Squeaky noises, wheels that don’t spin for longer than a few seconds and pushing like a madman in your local skatepark. These are all signs that our skateboard bearings are on their last legs. So...
Category: maintenance
You just got a new skateboard and it's still in mint condition. No chips, nice graphics, and shiny new wheels and trucks. At some point your skateboard will wear down, it's unavoidable, but there are...
I remember wearing my shoes down until the grip tape scraped my feet. We used all sorts of hacks to make skate shoes last longer. I remember cutting an old wetsuit and gluing a piece to my...
So you got all your parts together, nice trucks some quality bearings, spacers, a rad deck, wheels and maybe a pair of bushings to replace the stocks. It's really easy to assemble a skateboard,...
Squeaky trucks, rattling wheels and noisy decks. We've all been there at some point and it's very distracting. There are a number of reasons your skateboard or longboard makes so much noise. Loose...
I like to maintain my skateboard and hate it when it's starting to get a mind of its own. Usually, the cause is easy to find but there are many reasons why this happens. Now, most skateboards turn a...