So glad you are looking after your mental health and happiness but I miss the days you were filled with the setup (and specifically truck) madness. You are by far the best and most descriptive reviewer in the game. I must admit, I’m not ready to give up my own madness but as a lower income father of 2, I just can’t afford to buy and try. I genuinely miss living vicariously through you Ben. But keep making videos, even if they are madness free!

“The less you know about other things feel, the less you’re gonna change it” thanks for the marriage advice I really needed it !

Your brother's part in North will always come to my mind when I think about that video. His part really stood up. Big shout out to Degros Bros. Greetings from Nicaragua!

“That’s your problem not the trucks” best quote of 2022 so far

I gotta say I love my 144 Royals. Wanted to try something else from thunders, so I scooped up some Ventures on a crazy good sale. Really liked the pop and stability, learned some new tricks on them, but hated the turn, the bushings suck in the cold and the pivot cups are suuuper loud. And now Royals mix the best traits of both Venture and Thunder for me. I'm a big fan of the bushings and the pivot cups do feel great. Mine haven't squeaked yet. They nailed the stability to turning ratio. I just gotta play with deck wheelbase now as I couldn't manual very well on the shitty 14.25 wb globe deck that I'm using for the winter. Ironically I could nose/switch manny better than regular. Don't be a stranger Ben!

I tried these and as someone whose favorite trucks are probably Venture Lo's I immediately loved them. They may be my favorite trucks now, but need more sessions to know for sure. The bushings are just flat out amazing and they don't freeze. I skated em when it was like 19 degrees Fahrenheit and they never felt different even after an hour.

Perfect timing, got a pair of 149s otw. Thanks for the review!

I can always relate to that nerdiness when it comes to trucks. Good content as always. 🙂

I see Ben, I click. Simple.

Royals are a beautiful truck! My first pair of skate trucks was a pair of royal 5.0 with the circle royal logo. Wish they would make those again because they looked great!

“I don’t want the madness anymore” dear Ben, you drove us all into that madness and now you reject it? XD

one of your best reviews, telling the viewer to get a grip and just skate haha

After watching your reviews I can’t watch anybody else your so informative specific and helpful great review been subbed for awhile

just wanted to say that i love your videos and your reviews are literally the best out there. love watching your reviews and clips of you skating, much love!!

Truck review from Mr Degros, my addiction is temporarily soothed. P.S. I am seriously considering to "donate" a pair of those trendy Swedish trucks "for the cause". (LURPIV)

8:45 i wish with all my heart that i was skating right now, but it snowed about 2 feet and the streets are WAY too dangerous! Anyway, loved the video as usual, and I might need to show my crailtap stan of a friend this video and see what she has to say

Happy to see more content hope you’re healing up well. “Stop being annoying like that crow in the background” made me geek out. If you like those try the tensor 6.0 not the mag lights just the aluminum’s. 51mm height short wheel base around 360grams

I’m skating these right now on a Crob twin chunk. I think you’re spot on with your review. I like them. I like my Ace AF1’s better. I don’t know why though. Haha! Thx for another great video!

After one sesh on the royals, I can say they are definitely some really good trucks with some really good bushings. They are like a mix of thunder and indy. Feels real nice but I haven't bombed any hills with them yet so I can't say they are my favorite trucks quite yet. They also feel light for having solid axles and kingpins. One thing that happened that bugged me was hang-ups on smiths with the hard inverted kingpin. Maybe I was too dipped haha

the truck review god is back

The angle of the baseplates make it dangerous for doing disaster tricks on transition. It’s like a wall. I’ve flown straight to flat getting hung up with those trucks. One of my worst injuries! They do ride good…I liked them until I realized how steep that angle is on those baseplates.

"Why are you still watching this?" Because when you talk, we actually LISTEN to every single word. Your reviews are the best. I am a Crailtap "fan", more like faithful consumer, and I was wondering if Royals were good. But I have stage 11 in three sizes and I am happy with them. I cannot even start to compare trucks, because I don't have the skillset for it. So, thank you for your shared knowledge.

I'm 34, been skating since I was 11. A lot has changed in skateboarding. But I've always loved Royals.

😂 Great video dude! But at the same time, you made me want to try Royals...

I always wondered if truck manufacturers considered upping the bushing hardness with hanger width but I’ve been out of skating for so long I wouldn’t know. I bet, one day, bushing hardness will be an option prior to buying trucks or having soft medium and hard bushings included in a pair.

Totally loving this new, revamped version of Ben. Keep killing it man 💪🤘

Last trucks review? Never say never Mr. Ben 😁 Great content as always

King of review is back!

I blame you and the Slap forums for turning me into a truck nerd. I made a video of my own where I reviewed a few different brands after skating them long term ( until they break ). I'm kinda curious about these new Royals now too.

