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Skateboarding => Skate Questions => Topic started by: bob george on May 11, 2022, 09:13:14 PM
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as the title says. by the definition of "truck", skateboard trucks don't fit, so what's the deal. maybe i could google this but i prefer the conversations that come with asking questions here.
lots of love,
prince.
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Maybe in the sense of transportation? As in they’re “trucking” the board around?
I dunno man that’s all I got
Edit: Probably the person riding the board too…
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Personally I call, them "Lorries."
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It's a term carried over from Rollerskate manufacturers.
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and why did they call them trucks?
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"The name comes from the movement of train-car wheel assemblies–known as trucks–which track one-another along the rails."
Now you could ask why they called that trucks
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Missed opportunity to use „why come“ in thread title.
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now that I've read about the train origins, it sounds like trucks could've been called bogies had skating/rollerskating not come out of the U.S...what a world that would be
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It’s because vans were called vans…..for awhile in skateboarding….everything was named after a mode of transportation…..
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Short for the old English “ye truckle”. A truckle being a generic term for a wheeled vehicle. Not to be confused with a round piece of cheddar cheese. I don’t know.
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i called them trunks for the better part of my first year
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It’s because vans were called vans…..for awhile in skateboarding….everything was named after a mode of transportation…..
jalopi :)
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trucks (car) make things go
trucks (skateboard) make the skateboard go
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It’s because vans were called vans…..for awhile in skateboarding….everything was named after a mode of transportation…..
jalopi :)
anyone check in on jalopi skateboard co
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And here I've been calling them shmacks this whole time...
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It’s because vans were called vans…..for awhile in skateboarding….everything was named after a mode of transportation…..
jalopi :)
anyone check in on jalopi skateboard co
I don't think any of those Antihero subsidiary companies were meant to last, I think Grimple only stuck around because of popular demand
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'independent bogies' sounds so fucking hellride lol
'fuck the rest' - independent bogies
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because most skaters drive big ol trucks that they use to haul things and go off roading in so they wanted their skateboards to sound just as alpha. bearings were originally going to be called hemis and wheels were going to be called mudders and decks were going to be called chassis and griptape was going to be called the rollbar but a bunch of beta cucks in the industry held a meeting and decided on the names we use today, which aren't nearly as tough and manly. but the truck people held strong on calling the trucks trucks so we have them to thank for that. thank god skateboard part naming didn't go full librul cuz then trucks would be called something cucked like wheel holders. fuckin pussies.
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I got a 97 f150 on my cruiser, bro. gotta keep it American.
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https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2022/06/10/16-things-you-didnt-know-about-trucks
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The original rollerskate trucks were invented in New Mexico, the name is derived from the expression "I got no truck with that", which is native to NM and means that the person speaking doesn't agree or partake of whatever is being referenced.
Rollerskate wheels were originally sold separately from the boot. Upon discovering the added expense, disgruntled buyers would often say they had no truck with that. Eventually the expression was turned into a clever marketing campaign, for the first rollerskate boots with built-in wheels, the tagline was "I'll have the trucks with that." True story.