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Skateboard Setups - Describe your skateboard setup and post photos and check out other skater's skateboard setups. A skater's setup is all of the parts that goes into his or her skateboard, so the trucks, wheels, bearings, and deck, among other parts. What's your skateboard setup?

Describe Your Setup

Blank Red with PollyBlasters

My wheels are PollyBlaster wheels. they have blue electricity around them, and they are good for going fast. they go ten times faster then my other ones. I have abec 5 bearings, and bones reds bearin…More

Element Board with Powell / Venture

Just a basic setup for flatland street, flips and grinds.$20 Set - Powell Mini Logo Wheels... Black/Red Splatter. 54mm 101a$36 Set Venture Trucks: Blood Red$12 Bones Reds Bearings.Total Board Setup a…More

Boardpusher Enjin with Tensors

Wheels- Blank.Trucks- Tensor slider mid RAW. Awesome ones, really good, steady, strong, great turn and pretty light.Bearings- Spitfire cheapshots. Nothing special except that their shields block all …More

Almost with Thunder & Shortys

I have thunder 5.0 trucks. Work great and grind really good. I of course have bones reds, best bearings ever. And I have a set of mini logo 49 mm wheels. Work good and are really cheap. OH,and I have…More

Plan B with Bones and Shortys

I use the new bones 49 mm wheels. They're really nice but DO NOT use them for vert. i hate vert anyways so it doesn't matter to me anyways. I use the obvious bones red bearings. they are nice cheap a…More

Enjoi with Spitfire / Venture / Reds

Spitfire Wheels, Venture Trucks, Red BearingsVenture never let me down either, but let me tell you what really let me down...Royal Trucks! Do not buy Royal trucks! I was 8 and ollied up a 1/2 a foot …More

Habitat / Krux / Swiss Bearings

Krux Trucks, Gold Wheels, and some Bones Swiss bearings. The krux were really amazing! The bushings didn't need to be broken in at all! The gold wheels are nice and soft, if anything they get smaller…More

Habitat with Krux / Gold / Bones Swiss

Krux Trucks, Gold Wheels, and some Bones Swiss bearings. The krux were really amazing! The bushings didn't need to be broken in at all! The gold wheels are nice and soft, if anything they get smaller…More

Real deck with Royal trucks

Royal trucks, 53 bones 100s wheels, Bones Reds bearings, Lucky hardware (one green screw). Bones reds are sick. Sick price, sick durability, sick ride. I like Luckys cuz you can tell where your nose …More

Krooked w/ Spitfire

i got spitfire 50mm with bones swiss originals. i have venture 5.0 lo trucks with soft do-do bushings. spitfires rip, if you don't skate em, u NEED to. ventures r pretty good, but they don't respond …More

Almost / Ricta / GC

My wheels are ricta Naturals White which run as smoothly now as when i got them. Trucks are Grind Kings excellent light strong Trucks although can come loose easily. Bearings are the good old Bones R…More

Renner board with Ricta / Virus / Reds

Ricta Wheels:First main brand wheels, I prefer them compared to other wheels i've rode on such as Spitfires and Bones, nice smooth ride and cool look.Virus Trucks:Never heard of these either, beginne…More

Minilogo setup

The wheels I have on it now are new blank black wheels with Bones Reds bearings. The trucks are Minilogo trucks that came with the original board. The board came gripped already, and hasn't needed to…More

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