How Slappy Re-Invented the Skateboard Truck
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2023
- 2022 was the year of the truck! We saw new brands rocking old designs, old brands rocking new designs, and basically everything in between. Today we take a look at Mike Sinclair's new invention: Slappy Trucks. These trucks take a few key components from different brands and blend them together into a medley of everything great.
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What trucks are you currently riding? What do you like/dislike about them?
Smells like Tracker Gullwing Silver Fury
We have Venture, Thunder, independent and ACE. There is no Need for new Trucks.
I love to ride the Indy Titanium Hanger with the standard baseplate for the 55mm height, for less wheelbites.
I need the Indy (88 Bottom Cylinder, 90a Top) Bushings and i install in the baseplates the inverted Kingpin by my self. That weights 125g.
The ikp baseplate of indy are 12g heavier and the „legendary“ shaft nut starts to blow out.
My solution with broken washers jam up with super glue and the nut is 12g lighter per truck and nothing blow out and starts to wiggle. And you can change the inverted Kingpin easy or install the regular kingpin again. I use the kingpins of the hardware store. The looking like a slim down head GK Kingpin and you need no top washer anymore.
I change the bottom washer to a flat washer and leave the top washer out for max. clearance.
If you rock the standard washer they press into the hanger and „pinch“.
My setup is very easy 🤓
Slappy 8.5’s with the inverted kingpin 👊 love ‘em. Been riding them for about a month after some AF1’s and I’m very happy I tried them out. Feels like an ace/Indy combo in the best way
Indy 149 forged hollows
Tensor Maglights ATG 5.5s and no complaints 🤘🏻🇿🇦❤️🛹
Ps Thanks for the awesome channel and work
Nice to see someone get motivated about a "product" and not a brand.
:> weeeell not judging them or anything, but they are a shop and they wanna sell their stuff, which is totally fine, but this brand and truck is new, obviously they wanna sell them as the new shit in town, which they are.
not saying they're dishonest or anything, but this is basically a commercial.
I'd like to have some measurements, how does their wheelbase compare to other trucks, how high are they exactly, whats the hardness of their bushings?
also does ACE have patented the rethreadings axle nuts? cause if nut they could totally appeal to more customers with those AND a rethreading kingpin nut, especially those who like to slappy alot
We're excited on new stuff! As @diddymelone2265 we''re also a shop, but we try to show people products we think they would like and be honest. Why this video focuses on the 'clearance' and mentions they are not the lightest truck on the market. Hopefully someone who wants that will enjoy these trucks!
@@diddymelone2265if you like indys youll like slappy trucks.
Maybe more than indys, maybe not but its a similar truck.
I like them better because theyre taller and turn better imo so I can ride 58mm with barely any wheelbite
@@diddymelone2265I don’t think a re-threader can be patented. And Ace didn’t invent re-threaders, they’ve existed as long as bolts have existed. Come to think of it, they weren’t even the first company to market re-threaders in skateboarding. If I’m not mistaken, there used to be some skate tools that included some sort of a re-threading element.
“if nut” lol
intro was hilarious, " netflix on, nothing there. amazon prime? , nothing there. apple tv? it all sucks" LMAO 💀
Recently switched to Tensor mag lights because I'm 50 years old, and the reduction in weight helps my skating (easier to flick, higher ollies, etc). Bushings are quiet, too. Over the years I mostly skated Indys, recently though Ace AF1, but have also skated Thunder and Venture back in the day. If Slappy comes out with a lighter hollow version, I'll definitely give them a try. Currently spoiled by the weight of mag lights.
Careful though, they grind down pretty quickly if you’re skating a lot of ledges and curbs. Mine were down to axle in 3 months
@@Souls_On_Fire I heard that about them, thanks for the heads up. Most of the ledges I skate nowadays have coping, and I don't skate nearly as much as I used to. I'm old. They'll probably last me longer than they would for most people. I'm just really stoked on how light they are, and how much easier it is to flip my board. Plus, my deck is 8.75 and the trucks are 8.5, so that helps too.
Skating those mag lites added like 30% boost to my grinds. Definitely wore down fast and were so light it messed with my flick but man I could grind so far lol
Independent Hollow Titanium also very light trucks man
If weight is a concern, Slappy trucks are not for you, might want to wait for the hollow version but honestly, I can’t imagine it being light enough to justify the cost for it being hollow it’ll end up right around pace, AF, one level weight, which is still heavy AF.
always wanted a higher grind clearance for the curbs
Slappy New Year ! 2023 ! 😆👍❗
🎉🎉🎉
Ha!
