kid to build his confidence a bit and make the skate park feel a little less intimidating. Break the stigma. You were firing on these trucks, I’d like to see them in a few weeks. It’s awesome to see you enjoying skating.
I like your honesty on them, I was concerned about the placement of the grooves pushing you out of grinds as well. Maybe with wider or conical wheels that would become an issue. Something like a lock in full from spitfire may push you into the center of their grooves with no inner edge exposed
I've always fell that Donald at Grind King strived to put out quality products and not just gimmicky stuff (Powell-Peralta) I was a Thunder guy back in the days too, but I always ran GK king pins and Bridge Bolts.
This is the only skatepark I have been to in California lol took my family to Disney land in April and I snuck out early one morning for a sesh. Hopefully I come back and hit many more
That was a great video it's weird to watch you get on new trucks and skate that good it takes me weeks if not months to get trucks working the way I want
There called Grind King for a reason! These guys used to send sent me flow packages 25 years ago! Glad there back. Ill be copping some for my next setup. GK dont play
Enjoyed watching you testing the Lockers. Your skating is smooth fluid and putting it to a good test on rails. Will get you some 8.75 when they come in. (not orange lol)
Ngl, that orange does look sick. I love having neon colors on my skateboard. It'd be sick to get these in an 8.3. What's the MSRP like?
Another vote for Orange ✔
I rode the same pair of Grind Kings from 2003 until Rad Rat announced that you were back and production started. I got two pairs of disruptors ASAP.
the king is back!
Dan you are alot better of a skater than you give yourself credit for, I enjoy watching your style of skating. At 52 I cant do alot of tricks anymore but still enjoying skating with my kid.
took time off cause I sprained an ankle and I always get excited to come back to it. switch it up, bring a new mindset and relate to skating differently than before. I respect you for skating at 52, I hope I can do the same
Dan is sick. My only complaint about his flow is that he tries to pack too many tricks into one line, instead of focusing on cleaner, smoother, and more fluid tricks. He already has a unique style, and I think, for Dan specifically, less is more. Fast Dan looks great too. I feel like it’s more about self-control versus impulsiveness.
No clique but age doesnt mean you cant just skate anyways,just do what you can if tou love it
lol I agree. DAN makes more sense to have a more mediocre rider do product reviews 😂
The baseplate for wheelbase just makes sense. I like em.
Bear trucks have the same but 2 holes not 3.
Works awesome to get your tail on a new board just right!
If you street skate the holes wear and i think the 3 holes will turn into one oval in less than a month. My thunders ive had for a year have diagonal ovals in all 4 holes
@@wilmueller6421 Pretty sure that's why bear trucks just have the 2 and always have a thin riser to take away wear. They are from a downhill set so know how to stop slop. Potentially the larger base plate and grooves along with the 'rocket bolts' mean the grind king set up has the same effect in removing the slop that causes such wear.
Orange trucks with light green rails looks good on video.
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@@Hogfather_OW im not sure about the orange truck. I feel sick. My calf hurts. Lets not worry about what looks good on video. I'll skate them.
Taste is like the ass, divided.
And that’s a good thing.
For me any board riden by anyone without at least silver hangers and white wheels looks like an abomination.
Yeah looks core out of the 80s
Dan I don't know if it is for the trucks, or because ur a rly good skater but u landed almost every trick first try. So inspiring watching u skate.
he could do the same with any trucks. he lands tricks because he has skill.
lol I seen them in person for the first time this year in DC. Literally had to stand at the park and just watch. Landed every trick and was insane!
Thanks for the video Dan . I ordered a set for nothing else than to support grind king coming back. I'm always down for new innovation
Love the support the business mentality. It justifies some of my spending on some unnecessary extra skateboard parts as a 40yr old now with a little more money than i had when i was 15.
If I tell you why skateboarding is dying, can you support our band, with the same love you have for Truck Companies? Just like NBA viewership, thier main target demographic, doesn't exist in the same numbers anymore. If you hoike in a boiling hot fry pan, you will see your phlegm does not evaporate like water anymore. Inside all of us, is a Graphene oxide Aerogel nanotechnology Bioweapon, that has already killed over 30% of New Zealand. 21% died from the very first batch, within the first year. Never 99.97 percent safe. Always a bioweapon. Our mums made 6 babies each in 1960. Now our nz mums make less than half a baby each. We have 500 deaths to every baby born now. If you hoike in a fry pan you can see for yourself. We have video on this page.
