I was pondering...I’ve never skated painted trucks. I notice some truck co’s have anodized versions while others have a matte paint coating. Anyone notice any differences in grind between those two and raw?
For the first maybe 3 grinds or less the painted trucks do feel slightly smoother for a second then after that they’re basically the same as a raw
Raws are usually polished but yeah, maybe if it’s a thick coat of paint and you wax the truck then maybe they’ll grind a raw parking block better than a raw truck could but what really matters isn’t paint but the metal used
Titanium trucks(theeve tih really only) I’ve noticed can’t grind on metal well but slide like butter on concrete
And the best grinds I’ve felt but don’t last was on magnesium
Tensor mag lows back when round 3 and fully flared were the essential skate vids to watch
I know there’s other videos equally or better at the time but those 2 videos are what sold all the almost decks, tensor trucks, girl decks, royal trucks and Lakai shoes
Yeah I know that generation of us skaters were kinda trash cause all we wanted to do was replicate our fave pros and did a bunch of flip tricks trying to be the next Rodney Mullen or daewon