Im riding a 9'er hollowed slappys on a creature Sam Hitz Jiniri Deck. Removed both the upper upper protection rings for the bushing, wonderful carve in bowls and transitions a grind well on both cuncrete and regular metal coping
Lifelong Indy rider, but its pretty rad to see someone just trying to make something good without BS. They do kinda look like the old stage 3's or Krux with reverse kingpins, but not in a bad way.
I agree, I like that he took his favourite elements from other brands and created something cool. Thats how many of the current top brands started as well.
@@ShredzShop Anyone riding them? I've been riding Indy's for 20 years, and those are the only other trucks that look interesting. Wish y'all all the best from MI
@@jimkozminski7693 A couple of our team people are riding them and loving em. They turn similar ACE and are much lighter. Also, Independent is about to re-release their Stage 4 Trucks 🤫Pretty big deal, it'll be another sharp turning truck to add to the market!
@@ShredzShop 🤘
Love that infomercial type beginning. Made me smile. I think i'll be getting the slappy hollow 9" classics for when I slappy curbs.
slappy trucks come a long way in a short time man. it's been cool to watch em go from being unknown, and then the new hot shiit of the year
Shout out SHREDZ and Levi ❤🔥
❤️🙏 Glad you enjoy the vids!!
Beat skate shop that was in my area was Board City/ Black Creek Trading Post. They were in Orange Park FL since I could remember. I got all my skateboards, surfboards, and clothes from there. Unfortunately they folded a handful of years ago. Lucky Kona is only a 20 minute drive from my hometown. I’ve moved since, but still go down every year
Shout out to Saigon Skateshop, my local. Love the people there!
Where at?
Ho Chi Minh City, one of the very few skate shops in the country but definitely the best
The Pawnshop akateshop is so rad in Covina, CA. They have so much history starting in the mid 70's. My father bought me my first real skateboard there back in 1986 keep in mind I was eleven years old when it was called the Outhouse. Everyone is super cool and treat you like family.
Pawnshop is an amazing shop! 🙌❤️
So cool to see this happening 🙌 shouts out to Uprise Skateshop & Prosper Skateshop. Chicago, IL!
Best trucks I've ever used. I'm over a year in now and still great! Only issue is the pivot cups are worn but i do skate very loose.
SOLD, NEXT BOARD LETS GO SLAPPY
I always thought Sinclair was cool. Definitely grabbing some
He's rad, one of my all time favourite Nine Clubs!
I ride Independents but wanted to shout out innerlight skate/surf shop in Pensacola Florida!!!!
happy new year
Best trucks ever ❤ thanks Mike 🫶
Shout out to Backwoods Snow and Skate shop in Auburn, Maine! Hands down my favorite shop and probably the only shop around lmao but they're good people keeping the dream alive, local, and always have a killer selection
Amazing! Shoutout Backwoods, that's awesome they're putting it down for their local scene!!
Jack board house Medford Oregon!! Home away from home Tom and Rita and pretty much every rider in towns grandma and grandpa everyone knows them and it really is a Mom and pop shop hahah they pretty much remember everyone that walk in by name. Huge shout and and support! Love ya guys
Amazing!! Shoutout Jack Board House for real! They sound like great people!!
I grew up in Medford. Jacks is the real deal!
Shoutsout Keep Pushing Skate Shop in Moline Illinois!
🙌❤️🙌
Cheers for this.
Happy New Year to you all at ShredZ
😊
...Joe...
Happy new year Joe!
Was a thunder user for the past 20yrs, but tried out ace about a month ago.
Now im hooked!
🙌🙌🙌
Bought pair myself as just got back skating at 43
@@dieseldabz7104 same goes here. Stopped skating 2004, got back into skating last august at 40y/o age..🫡🤜🏼🤛🏼
Sick to see some skater owned truck companies! Also anyone in Maine should check out backwoods snowboards & skateboards in Auburn! Really sick shop.
Big mike representing NC! May try a set.
Worth a shot! 👊
☝😎-"yo, thanx b! I was think 'bout scooping up a pair - but _now_ i know i know im gonna!"
Dope! Hope you support your local!!
@@ShredzShop _that's an ill Dawg hit!_
Shredz production is top notch
We're getting better! 😅
Good video! Keep on the good work. All the best from Germany!