Being a gen-Xer from LA, Grind King is a brand I can't help feel nostalgic about.
I love GK for trying alone
Those divots in the truck, from a science and mathematical point of view, reduce the degree of incline between the contact point of the trucks and the rails, while locked into tricks. The more of a horizontal plane you can keep the two points of contact on, the more stable it will be. Even if the degree of incline reduction is only .01 degree, for how precise skateboarding is, that is enough to produce viable impact when it comes to slipping out out of tricks due to the fact that the trucks often don't make contact with the grind point on a horizontal plane. It's not so much about "locking in" as it is not letting gravity pull you downward. The wheel still locks you in for the most part, since being locked in from slipping side to side would require side contact, not just a little divot to sit into, although the divot still helps and that's the point. Again, it reduces the degree of angle between the contact points and creates a more stable, horizontal plane for said object (skateboard) to sit on. Super long winded I'm kinda stoned munching on dinner
I think that lump will force you into those 50-50s where the rail is flush with your wheel on one side and then you’re about 35 degrees from being forward facing
@@dogf4cemf he saying " The more of a horizontal plane you can keep the two points of contact on" I question that because ? Well, the feel of that " the grind" changes while you're grinding; when positioning while grinding the hump on the truck will add not a beneficial hook that you could easily get ? But idk
All the pros and ams out there must have forgotten about math and science while they dominate on other trucks. If only they knew they needed stability! Keep hitting that bong!
These are actually so sick, just as much as I think that they’re cheat codes for crooks and 5-0s. I feel like skateboarding is still evolving in a productive way.🥂🔥
Grindking must absolutely love the mic’d up live review. You are epic at the product review.
They don't suck and they are orange. I'm sold.
Orange is best colour. Its a fact.
Ya know??I gotta get these things!!
I could see Andy Anderson riding for this brand 😂 and they make him a special truck the Freestyle truck of the future
I thought this, too. This is like the perfect truck for Andy’s boards and wheels and pants and shoes (and I mean this non-ironically, as a fan of Andy)
Andy likes the mini logo trucks that are curved near the wheels so they lock easier so the idea of him trying and liking the grind king for similar reasons is feasible, also interesting if we're to hear a comparison between the two from him.
I *think mini-logo are secretly working on a truck for Andy in the past two years or so... you can spot it in his videos
@ yes, I think that’s true, too.
You were having WAY to much fun for those trucks not to be good..... And, you were killing it!!
January 1st, 2025. Slept in after a late night, woke up to a 20 minute old Dan upload. It's gonna be a great year.
Can't believe he's only 20 minutes old in this video.
Late nights and sleeping in won’t make a great year, you won’t make any real world progress. You should realign your goals and what’s important to you and your future and your families future. Good luck.
10/10 video due to the Sade shirt.
Your criteria for a "good video" is the shirt the poster is wearing? 🧐
very interesting...
@@mikayla_collie I think you might be having a tizzy moment. I'm implying that the queen Sade Adu is so amazing that wearing a Sade shirt automatically makes me like the video.
@@jaythejuiceman3000 it was a simple question. no "tizzy" involved in the slightest...
I'm guessing you are a bit confused at my question?
I can explain it to you further if you need me too...
@@mikayla_collie Definite tizzy moment. The fact that you are unable to understand the tone behind my comment kind of suggests it. My original comment doesn't even require a reply at all. Go listen to Sade now.
@@jaythejuiceman3000 I'm sorry your fragile little ego got hurt. I would suggest you seek mental help.
I remember grind kings from back in the day. I’m in my low 40’s, skated from early 90’s to early 2000’s. Dope to see them drop some new joints.
"Dope to see them drop some new joints"
90s confirmed
I remember when they first came out. Probably 88-89 I can't be sure but it was just the kingpin at first. Then the full trucks a bit later.
Orange is perfect with the green rails, they look sick and I’m not watching next videos if I don’t see you on this board at least a little while longer
Great video Bananaman
It seems like those trucks are giving you the sweetest taboo.
