Category: maintenance

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

I recently bumped into a skateboarder at my local skate park and he barely had any wheels left. Probably the worst condition I've ever seen wheels in, but he didn't mind. There are a couple of signs...

I used to wait to replace my deck until it broke in half. My budget was tight and I still got the scars that remind me. When your tail decides to haunt you and picks your heel for lunch, it...