Absolutely love your Content Ben! I look forward to all your videos! I would truly love to see more reviews! I highly recommend trying a Blood Wizard Board 8.5 pairing with a Ace AF1 55 truck! You’re awesome Ben Thank You!

I got an 8" wide set with the inverted kingpin back in early 2020 (before COVID) and one of the kingpin nuts were cross-threaded into place. Never experienced that with a new truck. Aside from that, I thought they were a good truck. Very average but better than Venture. The grind was kind of heavy if that makes sense. Like you, I didn't have anything bad to say about them aside from the questionable quality control with that cross-threaded kingpin nut. They were just a really good but they did not amaze me. I would not choose them over Indy or the Tensor ATG.

Another great video. I’ve missed these reviews from you.

all hail ben the setup guru🙌

The madness continues..... Thanks Ben ! Another good review!

these were my favorite pair of trucks ive ever skated. with autobahns. back when i was short enough to slip into the lo's. i remember doing a frontside 180 switch suski grind to salad grind and then switch backside 180 out. lol. at big happys skatepark in cleveland heights ohio. and it was like 2004 when they let you use paypal to get in. lol.

8:27 af1? rabble rabble, lurpiv? rabble rabble In all seriousness though, keep doing whatever you want, gonna watch regardless.

Hey Ben, I was wondering what's up with the tennis court. Got your own diy? love it lol

Maybe ppl don't know you can order trucks with stiffer bushings but I liked almost boards with a destructo truck it's adjustable stiff to loose. Awesome stuff keep the construction stuff too

I am so glad they made a comeback. Royals were always that truck that was solid all the way around.

The cadence in which you speak is amazing, mr rogers X zoolander. “I may never do another truck review again.” Haha

I always loved Royal back in the day. Just got back into skating this last year. I wanna get a pair but idk if I wanna risk it lol

i rode royals on a buddies board probably more than a decade ago and didn't like them at all. they felt stiff and lifeless to me. good on crailtap for making a truck that's sort of up to par to the standard brands. mix of thunder and venture sounds pretty great to me. also nice to see you healing up. one last thing, that primitive hoody looking crisp and comfy as hell. i'm not into primitive or skatewear in general, but i want to know what blank that is haha.

Nice you're giving us some options!

8:45 Indoors yes, outdoors no. Middle of winter here in Finland. -10c / 50f outside + tons of snow... and I live in the southern part of Finland where it's the warmest. Had to use a shovel to get my car in park today. I miss sunlight, enjoy yours!

I’ve been waiting for this review for a long time. Thanks.

Just recently started skating these. Bushings were too soft for me but swapping them out to 92a indy bushings has made them feel really good 😁

got the low with a revert kingpin...no more kingpin bite!☆

The ends are so funny dude so awesome !

Royals are great trucks. I loved the Royal 4’s

Liked the video without watching. Ben I really appreciate your content and your personality. Greets from germany!

I love Royals. Bushings are straight trash. Pivot cups too. But if you add a washer underneath some thunder bushings ( with bushing washer) they are the damn ferrari of trucks. So now i can use a thunder rebuild kit and any decent pivot cup. Also might I add if you "crank down" any truck before breaking them in, the bushings turn to trash. Stay gnarly bros

oh man. Was hoping for the Ben could review the Lurpiv Trucks. I was happy with my Ventures but now may have to look into these Royals.

Had Jerry Hsu Royals. One of my favorite trucks ever.

I’ll see you in 18 months for a Lurpiv review. Gen one, 2 months after gen 2 is out. 😂 Love your stuff. Definitely gets me hyped to skate.

Still miss my Terry Getz love park pro models I had growing up.

Used to only skate royals. The king pin sticks way too far up so I always ground them down. I’ve also cracked 2 base plates which I’ve never done on any other truck. Gave up on Royals. Thunders only for me for the last 6 years now.

Some crailtap goodies, I’ll have to get a pair of these soon

Ben, i have a question that i think would make a good youtube video. I was wondering if you can shim one side of the trucks under the baseplate to change/improve the turn radius. I was planning on trying it by putting grip tape on the base plate of the truck itself in layers and making each layer consecutively smaller the first layer would not need to cover the entire truck

Alien workshop with krux or tensor is ok too .. But after 10 years of aggressive skating I still never found that pop out of a deck that i was feeling for but good stuff

I've been riding early 2000s GK7s for ages, recently got some Death X Film trucks for my wide filmer board. They're super light but I honestly can't say they feel different to my GK7. At least, I can't tell anyway.

Buddy of mine had the hook up back in the day. His uncle worked at Crailtap, and we would get a pair for $20.