I have 3 sets of old gks from ‘90s-‘00s, and several other trucks with Gk kingpins or bushings. They always made good products, some were kinda goofy. These are growing on me, i thought the disruptors looked sick. They made bridgebolts too
Dude, Fs toe-lock 50 was bizarre looking when it first happened. I bet that felt crazy.
Been waiting for this one. I got my set on the first run, cannot wait for them to arrive . I'm a lil biased tho, GK has always been my favorite trucks to skate.
In my opinion GKs disruptors grind better then my indys and mini logos and I always prefered GK when 20 years ago when I skated.
Was stoked to see GK come back and innovate.
Dan is trying SOOO hard to not like these trucks lol...
I’m the opposite always hated GKs 20+ years ago. Only trucks that really never liked skating. Besides Tensors mag lights.
I like heavy trucks and I like trucks that feel solid under my feet. 🦶
I skate ventures 8.75s with venture loose bushings. And also Indy Titanium’s. I could skate Indy titanium’s forever and be happy
I skate thunders for their lower profile too. Gotta have that forged baseplate though. The team base plate is a tad bit higher.
I used to hate on GK back in the day and even thought they were out of business until recently. Now, I have a newfound respect for them because of their recent innovations. Grind King is doing it right. Good for them!
I look forward to skating these, though I might wait for the next edition after Grind King gathers more feedback and makes improvements to these Locker's as they mentioned. I love the ability to adjust the wheelbase on these trucks-this should really be an industry standard. It's a super easy baseplate adjustment that all truck companies could implement.
Great feedback! You made me want to buy a set! Im a indies guy, but the way those performed was impressive. The orange doesn't look bad either!
I was grindkings TM in the 2000 to 05 and the one thing that I always thought was the coolest thing about them. That is the fact that the truck that goes to the foundry to get scanned in that truck was made completely by hand! Seriously Donald would make start to finish by hand he'd f-ing be walking around the warehouse for months sanding on and eyeballing the truck getting it exactly how he wanted it. No CAD no computers so I liked that aspect of them.
Uncle Dan.... picking up where skate daddy Degros left off!
Who
@galvanizedgnomethat loser
2025 Baby. Year of your health. Don’t over do it and learn your boundaries.
🙏
Drive fast, smoke rocks, kick ducks
@galvanizedgnomeI'll stick to grass 😂
@@cochase lol for real
GRIND KING 👑 Gotta love them! You where on point today, must be the trucks 😂 Gnarly video thank you 🙏
Looks like old school Gull Wings.
Or, Webb Trucks.
More like those phantom or kreeper trucks
Didn't Gull Wings also have a hollow axle?
That first try nollie flip 😮
9:32 holy crap no way that would've held without the lockers... can't wait to get mine i pre ordered got in on the first release... good stuff
“Grossest trick ever” literally the best trick I can do lol
I feel your pain brother
I like that trick!
i kinda like all the tech-y experimenting with products going on right now even if most of them might not be for me. these trucks with a weird angular welcome deck shape would be kind of gross but kinda futuristic
first trucks I ever had were grind king back in the 90s on into the 2000s....then veered away from them. This has been very cool to see along with other folks riding them. i look forward to the next video about these trucks
That was enjoyable. Right on Dan you’re the man!! Happy new year dude🎉
i like how deliberate your testing is in this one, reminds me of ben d
Skating NICE WITH THESE WOW!!REPPIN IT HARD!!Good stuff man,im being honest when I say you enjoyed urself they put you in an awesome mood🤙🤙
Dan I’ve been watching your videos for years and I don’t even skate. Just so you know!!!!!
Your good at what you do brother.
Happy new year bro, that trucks ,,, Those trucks must work really cool 😮🫡
To be able to be that consistent on brand new trucks is testament enough. New trucks usually always feels bad. Im sold
I'm glad this video doesn't have your flatspots going BRRRRRRRT.
I'll probably get a set of these in orange, they look neat, and I'm always down to see and try new stuff. I think a lot of "hobby cultures" tend to have a fixation on tradition and slack on the innovation.
Nice, finally.. After all these years full of resentment and misunderstandings.. Skateboard and Rollerskate (technology) embraces..
