The $150 Kingpin: Restoring a Skateboard

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
    @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому +2

    This one is a bit skate nerd 🤓😂. I am ok with that. It won't be for everyone. But for those that love skate history, I hope you enjoy.
    Feedback is always welcome.

  • @Mogely
    @Mogely 10 місяців тому +2

    broooo no way she found it!
    lol bless that broken kingpin 🥲🫡
    Hitting the cone was asserting dominance 😮‍💨
    I didn’t know he was the shilouette for sector 9 🤯
    Awesome video! Hyped for your hill journey!

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому +1

      The wife came through. She wasn't looking but knew enough when she saw it to ask. She is a keeper.
      For real 🙏 the broken kingpin made it all possible.
      Crazy how different the two setups ride.
      The OG will probably be set aside. However now I can really ride the white one I setup with all the reissue components. We will take it in the bowl this spring.
      It was awesome to learn the history of everything between the two videos. It gets me hyped when more on skateboarding.
      The downhill is coming. I need to setup the board and learn some basic slides and find some beginner spots and go from there.
      Still at the park working on tricks. Just trying to share the full adventure and save the park clips for real progress and not just sessions.
      Thanks for checking it out 🙏💯. Stay Rad.

  • @SkateCrisis
    @SkateCrisis 10 місяців тому +2

    What a beautiful engine! I love how the truck was thought. Thank you for the nice video and how you explained every thing! BTW it would be interesting to see how rad pads are doing with todays trucks.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      Appreciate you checking it out. It is an awesome part of history.
      Downhill riders use angled risers on tucks that don't have predetermined angles built into them. Outside of that I haven't seen them used. Maybe I should try my street setup with Rad Pads 😂.
      The HPG truck is amazing to me. I need to try different bushings and turn radius angles with the king pin.
      Thanks again for watching. I love these videos but understand they are not for everyone. Stay Rad.

  • @mrrrock1
    @mrrrock1 10 місяців тому +2

    I'm in! let's see some downhill! Great video brother. I don't know much (anything) about old skateboards but finding an old gem of something you love is always awesome. I am liking the background set up, looks really good.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      Appreciate the feedback on the setup. Always moving forward.
      Going in, I knew what I thought I knew about G&S Fibreflex. through the process of building the replica and finding and fixing the original , I really learned a lot. It is all interesting to me.
      YES💯 downhill. Another thing that probably isn't as easy as just going down the hill. We will figure it out. 😂.

  • @bigdeckenergy8119
    @bigdeckenergy8119 9 місяців тому +1

    This is some dedication right here and I respect it

  • @vladimirkanevsky8157
    @vladimirkanevsky8157 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome board

  • @notprochris
    @notprochris 10 місяців тому +1

    That ended up being a great looking set up. Good on you for getting that kingpin machined.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      🙏 Appreciate you checking it out.
      Only think I changed from the way we found it was bushings in both trucks, bearings and the king pin. I think it is about OG and ridable as I am going to get it. Beyond grateful for the wife having a watchful eye.
      Stay Rad

  • @NeilHesterSkateboarding
    @NeilHesterSkateboarding 10 місяців тому +1

    It was meant to be and you were meant to have that board . Great story, memories made 👊🏼

  • @IRchad72
    @IRchad72 10 місяців тому +1

    That's truly a rad find and fix
    Down hill can be fun just no long runs near you. I will tell you the blue ridge park way in the late 80's was the ticket. I got a few scars of honor haha.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      🙏 super stoked to have the board and skate it. We brought it back to like.
      We have to start small on the down hill. Learn the slides. I have everything to set the board up and the gloves. Over the weekends I have been searching for spots. It is going to be an adventure 💯😂. Stay Rad

  • @Orcnized
    @Orcnized 10 місяців тому +1

    interesting stuff! 150 for two kingpins is something ;) you got pretty cheap with this and nice solution with making new kigpins.
    Crazy truck that is.
    great video!

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому +1

      I am glad there are still smart craftsmen in the world that can make things out of nothing. I have him the 2 broken pieces of the original kingpin and he produced new ones perfectly. Kind of amazing really.
      The truck design is really cool. The idea of adjusting the training radius by adjusting the kingpin is pretty Rad really. I am stoked to have this board up and running. Maybe I will try some softer bushings and see if we can get it moving more but the downhills sure are fun.
      Building my downhill board today ‼️

  • @Juan-yq3fb
    @Juan-yq3fb 10 місяців тому +1

    Great talk about Steve Cathey. I always thought sector 9’s old logo had Jay Adams. Lol

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      I can absolutely see where you would get that. Jay was Zephyr to ZFlex. His Step Father was the shaper for both.
      Appreciate this comment, sometimes I think something is a cool part of history but not sure others will be interested 😂. Stay Rad Sir.

  • @RevJenkins13
    @RevJenkins13 10 місяців тому +1

    Power Pivot skid plate baby!!!!