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I ride Forged Indy Hollows. Look forward to a Hollow Slappy model to try since I like a lighter setup . Vu' Skateshop . I respect Mike and look forward to eventually trying them out . God bless us all and peace be with us this New Year ! 👊
I think he said spring there might be a hollow version dropping. Vu skateshop is great! ❤️
Ty , for responding ! Can't wait ! Big ups to Shredz shop always . Peace
Vu Skateshop is the best
Shoutout manifest skateshop 😘
Shout out to Bert's boards in chippenham UK, this is where I fell in love with zero
Big up to Chippenham! Used to skate the red metal park by the leisure center there back in the day!
Those look like Aces, which look like old Indys. That being said I want a set
These trucks are great!! Loving them so far 100 💯 Pick up a pair at Cowtown in AZ!!!
Cool man how much were they?
The Best intro. 👍
Always an event when we'd get to go to endless grind from our little corner of NC bitd. NC shaped my entire skateboarding life post22 and many other good influences can't wait to get back to my home state here soon
Oh and these trucks look sweet too nice to have an option besides Indy 149 and ace whatever number they use..ha
If they turn like ace trucks I’d try them
Found out about this new Brand at Mortal Skate Shop in Tucson AZ
I bought these trucks at fast times in Canberra but my favourite skate shop is probably basement skate in Sydney. Great little shop with great gear and the owner is a cool guy too.
Aussie here too mate. So after 3 months on em whata ya reckon? Any good? Haven't skated for about 15 yrs lol. But there's a new park in town and they're poppin up every bloody where so thinkin of gettin back on board to try and get rid of some gettin fuckin old flab 😂
@@28russ they're great trucks mate I highly recommend em
Highly recommend getting back on the board too. It was 5 years for me since I didn't skate and I'm loving being back on the board!
Use to be liberty boardshop brea ca till active came in to town and took them out …. Now as I get back into skating pawnshop boardshop Covina
Shout out to Faith Skate Supply in Birmingham, Alabama, that’s my local shop
Legendary shop!! ❤Always reminds me of James Hardy!
I just bought a pair of st1 curb killers, they’re gorgeous, ride buttery as hell and are comfy right out the box. Only issue, and I was lucky because I was almost screwed for a Sunday sesh, but I got to the park and after a few warm up pushes, some Ollie’s and shoves I noticed my bushings after being tightened were getting destroyed by the top washer. My buddy had some indie bushings I swapped out to luckily but it ruined the factory white bushings in an hour. After I switched bushings though, god damn. Especially with the new G3’s I put in. I was in heaven
Shoutouts to Rip City Skates and Bay Street Boards in Santa Monica California!!!
Gonna check them out the next time we're in Santa Monica!! 🙌
Oghh THE 'dive-in' meme hahahaha really. dryiced
I have a set been riding them almost 2 months. Honestly probably not going back after skating Indy/ ace for the past 6 years. Turn isn’t squirrely like ace or Indy. Just feels solid
Is the turning radius smaller? I don't like my Indy's but I have Bear Polars and the Bears are surfier.
@@john316jamesjude on my second pair they’re pretty much like indy stage 4s but with the ace hanger look and yoke and metal hardness. Personally I liked them for park I can’t tell if you’ll like them just because people have so many preferences
Skating Indys (159s) and Tensor Mag-lites... Shout out to Cream City Skatepark, Phase II, and Sky High!
Big ups to BROTHERHOOD board shop in Santa Rosa CA. The original owner sold me my first skateboard in ‘93 before he opened BH
Shout out Concrete Lines, Coolangatta, Queensland Australia.
Yoooo calling from 🇬🇧 Could you guys do a game of skate between the shop employees? Thank you for the content. Love what you guys do!!!!
haha we don't have many employees!! 😅
I second this!
@@ShredzShop do you have 2 employees? 🤔
Shoutout to One Love skateshop in Dayton, Ohio!
Merci l'ami cet info est de l'or en bar.
So I immediately ordered the Thrasher X HUF hoodie that Levi is wearing in this episode. No ragrets
lets go circle A skate shop!!!! SJ CA
I love you partying gutoma shop! hahaha
Endless Grind is my local. Cool to see them mentioned in the video.
My local shop!!!!!
Shoutout to Freedom Skateshop in Vienna, hope they get the trucks as soon as possible. Greetings
These seem sick af. Send me a pair.
To any mechanics or people that use a lot of hand tools out there - am I the only one seeing the resemblance to the Snap-On logo?
Grind kings where the best in my top years. Currently roll tensor.
We've got a pretty epic Grind king episode coming in Jan 🤫
Totally. I loved early GK trucks. Before they released a full truck I used the GK kingin kit. Game changer because in the 80s truck kingpins were basically level with the hangers. lol
The House in Vista CA; got my Slappys there, loving em so far
❤️ 🙌
Dolton skateshop 💪💪💪💪
I love the trucks! Slappy is a damn fine company!
