what are some old truck companies that no longer exist?
I remember these vividly:
Orion
Kreper
Phantom
Fury
Tracker
Destructo
Grind King
I seem to remember Titan and Standard? or am I making thoes up? i cant seem to find anything about them online
Destructo's were really popular in my area. I remember everyone hyping up the insane grind clearance on them, but no one was axeling trucks back then in my area lol. so not sure why this was such a selling point for us. I remember I broke the kingpin on them.
Grind Kings were seen as wack as fuck. I had a pair given to me for free and I bent the axle.
Tracker-Hawk were my first trucks and they werent bad I guess but i broke the kingpin on them.
Orion seemed like good trucks to me, I remember them often set up with SEEK boards at the time... there was a squad of older guys who were super hyped on that combination for some reason at my local hockey arena skatepark. NEver tried them. for all i know they are shit. would love to hear about osmeone who rode them.
Fury were my favorite trucks back then. I did have a pair of Indy's and I did like them, I do recall specifically them being increidbly heavy and the axle slipped really badly, but the kingpin lasted on those, and on Fury's (this was between 98-2005 all these trucks I am talking about). They fury's were also dumb heavy but they lasted really long, never managed to break the kingpin on them, I liked the turning on them too. I want to say they were slightly lighter than the indy's still.
Kreper / Phantom were just what emo / goth edgester kids would rock, no one serious would skate those from what i saw. they were super kooky. phantom werent AS BAD as the Kreper's, those were extra gimmicky with the bat shaped baseplate shit.
Would like to hear other ppl thoughts about trucks from that era or before!