Back when I used to skate ,Royals red where my favorite, out of Indys, ,tensors ,destructo ,grind kings and Units

I know you hate doing reviews.. but I enjoy them cause you keep it real....

I bought some royals back in 2015 that I absolutely hated. I'm willing to give them another shot now.

The best youtuber out here I legit only trust your reviews you just telling us that truth

Can you do a bones bushings review.?. For me nothing comes remotely close to how good they feel. It was honestly like going from clay wheels to Spitfire F4's. I also skate Indy 169's on an 8.75 board mainly for transition but been recently getting into street and just learnt slappy's on parking blocks. God they are fun and that same board setup feels perfect for it. I also weigh 85 kg and ride the bones hard bushings.

Always like my one royal trucks. 15 years avo i got a set and broke one of them on the first day. Still have it but must of been a manufactures issue caz the other truck lasted me a long while.

My first trucks I brought before getting ventures too they felt the same

Been watching your vids for awhile. I always thought the Bullet trucks were the red-headed stepchild. I like Bullet very much but they seem to get a-lot of hate. I have some complaints about how trucks are sold. They usually don't show the inside or back so you can see what type of bushings they use, they don't tell you the height, they don't go into details that are important and I wonder why they don't spec them out. On another note - I'm looking for regular skateboard trucks that are the same height as standard Indy's that I can dump the 96a Independent barrels in the top and bottom. I put a longer kingpin in Indy's and was able to put the barrels in there but I'd like other options as well for trucks. One main problem with the Indy's with a longer kingpin is that the nut on the kingpin is higher than the hanger.

Ventures and Royals have always been my favorites

I ordered the hollow ones today. Hopefully they're good!

yes yes thank you for reviewing a truck again for us daddy 😁

Does the baseplate grind on tailslides? Or do the wheels have to slide

Hey Ben you should do a review on Creature Stump boards. I just ordered mine yesterday. Shorter wheelbase than regular creature decks.

lmao you should totally add the stupid questions part every vid that was funny

Trying out these new Venture Awake Horizon 5.2 High w a hollow kingpin! Paired w a Felipe Gustavo 7.75 deck with bones stf 52mm v3 and bones medium bushings

I've had Destructor, Grind king, Royals, and Indys. I rather indys over those, but the Royals were not that bad, The last ones I had were actually the inverted ones.

Would you ever consider skating a 7.5 again? Just watched your video skating the re-issue Mike carroll board and your tricks were on point.

Hi Ben, my truck or my wheel sounds like it's clicking with every revolution of my wheel, it's driving me nuts. It happens on all my ace trucks. I can't tell if my axle is bent but I guess it must be. Did you come across anything like this on your truck sojourns? Any ideas? --thanks, lee.

Never owned Royals, but i like the name, the brand, the logo, the color.

It’s crazy how picky skaters are with setups. I can skate pretty much anything that’s shitty except wheels or trucks. Those have gotta be smooth and perfect.

Bought them, love them. Delicious.

I had a pair in the 2000s where the base plate cracked in half shortly after skating. Never tried them again...

Royals used to be amazing, I’ve been curious about the new ones since I’m gonna buy some trucks soon and want to try something outside of thunder and indy.. will most likely end up with venture since they were always my favorite growing up

They look like thunders so I’d get a pair 👍🏼

played my buddy in a game of skate last month and his royals cracked

Hey Ben, what size deck were you riding these 149 Royals on?

Please do just one more truck review Grind King Axl truck (2000s era) They were light, short and low Just one more please... Just wanna know what do you think about them cause i love these, i do ride them bc they were on my first pro skateboard ever

I remember breaking colored royals as a kid on sets ! Now I stick to independent or krux if I want colors never any issue

To this day....ben has the best outro's

And what is the actual current set-up you are talking about? 8.25" deck, Indy 144 Standard with Spitfire Classics 52mm?

Just said you were done with reviews so this is a pleasant surprise.

They really have gotten way better I cracked my first pair back in 2008

Royals were my first trucks as a kid

I just setup the new Ace trucks, going to give them a try versus my Indy.

Beeeen new ace af1 low 49 mm out! Please let this review coming

Ben, love the videos! I've seen you mention before that you don't like street wheels for indoor parks like ones using skatelite and puresurface, but you didn't meantion which wheels you do like for that. I like my spitfire F4 99a on outdoor mini ramps with puresurface, but there's an indoor park I visit that's like glass despite being the same surface. What would you suggest I try next, 97a spirtfires, or should I try a slimeball 95a range? Something to take that extra slip away but still have that F4 99a feel.

ill never go back to royal! that time in the early 2000's was filled with so many broken king-pins having to go to the skateshop to replace it still gives me nightmares to this day

how are the quantum atoms I just ordered myself a pair

When are the hollows supposed to be in the USA?