How to Tune Up a Skateboard

Series Summary

The development of skateboarding coincides with the popularization of surfing in California around the 1950s. Since that time, skateboarding has seen many rises and falls in popularity, with several generations of young skaters developing the sport and their own skateboarding tricks and techniques. The current generation of skateboarders is more accepted and less rebellious than previous generations, and they often skate on city-built skate parks designed for a variety of skateboarding tricks. In this free video series, a professional skateboarder provides tips for taking care of a skateboard, performing skateboarding tricks and making a career out of skateboarding. Find out how to tune up a skateboard and what the fastest bearings are for a skateboard. Learn about getting sponsored by a skateboarding company and starting a skateboarding team. Discover how to do a shuvit and how to do other skateboarding tricks. Everything there is to know about skateboarding can be found in this free video series.

Video Transcript

"How are you doing there I'm Simon Bingham and this is No Comply skateboard shop in Austin, Texas. And I'm going to tell you how to tune up a skateboard. First thing you are going to want to do is go into your local skate shop get a nice skateboard wrench, make it nice and easy for you. Or you can just buy or use a nine sixteenth wrench for your truck. Half inch bolt wrench for your wheels. And a three eighth inch for your bolts. Your hardware that hold the trucks onto the skateboard. Now that's one thing you want to do in tuning up is always check to make sure these bolts that hold your trucks on are nice and tight because if you don't want them loose at all, you'll turn funny. And the next thing you'll want to do is use your half inch wrench just to take off your wheels. Clean out your bearings. Put those all back in and put that back on and then another thing you want to constantly adjust is your truck here because that's your turning and the feel the whole feel of your skateboard. So you really want to constantly loosen and tighten these and then ride it around see how it feels, tighten it back up and that's basically about it. That's how you tune your skateboard."