  • @ryanrowe1975
    @ryanrowe1975 10 місяців тому +2

    Cool board

  • @Juan-yq3fb
    @Juan-yq3fb 10 місяців тому +1

    Those look like mid tracks man. Beautiful board brotha.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      Appreciate you checking in to hear about the board. I will have to look up the measurements on the tracker. Honestly, I got so focused on the Split axle I blew right past the Tracker. I really need to go back and look at that. Stay Rad

  • @UTCSB
    @UTCSB 10 місяців тому +1

    gullwing trucks turn so good to me the only thing is how they lock in its weird, just a solid product the bushings too

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      I haven't had Gullwings since the 1980s. Learning about the HPG was super interesting. I love the history. Really appreciate your comments. They are making my day because I feel you are as hyped as I am 🙏

  • @mikeuptegrove
    @mikeuptegrove 10 місяців тому +1

    I met Jay Adams at Sunset beach on Oahu in the early 2000s. Chatted with him a bit. RIP.
    Those 109 Indy’s are they also known as stage 4’s? I saw something about Indy bringing back a Stage 4 which is supposedly the same design that Ace trucks stole from Indy that Indy hadn’t used in decades. I’ve been thinking about trucks a bit since I ordered a flat bar to skate. Not sure the Carver C5 is gonna manage grinds on a rail at all. Not sure I’m gonna even try to find out. But I’m not sure what truck to set up. I’m riding an 8.8” deck and it’s an odd size to pair a truck with. I think I prefer a truck axel smaller than my deck width. Not sure what brand to ride. I started on Venture, had Thunder after that, then was on Indy till the end. Been watching Ben Degros videos listening to his theories on all that since he started skating around same time I did and had roughly the same experiences at the same ages. But he doesn’t pop his tricks like I do. And I sorta don’t know how not to pop mine. But after SurfSkating and riding a C5, not sure any regular trucks are gonna be to my liking. I was watching you on that board and though that stability is nice for preventing speed wobbles, not sure I’d be able to deal with any tick tacking in my skating now. When I get back on standard boards I feel repulsed by any tick tacks, to the point I don’t want to even ride It. I bought Ace because of supposed turn radius, but they feel like heavy crap to me. 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️
    That board you got is a near find. Glad you were able to machine a king pin to make it whole again. That’s pretty rad. Looks fun for hill bombs so long as you never get the speed wobbles. Oh, I was gonna ask, did you watch the recent video that was filmed at Cabs house, where he shows his vintage 60s board collection? That was pretty rad.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому +1

      Mike thanks for checking in on the video.
      I thought the stage 4s were the new Indy with the inverted kingpin?
      ACE are 💯% based off of OG Indys. I have moved to ACE on almost all my setups, unless they have an old school bolt pattern. ACE doesn't make a baseplate with the OG bolt pattern.
      I have like ACE. They are very diverse for tricks, now, and slappy. I don't notice the weight. I ride an 8.75 with ACE 55. The 55s tuck the wheels in a bit so I don't hit them on slappy nose slides. ACE 66 would fit it just about perfect. I also like mine in a little.
      I haven't seen the CAB video yet. I know he is a big collector. I don't plan to become a collector, I just want to ride and experience them all. I love having a board representing the main 3 Z Boyz. Jay is Skateboarding, ALVA is the attitude of skateboarding, Stacy is the style. They brought skateboarding to life.
      Definitely stay away from that rail in the C5 😂. However, it will be tempting to see how it goes.
      Stay Rad Sir. 🙏

  • @radoldrat
    @radoldrat 10 місяців тому +2

    Oh man I had no idea they re released the Bennetts!! AND the yo-yo's!? 🛹🐀

  • @W.O.G.S.T.E.R
    @W.O.G.S.T.E.R 8 місяців тому +1

    Word🤟

  • @keepondoubletruckin8466
    @keepondoubletruckin8466 8 місяців тому +1

    black hill 😎

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  8 місяців тому

      What is Black Hill?

    • @keepondoubletruckin8466
      @keepondoubletruckin8466 8 місяців тому +1

      La Costa where it all went down♥️
      watch down hill motion or look up the black hill skateboarding then sit back and feast on the nector

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  8 місяців тому

      @@keepondoubletruckin8466 will do, thanks

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  8 місяців тому

      I was just looking it out. Classic first off. And if Black Hill (Road or Way) is in reference to the Black Mountain are in Ranch PQ in San Diego, then that is where I grew up in the 80s. From the looks of it, it could no kidding be the same area.

  • @adamwashere228
    @adamwashere228 10 місяців тому +1

    You should have taken that board down the path by that paking lot you were in. There are some gnarley hills on it.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      Definitely need to recon the river path. Is it good?

    • @adamwashere228
      @adamwashere228 10 місяців тому +1

      @AdventuresInSkateboarding the hills are pretty steep. You would definitely want the trucks locked down tight to stop speed wobbles on some of them.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому +1

      @@adamwashere228 maybe a good play to test the new downhill board 🤓

  • @Juan-yq3fb
    @Juan-yq3fb 10 місяців тому +1

    Tracker Full tracks would be a better downhill truck if you’re going old school or Paris trucks.

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      For my down hill board, I went with Caliber 44 degree. I did also get a 50 for the front while in the learning process to add a bit of stability. It is going to be rad or gnarly 😂

  • @UTCSB
    @UTCSB 10 місяців тому +1

    2:05 bruh yes i wanna feel how it was to ride that shyt honestly not just sitting on a wall idk how ppl do that, just not touch it and you just have that shit…

    • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
      @AdventuresInSkateboarding  10 місяців тому

      The new one I build rides exactly how it should. It mimics surfing 🌊. Absolutely love it. The vintage one was a little stiff. Probably due to the bushings I used. However, it gets after the hills and is RAD! 💯

  • @SkaterOperator
    @SkaterOperator 10 місяців тому +1

    I watched more than 5 minutes 🤣

  • @SkaterOperator
    @SkaterOperator 10 місяців тому +1

    Some video advice, the camera keeps bouncing; kinda annoying.

  • @VintageEvolutionSkateboards
    @VintageEvolutionSkateboards 10 місяців тому +1

    NICE !!! 🤘🤘

  • @SkaterOperator
    @SkaterOperator 10 місяців тому +1

    I’d like to explore Downhill and Slalom 🛹