Been Riding Webb Trucks since 99'.
On their IG they replied in a comment saying hollow versions coming out this spring
Red Curbs Skateshop in Fremont CA ALL DAY BABYYYY
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A huge shout out to Stokerun skatepark and skate shop, as well as Old Skool Skate shop, both in mid-Ohio.🛹
Slappy trucks just make sense.
i hope this will be available on our local skateshop soon
Great Vid
This is one of those few channels i get hiped when upload videos ❤
Glad you enjoy it! 🙏🙏
I back Sinclair, I'm going try a pair.
Mantis in Hamburg! Yes, where hamburgers are from ;D
We were just talking about Hamburgers being from Hamburg in the shop last week for some reason hahah Shoutout Mantis!! ❤
endless grind has been my local shop since was 11 (31 now) i got my first set up there
That's epic! Never been but always hear positive things, so Im a fan from afar!! ❤️
They have the same name as my local skate shop slappys garage
Great shop! 🔥❤️
Anyone know where these are manufactured?
My local is barley open. I've tried supporting local. Have yet to see it opened. Left a bad review mid summer he replied last week blaming his winter schedule change even tho I reviewed in July. Happy to support online shops that are not corpos
Hopefully there's a good local in your area that is open when it says, does local events, and hooks up local skaters, you can support them online ❤️ And hopefully they can show you some love back!
Got my Slappy trucks at Delicious Skate Shop in Raleigh NC
KEEP GOING!🎉
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This sounds like good trucks to check out. So far all i rode was indys.
How tall are they tho?! Im looking for a lower truck like a venture lo, but ventures dont make los past an 8” and i skate 8.5. The lowest trucks i can find are mini logo and tensors. Can anyone recommend me a low truck?! Oh and shoutout to my local shop solstice in new bedford, ma!
Just got these trucks about a week ago, and honestly they feel absolutely amazing.
McSlappy's
What's the turning radius feel comparable to? Independent? I know some people aren't really into turning and carving much but I am
@@truthhurts7637 honestly felt a lot like indys, i skate medium/loose and these felt fine. I had to tighten them down just a bit. The bushings they come stock with remind me of bones medium bushings, loose when you need em to be and stable at the same time. Hope this helps 🤘
@@TheKb813 oh that's all good news. Are you riding the inverted kingpin models?
@@truthhurts7637 yeah, ever since trying the mid indys out a few years ago, i see no downfall in the inverted kingpins.
Jimi’ bits and anytime TPC and skateboarding On the west side of taipei I’m riding tensor mag lights right now gonna set up a new deck with Indy stage 11 hollow slayer edition
🙏 🙏 🙏
Actually might have to try these out
Shout out Black Sheep in Charlotte NC.
Legendary shop ❤
Used to ride thunder now slappy curb creepers all day 🤙🏽🔥🔥🔥
how much higher are they? i could tell as soon as i looked at them .thats where the king pin clearence comes from
mag tensor lights ?
Shoutout to dogwood skate shop
Where at?
@@ShredzShop nose hope pa
Those trucks look amazing and so they must feel. At 46 lightness is mandatory but How the set of trucks turn can make the whole thing more enjoyable and thats why I m curious about these trucks.
I'd defo get some when lows come out
It looks like a ace with an inverted kingpin
Skater owned and operated, hey?
Ace can't even get their sizing figured out, sure gives me a lot of faith.
I worked at a skate shop so I have tons of access to trucks ,boards and whatnot so I finally just ordered them …. Yup that’s right I ordered and used the DREADED ZZZZZZ ROLLERS ! Hahaha😂
They were as heavy as a REAL TRUCK and they didn’t turn to good BUT ,….! I could grind anything !
I was god in my little town on LONG ISLAND!
Being that we had wood and overgrown planters made of the gnarliest cement we didn’t have Avery any grindable surfaces. I think I put them on my RON CHAPMAN BOARD from WORLD . OH THE DAYS !
Burnpile in Franklin, nc sells slappys!
Shout out to Kingpin skateboard supply co in Penrith & Wollongong , N.S.W Australia 🤙🤘
I have a neon green/hazard yellow stain deck that I did similar to this only i did Wolverine. I used the Wolverine comic Font from the covers and the Logan silhouette from Wolverine: X Men Origins
i met mike sinclair at chapel hill sk8park he's pretty chill
His 9 Club is one of my favs!