today we're gonna be building a
skateboard I have a street skateboard
kind of like a vert skateboard longboard
cruiser this could be applied to all of
those as long as you're not building
your snowboard and it's totally
different so let's get started now first
when you starting out and set up your
board you're gonna need a nice flat
surface because you can really lose a
lot of valuable pieces like little
screws tires so selecting your workspace
is very important I like to start out
with the deck makes the most sense to me
riding an 8 1 2 5 by um 31 in the Haight
I mean it works for me it might not work
for you decks usually come with like
this little sticker on it and well I
really don't know what it means so let's
just get rid of it the grip tape is one
of the scariest parts or something
there's a couple ways you can do this
people like to work it from tail to nose
other people like to cut her up or I can
do it I do nice and simple let's drop
her down okay
you got to remove the backing of the
grip otherwise then your grips not gonna
go anywhere get it in between your hands
pinch it on both edges take your middle
fingers find the nose and tail of the
board and then you're gonna match up the
edge of the grip with your board and
then once you find that you really just
have this place or down nice and easy
once you lay it down you're gonna take
your palms put them in the middle of
your deck and you're gonna work all the
air out from the middle to the end
you're really trying to eliminate any
air in between your board and your grip
also called a dirty air pocket which
none of us like I mean do you want to
walk around rocks and your slippers it's
not comfortable
now grips looking pretty good no no air
pockets but I'm stuck with this
futuristic 2050 rectangle and we're
gonna have to shut that off so we're
gonna need a few tools for today's
operation razor blade date tool
screwdriver interaction makes it
so I got this big old rectangle and it's
time to slim her down and so to do this
we want to make an outline with a file
this high-tech tools got one so let's
scrape it away next you're gonna want to
grab your azer blade and we're gonna
start cutting out our outline I'd like
to start with this nice little incision
start pulling it towards you keep your
raising play at the same angle otherwise
then you're gonna get some weird cutting
marks and ones even coming back where
you started and their grips pretty much
done now you got your scraps you're
gonna take the edge of it you're gonna
want to fold it over you're going to
start sanding the reason why we're doing
this is to print the grip tape from
peeling up on the side so now we're done
with our grip tape stuff sticking
through us anyways now you want to get
your new trucks or you want to get your
old trucks today we're gonna be using my
old trucks because breaking uni trucks
is a pain in the ass and I like my old
hardware once you finished up with your
old complete it's time to punch some
holes through the grip then you gotta
put your hardware see the holes to get
ready for the trucks
once you get your hardware through your
board it's time to line the trucks up
and hand tighten all eight screws once
you got the hand tightened down take
your trusty old skate tool and you're
gonna tighten these mofos down because
you do not want to hear your jingle
that's no good now that your trucks are
on and securely fastened how do you get
your wheels on before you get your
bearing on you're gonna want to make
sure that you have both your washers and
your nut off keep one washer underneath
you're gonna take two bearings place
them upside-down next you want to take
your wheel and this is the fun part you
want to take all your weight and push
them on down
once you get one bearing in I'll turn
the wheel around do the same thing
pusher it once you get both bearings
pushed in
grab the other washer if that fancies
you put it on top screw it on get the
skate tool out and do it for the rest of
the earthly wheels you got an L ice got
my last wheel on it's time to tighten
them up and this is kind of a really
important part yeah my graphics right
inside out but you're gonna want to
leave leave a little jiggle in between
the wheel and the nut otherwise then and
you're gonna be stuck going no way oh
really slow now that my board's all set
up um it's time to escape well I just
got done setting up mine you set up I
hope you learned how to set up your new
set up cuz I'm getting pretty tired of
setting up my new setups so maybe next
time you can set up my new set up and
this goes for the same as the back side
power slide but instead of your front
foot and you're gonna put your weight on
your back foot you're gonna want to
scoop it really hard at the corner of
your foot
you