what a beautiful thread! I ran across the site doing a google search for "grind trucks through axle"......because it gets me off seeing damage and I do damage. I pretty much grind every truck to the axle and have been skating since 1987 ...to be fair about half of the time I have skated I have gone to the axles and pretty much kill every truck. I too, love seeing the grinds and gashes because as one of you said "each one has a memory". Skateboarding isn't a bunch of tricks to me....it's me putting myself into the board and whatever I am skating....what comes out of it is also ME....in damage left by me. Make sense? I did this up with one of my trucks for fun.
grindking from late 90's
this is my current Venture...few days ago, they are much "better" than this now
photo might be hard to tell, but axle
almost all the way across
last ones were Thunder and I don't have the last damage photo...but this is close before the axle was showing
same grindkings, both to axles , cracked too, busted kingpin baseplate sex
better pic of my current....see behind kingpin where axle shows from factory....you can see how they are down to it.
(new setup waiting for my old to die)
have skated current about two months maybe...
I have more in the box of junk, but this should do for now.