Daewon would like to have a word with you about "can't get them any looser".

I got to thank you a lot by the way, Ben Dregos. You motivated me to leave the house at night time and skate again after 12 years. And I landed my first Kickflips. I never learnt it in the past, only Heelflips.

I got to say I'm still finding the trucks and board that are just right for me. Your videos help a lot with that. Thanks for the information.

That frontside flip over the bin...so good. The sound of the board smacking your feet to catch, sublime.

Most underrated skate channel on KZfaq!!! Thank you 🙏

What's up Vancouver carpenter! You helped me out with my mudding technique and you skate! Hell yeah!

I always watch your stuff and laugh. Always enjoy your skating too. Your a beast. You broke my heart today sir. Coulda gone the rest of my days being blissfully unaware of indys move.

Yo Ben, I've been watching your sheetrock videos for a while but never checked out your skate videos. I'm 42. Been skating for 30 years, and I've had a house painting business for 22 years. We got a lot in common, but I don't have the patience to make KZfaq videos, so I'm glad you're representing the skate and painting/sheetrock world! Keep it up brother!

Intelligent skate videos exist now thanks to you

Your truck review videos never get old

Ben you're getting really good and I think you know it! great skating man, u always make me feel so guilty because I should be out there everyday I have no excuse.

Great video. Great info. You do a great job. I agree with people who say this is the most underrated skate channel.

Tearin' them things up!!! Perfect review video!

Pretty excellent breakdown . Your analytical ability is pretty dope man. Love your videos.

I have tons of respect for you because your around my age and have a job and you still manage to find time to skate..i work 247 and an injury will affect my job, so I skate small shit lol..i use to skate small stairs and rails but again I cannot afford to lose my job..

good to see you're starting to get the exposure you deserve.

wax in the pivot cup! genius move ben i needed this 6 months ago, thanks for the skate-hack

Yeah I’d make the switch venture has been my number 1 truck since I was a kid

This is so helpful! I can’t figure out if I should switch to ventures or not. I started skating a year ago and went from thunders to Indys. I love my indys, but I’m thinking about switching. Like I said super helpful

Finally I found the term for it. “Ghost pop”. I used to get that all the time on my board with thunder trucks

Great video and high production value as always!

The USA started skating, Indy's should keep it in the states. Epiphone is good but it's not a Gibson.

they mentioned your brother on the 9 club experience yesterday but they should be talking about you!

Nice review, brother! Also that huge pop shuv at the end. 👌

If Bobby switched to metal turds I would start skating metal turds.

I always loved venture, absolutely great for grinding

Seriously someone should sponsor you. Your skating is great and you are smart. Please keep these edits coming. Just one thing. Please always tell or explain the board and truck combination including wheelbase, concave and steepness of tail nose and their dimensions. All skatenerds wanna know that. I ride a Chocolate wb 14 with indy hollow trucks and the combination is just horrible although I really liked Girl Chocolate decks on Thunders..all the tricks came easy.

He’s back!!! I wait for your videos. Ps been riding ventures forever. Plus we got Yuto on. That’s enough for me.

i use riptide pivot cups and bones bushings however with the stock too washer instead of flat bones one. This combo on ventures make it work so well for me.

You were right about Spitfires F4 btw!! Sorry for those of you who will never know the joys of F4’s.

I’m sticking to my Indy 139s. Best truck that I’ve ever ridden.

Ben the skating is UNREAL!!!!

Awesome as always Ben!

Something really satisfying about that 180 to switch 5-0. I wish I had the nerve to try that

Until they start making them out of Chinese maple, I'll keep slipping over chipped pool tiles on 149 hollows until I'm old enough to loose my independence.

Impressed with Ace so far myself.

I feel the exact opposite pop feel between Indys and thunders . With thunders the board feels really light and pops good. With the new Indys I got, pop feels really heavy and i get tons of ghost pop if I'm not super focused on my timing. Feels like I have to kick down way harder and delay my front foot slide motion or I'll just ghost pop. Been skating them for a few days and still trying to get used to it

My Element Raws brought my WB out by +2.75” which is about the same as an Ace. On a 14” WB deck, my pop felt awfully light and low. Got myself some Venture 5.6 V lights and can’t wait to feel that snappy higher pop 🤞🏼 I’m hoping my kickflips don’t rocket as much because my nose should theoretically be higher/closer to me on Ventures

Well done as always and dang you have some skills man. Ive been on Indys forever and the China thing IS a big deal to me at least, all 3 setups I have are all Indys and will ride em until there gone but my next truck purchase could be something else.