Let's roll!
this is why i love Dan, i've never seen a front feeble on a ledge before today. thanks dude lol
DAN, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. YOU SKATED WITH SUCH AMAZING SKILL, AS WELL AS EFFORT. YOU WERE SO ADIMATE ABOUT LANDING THE TRICKS THAT YOU STARTED. YOU DID WELL FOR NO WARM UP, AND JUST GOING TO HARD TRICKS RIGHT AWAY. I BELIEVE YOUR SKILLS ARE GETTING BETTER, AND BETTER. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO PERSISTENT WITH YOUR SKATING. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN YOU DUDE. YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. YOU ARE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I STARTED MY TH-cam CHANNEL. YOU INSPIRE SO MANY PEOPLE. YOU ARE A GREAT HUMAN DAN CORRIGAN.
Legit review idea for a super cool vlog, Dan Corrigan😎! To quote you: 'I'm a Thunder guy'. Well, me too dude🛹.The T-shirt was steezy! Thanks for the generous footage, radical🌛.
I love orange, Interesting trucks. I had a pair of Jay Adams, vintage, but sold them. Good video Dan, thanks.
Too damn good. So much fun just to watch you skate these ledges and do so many crazy tricks. Good times.
I’d like a set just to add to the collection,imo stuff like this won’t last but will be badass to have 10 plus years from now 🎉
Seeing you & John Hill skate flat bars so effortlessly really makes me wanna learn some tricks on the flat bar just restored.. but I’m super discouraged cause I can only do like 3 tricks lmao. I wanna learn feebles so bad
Audio quality on this is perfect dude,great work
Yo Dan! It's Shane from way back in the Westminster skate park days. Love your videos, glad to see you're doing well and still killing it out there! 🤘
Finally! I've been waiting for this video! 😂 I hope you have a Great 2025, Big Dawg!
Same lol. Can't wait for mine to arrive .
@viracocha03 For sure! The adjustable wheelbase and responsiveness alone make them worth it, in my opinion
It’s dope you’re doing a review on this, cause I just saw an ad for these & as a 10+ year skater I thought they were a huge gimmick but it’s kinda cool. 😎
Don't be skeerd to say you love those Trucks, it's 2025!
I've assumed Grind King were low quality because the last decade or two I've just seen them occupy Wal-Mart shelves and introduce weird new tech that never works out. Friend of my dad worked for them for a bit in the early '00s and said they wanted to just throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what stuck.
The notches on trucks are to rep the OG grooves on old trucks. Also when pinched if you look it becomes flat again which forces you back to wheel side either way you lock. Someone sound in if I’m wrong. Believe Grindking explains in his unavailing of concepts
FOR ME, a shop i go to sometimes got a set for people to mess with, and i tried to match my tensors pretty much 1 for one, and honestly... i was more annoyed i coulnt clean nosegrind vs get into crooks.
I can't land a ncrook, ive said it before, but thats the trick that broke my ankle, so i have alot of fear associated with it, so i don't do them, however, salad, willy, feeble, felt great, until i tried it on a quarter and then i felt a little wonky, 5050 fought me a bit bet never spit me, 50 fought into odd position like i was fighting salad and stuff. only a couple of people i know personally ride at my level so getting like, had potential mid riders vibes from a older dude, im 31, but tbh, nano cubics, and some lockers, its a pretty solid set up for people just chillen
Thank you for the proper nose grind on the ledge, so many people rely on the nose of the deck to balance.
always good to support new ideas that make sense because the V2 is normally pretty legit
Man, I use to skate grind king trucks when they had a covering over them to help you grind better. Glad to see them.
My first board was a barely skated complete my buddy got a few years prior. Really cool looking zero deck and phantom trucks. This was probably 2002 and he got it in probably 98 or 99. My next pair of trucks were grind kings and were honestly one of my favorite trucks. And I have skated quite a few. I even had a pair of ruckus
I I got a pair of these in the mail too. I did a video on my skateboarding channel with them. I’m really liking them, especially after messing with the bushings and the wheelbase. Got another video coming soon.
I love how much the Slap weenies were hating
I am patiently waiting for Uncle Relevant to come back to the Indy 169's
@ does that site still exist? I haven’t heard about it in a while.
Bear trucks have had the different wheelbase holes FOREVER as well as a stepped bushing!
The tradie orange is FIRE
Dan you are the perfect person to review this type of product. Really putting them to the test. 🤘
20 years ago, my buddy Sam won a set of GK’s at our local jam for 3rd place and he couldn’t get rid of them quicker 😂
You are a really good skater!! This with the microphone on you is great!
