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I dont know if this is the wrong board but I'll give it a try. Should I tighten my trucks to have more tension on no complys. I ride my trucks pretty loose on some soft indy bushings. I wonder because they have so much give that all tension is lost. I was think that tightening them would help. Is this just a technique thing ? Any help is appreciated.
One thing that helps me (that I read on here) is to imagine you are skating on a board that is only as wide as your truck baseplates when doing some tricks. The looser I ride my trucks, the narrower the stable point of my board feels, so balancing on an 8.5 might feel more like balancing on the 2’ strip in the center whereas tighter trucks might feel more like balancing on a 4-6’ strip in the center.
Obviously there are tricks requiring tension being applied diagonally across the board, but the narrow center strip idea helps me a lot as a general rule of thumb that helps more often than not.
Hope that helps!
Started doing this (I think assflea/banned brought it up first?) and it has been super helpful. With no complies specifically, make sure you've got enough pressure over your front foot (but not too much)...when I'm having a bad day and mine get all flappy thats usually the culprit.
More pressure over the front foot for sure, that’s where the pop, power comes from.
Banned is kind and helpful!
I have also seen/heard this talk, re diagonal tension, briefly in something to do with Jeremy Wray, and more specifically in a video about Matt Rodriguez’s loose trucks.
For me there is a point where the trucks being loose becomes more of a distraction, and less about function. Loose trucks can feel good, certainly, but I start to lose pop, quickly. Tight trucks can also turn better than people might realize. All subjective and lots of rambling here