A fantasy steam-punk machine that looks kinda cool, if that’s your thing, until you realize it can’t possibly exist, because it violates the laws of nature and logic. Continue reading Stooge 3-link truck: skating in never-never land
The basic idea I’d like to convey with this post is that a skateboard always balances on the line that connects the two centers of the axles of the trucks. Continue reading Skateboard geometry: balance line
The Torsion Tails are a line of rear trucks made by GBomb specifically for platform decks. In this post I examine the design. Continue reading GBomb’s Torsion Tails: a closer look
Lena Meringdal, deck maker and distance skating athlete, talks about her skate brand, MelonenKacke Longboards. This interview covers her brand’s story, lineup, R&D and marketing strategy. Continue reading MelonenKacke: interview with Lena
The distance skating scene is a small insulated social world that includes all the main spheres and dynamics one sees in an oligarchic market polity. Continue reading The distance skating scene: a miniature market oligarchy
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. Continue reading Protected: A look at the cult of Independent Trucks (Luecke, A. (2018). Jenkem Magazine)
Curfboard is a simple but ingenious design, which shows that innovation can still happen in an oligopolistic, stale market. It would be better though if Curfboard’s marketing steered clear of speciousness and didn’t thus undermine its own reliability. Continue reading Curfboard: a closer look
The TKP template has been with us entirely unchanged for many decades, during which materials technology and consumer needs have evolved. However, some things that are characteristic about TKPs are not also essential. In this post I want to examine two ubiquitous but not defining characteristics of TKPs, which truck makers ought to reconsider. Continue reading TKP trucks: history and quirks
How do we decide which angles our trucks should be wedged to? In a post addressed to beginners, I propose a process and explain the reasoning behind it. Continue reading Ideal truck angles
Is LDP a kind of skateboarding, or does it belong under the distance skating umbrella? In this post, I make an effort to define this sport. Continue reading The roots of LDP: distance sports or slalom?
Major Arc is marketing a design that isn’t, and never could be, geometrically consistent. In this article, I explain what makes the design unworkable. The real question is whether they already knew about this. Continue reading Major Arc: a couple of problems
In this short post I want to explain why I think the terms “TKP” and “RKP” do not really tell us much about how trucks work. Continue reading RKP – TKP: term pertinence
Changing Angles 