Very thorough, scientific and honest review, Dan. Wish I had your repertoire of tricks. I've been a big fan of Grind King since they first came out. I used to ride Indy's back in the late 80s early 90s, but modified them with Grind King kingpins as soon as that became a thing. Never really liked the way Thunders or Ventures turn. I have some of the newer GK Disruptors and they are pretty nice for turning and pop. I wish there was more and better stuff to grind by me. My secret sloppy curb got dozed a few years ago when they redid a shopping center. But they used to sloppy grind pretty well if the curb was slick enough. I have the spark ones too, but haven't sparked them off yet. Be interested to see how these fare long term. Give Grind King an honest chance over time. I think you'll find they are a great happy medium btw Indy and Thunder and address a lot of the issues with both. God bless, man.
Right off the bat you had the same concern I had for these. Time to watch the rest and see if thats a real issue or not.
Regardless of how your review turns out Id really like to try these.
also love the sade shirt
Mic a bit buggy at the end but great video as always Dan 👍
Dan, please do Curb Warz. You’d kill it.
Sold, I’m in. Thanks for breaking these down so well 🙌🏻
What happened to the Tensor trucks we were riding 20 years ago, that had a bit of resin to "facilitate" tailslides and blunts ?
They were super hot when i was a kid lol
Tensor Sliders. All my friends skated Ventures but I rode those Sliders, just cause I liked the little orange shield and the unfinished metal look lol compared to the shiny oily look ventures had in the mid 2000's.
Just watched the new Von Dutch documentary. There's a cool nugget of Grind King history in there. I still skate a set of those glowing Kre-pers. I'd happily pre-order a reissue of them. Especially if the inverted kingpins are improved now.
I had tons of grind kings when I was a little kid. from like 4th grade to 9th grade I had like 5 pairs. I might buy some grind kings just for nostalgia's sake sometime.
I’ve got some otw. Can’t wait to try them!
The orange trucks actually look pretty dope. Did t expect that
one of the guys i most wanted to see a review of these from with all that slappy action and odd tricks
Dan playing Jaws or Oddjob in goldeneye confirmed
Been looking for trucks to improve my front boards, thanks Dan!
To be able to make yourself do tricks in properly/ not hitting it squared on the grind is crazy. Dan your to good dude lol
Not cool of me to mention, but there was a good opportunity to spend 5 minutes with that kid to build his confidence a bit and make the skate park feel a little less intimidating.
Break the stigma.
You were firing on these trucks, I’d like to see them in a few weeks.
It’s awesome to see you enjoying skating.
I love orange, they look awesome.
I like your honesty on them, I was concerned about the placement of the grooves pushing you out of grinds as well. Maybe with wider or conical wheels that would become an issue. Something like a lock in full from spitfire may push you into the center of their grooves with no inner edge exposed
I've always fell that Donald at Grind King strived to put out quality products and not just gimmicky stuff (Powell-Peralta) I was a Thunder guy back in the days too, but I always ran GK king pins and Bridge Bolts.
Glad you’re recovering from the Lyme disease nicely. Killing it.
great as always dan, you should add a second mic for you camera woman/man!
This is the only skatepark I have been to in California lol took my family to Disney land in April and I snuck out early one morning for a sesh. Hopefully I come back and hit many more
I’m actually kinda into the obnoxious orange tbh
Love the baseplate holes and would like to see that again on boards also.
I’m here because I had a pair back in the day and plus they are Orange 🍊 🔥 bring back Colored trucks! Gullwing, Tracker..etc
Searching far and wide to find the flaws in these trucks 😆 lol it looks like a badass new product/design to me, that kind of stuff can open doors
Except he is skating exactly the same as he always does
DAn makes the best skate vids ever
That was a great video it's weird to watch you get on new trucks and skate that good it takes me weeks if not months to get trucks working the way I want
I think Dan terrified that kid
You make these trucks look awesome
Such A Smooth Operator 😊
HappyNewYear
For a 75yr old, Dan's a good skater.
There called Grind King for a reason! These guys used to send sent me flow packages 25 years ago! Glad there back. Ill be copping some for my next setup. GK dont play
i love you dan the man! YOU DA MAN
I was curious about the wheelbase, and lower Cg. Great video Dan.