I had a 8.4” -14.5” wb with indy 149 and when I ditched the indys I got the venture 5.8s, and mounted them to a 8.38” FA deck with a nice 14.12”wb, and it is super crisp and the pop is super explosive lol seriously so yeah I’m super happy

I feel like power Peralta or Santa Cruz should hire you to just feel their products and try them out and give them honest opinions. I don't know if these companies give out jobs like this and believe me I'm sure there's a so much more you could bring to the company. Something I think about when I watch your videos. You're very detailed and easy on the listener. I watch your videos all the time as I'm sure so many other people do, I'm just an old 43-year-old skater who got back into it after 20-year hiatus and I was drawn to your Channel for many reasons for being so transparent it's the main reason keep doing what you're doing bud I wish you and the family the best

overall,i love riding thunder light's,just something about them,but you could also never go wrong with some basic raw indy's

Chris Joslin on the nine club talked about how he tried to tre flip El Toro and broke like 3 sets of ventures so he switched to indy (I think) . He basically said if the trucks didn't break he would have rolled away. (may have been mentioned on the podcast "thrill of it all with Jamie Thomas" I can't fully recall! Pretty sure it was nine club though)

Thanks for your review Ben, if you can, you must try the Film Trucks ( the new brand of Jérémie Daclin founder of (rip) Cliché. ) I'm in love with my "salt and pepper" 5,5 Film Trucks, well i'm not really "objective" i'm a bit french...

nice. cant blame the trux here, you shredded them with steez. killer halfpipe runz in the shallow end

I got some ventures a little while ago. I found that they turned pretty much the same as indys and also found that I could cross pinch way easier on these trucks . It felt like they just wanted to lock in perfectly.

5.6 venture titaniums with an 8.25" April deck seems like a really good combo for flicking.

A year and a half later I have pick up a pair of these. First Ventures. I am watching this to decide what board and wheel set-up. I think after watching, I am think a flatter deck like a flight or even a revive with some 53mm wheels. It will be interesting to try out.

Hi Ben! Thank you for the job. Great review and nice to see that venture keeps at a very high level. Indies will be indies, us skateboarding spirit will remain. A+ for the 180fs nose grind struggle👍😅

Good review. You should review some ace trucks I’ve been seeing them get more popular lately

I get a good feeling knowing where something is made. It's just a warm feeling if it's made in the right place. Not a deal breaker.

Hey Ben! Just wanted to tell you I ended up trying out Clone wheels. They're good i'd say but a bit on the hard side... Definitely not going to convince Spitfire skaters to switch but a pretty good alternative to ride for a while.

First time skating this park for this channel? Looks like a nice spot.

Never liked Indys, always thought they were too heavy, I really like Ventures, I skated them my whole life, but recently I’ve been trying to try out thunders, it’s a weird transition, I feel better on ventures cause it’s more comfortable but the pinch on thunders for crooked grinds is so good

I love your truck videos, so could you please make a review of Ace trucks?

I liked the bored waving at the end of the video 10:15

Love your commitment to nitty gritty sk8 tech content. The squinting and end-of-video demeanor reminds me of Clint Eastwood, so I wouldn't mind if you replaced the baby-fat-man-child image for the channel with his (or an updated one). That said, you think you might consider critiquing Santa Cruz VX 8.0 (or 8.25) deck with truck preference relative to wheelbase and usual criteria?? Please and thank you!

Like I've said many times before, best skate reviews ever in the history of the KZfaqs. Ben DeGros, skate science God.

Just get some lubricating oil like gun oil or knife pivot oil that’s in one of those pen shaped containers for your cups. I use the same oil I use for my knives that’s very low viscosity and use the fine tip applicator to drop some in my pivot cups and the squeaks are immediately gone. You can easily add this as needed without taking off your hangers to add wax. I also use one that is rust and corrosion resistant and it’s cheap as hell. Wax can get gunked up with dirt and become an asswhip. The low viscosity lube doesn’t hold a lot of dirt and tends to keep your cup cleaner and lasting longer.

I switched to Carver trucks. loving new pop style meets old skool surf. 35-inch deck. That in-between long/short deck. The 3rd route

You need to do a video with a Lib-Tech deck. I had one years ago and the slick coating on the outside they slide on the Nose & Tail and Blunt very good and they seem to pretty durable boards. It would make a great video and them deck don’t get the attention they deserve.

Do a Welcome Skateboard review. Can't find any Ben Degros level review on youtube :)

Just got Ventures, good to know.

@1:01 that kid's badass, and now he's famous. and knows it, by the look he gave on the rollaway...

I agree with what you say about Indy’s, how they turn exponentially more the more you lean. I think longboarders have a word for it. I’ve been whipped off on hillbombs on Indy’s and it really put me off them.

Can you do a video with suggested tricks on the concrete ledge that you made

Hey Ben do a review of the new venture v titanium low ... I remember your video about you liking the venture lo’s... curious to see what you think about the titaniums

I bet you could do a frontside flip into that fakie nosegrind (or switch 5-0).

