Any 'new' truck, hell even a revival (Grind king, Royal, Fury...let's be real, no one thought GK was gonna make a come back) is almost destined for failure.
They have three things going for them because they are true:
Grind, literally the best out; smooth feeling like ace classics but harder metal (like an ACE classic/indy hybrid). They grind amazing farther for me at the same spots with the same speed, so yeah, perfect for, well...um, slappys? Makes Royals feel even more like ventures here
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Grind clearance, which is pretty insane again, the best out there (IKP or not) something I am really noticing when skating say...literally everything out there.
Less wheelbite (true) which has a lot to do with how they turn, i.e., they give you a lot of controllable movement (like thunder) in the intial turn/setup timing window, then slow down and smooth out (the latter is where I wheelbite
with thunders...). These aren't a tight truck riders truck.
The name, I get it, capitalize on the slappy riders market (dominated by ACE and Indy)...naming a 'thing' is incredibly hard, I'm in the process of name creation with my team on a product (unrelated) and it's soooooo damn hard...everyone has a TM or (C) so you can't use what you want and the best option is always to just bonk people over the head with a name that describes what it actually is/is good for.
If you look at their insta, there is a lot of support, from them to the shops and community. Is it self serving? Sure is but they're selling a product and the best way to do that is show off your riders and shops that support you.