I had an old pair of tensor which I just got a brand new set of mids and the old ones had such a crook both have it was unreal lol pitching close to 3/4” deep no joke I used them several years. They were the ones with rubber pad on the ends that’s replaceable.

Nice park. Love the clips. Where is this? Thunders and Ricta naturals felt really comfortable for me.

I just bought a set of Venture 5.8's and a 8.5 U.S.A. made skateboard,Bones 56mm filmers Atf wheels,Reds big balls bearings,Jessup grip tape and 1/8-1/4 risers. Do you think this is a good setup for a cruiser board for my first board just to get started? What would you change? Thanks! I tried to keep all U.S.A. products but pretty tough to find huh?!

That skatepark looks so dope omg

Need help please. Got a darkstar heavy metal 8.25 Greg L deck coming. It has a steep tail and full concave. Any chance you could recommend a truck that won't ghost pop. 31.9 length 14.25 wheel base

...and may your next session be your best session yet 😄😁

Hi Ben, did You face any issues with other bushings than stock ones installed on those trucks?

Sweet review...

whoa, im blown away. i was thunder anyway but whoa.

I have a bit of a love/hate thing with Venture Highs. I’m super used to them, feel that they are super stable, turn great, no wheel bite with big wheels, and like that they extend my wheelbase because I’m tall. I also think think they balance poorly for manuals, feel crazy high, are completely haunted by ghost pop and are harder for me to flip than anything else (so I’ve basically given up). I am interested to see if I’d like the 8.25s better than the 8s.

Richmond is also one of my favourite parks. Clearly it's not for the variety of obstacles, it's for super chill scene\atmosphere. It's SOo buttery-chill there. Just wish the whole park was level. Instead of that 1\2-disc bank for a turn-around, there was a proper larger-than-the-disc 1\4pipe quarter-pipe. Wish that new-flatbar was a'little-lower.

I'm like 100 pounds and like a medium tightness to my trucks I am currently skating thunders and find they turn well, but could turn better additionally, I want to try lows, but thunder doesn't make lows anymore what trucks would you recommend that are lows, but turn really well

Ben with all these chunky ledges you could teach us noseslide to crooks. I might as well get ventures and go all dlx

i know you made a video about this, but im confused, if you have a long wheelbase say 14.5, would u want a taller, truck like indys or a lower but wider truck like thunders on the board?

Never been a fan of Indy personally , I've seen far too many of the hangers and baseplates crack/break plus they are too heavy , was riding venture for a long time but recently started riding thunder , they took me a day or so to get used to great so far 👍 .

Switch crook at 6:44 had Moses Itknonen written all over it. Almost exact same landing style.

I need this size in my life, I just went up a size on my board and my current ventures feel a bit small, ironically enough my new board is a bobby worrest.

I love flat decks but have been skating indy's. Want to try the venture & flat deck combo soon!

Thank u for this vid!

Requesting a review of Minilogo 8.75" trucks. No one reviews better than you and it's a review that hasn't been beat into the ground by everyone else. Please review Minilogo 8.75" trucks!!!! Thank you!!!

what size is the deck in this video? can you please start mentioning the specs of the deck in your videos? thanks

Wait...when exactly did independent trucks go full production to china....thats crazy lol....besides that great video Ben 💪really wants to make me try these ventures

I switched over from Indy to royals and I love them. It’s enjoyable watching you shred man.

Tensor Mag Light review PLEASE BEN!

i just bought thunder highs 147 and they have replaced my venture lows and i find the thunders better.

Great video as usual. I wish I could switch to ventures. I like how they feel on a block. I do a lot of hill bombing though when I’m cruising around and a lot of times it’s in heavy traffic. I have a phobia of tight trucks and big hills and cars. Im so in love with the ace truck an I like them loose with a bones top bushing. It’s more responsive than the stocks. I feel like I’m making music moving through traffic on my skateboard and I can respond to any danger instantly regs or switch I don’t want to die on a Boston hill. I want to die on a San Francisco hill in my late 80s

very informative. how'd you film this?

Thank you Ben.. Thank you.

now i want to go outside to do some radness

This channel is way too underated

Have you ever ridden a deck with steep kicks with low trucks? How did it feel? What was your opinion on it

I think it was a year ago (two maybe, and probably more) I was at my local and I was checking out different Indy models like Forged Hollows/Titaniums/Standards and first noticed the missing USA on the back of the Forged baseplates (already heard the Forged baseplates were made in China for years by now??) and then on some Andrew Reynolds Hollows(?) with the Standard baseplate that he is always rocking and I was like hmmm... that's kinda weird but okay - I guess, as long the quality control is top notch then I'm cool! BW probably moved to Ventures because of sponsores, I ain't mad :)