Abstract
Skateboard trucks are one of the three major components that, when assembled together, make up a skateboard along with the skateboard deck and wheels. The truck connects the deck to the wheels and translates the tilting motion of the deck to a turning motion of the truck to cause a turning response. As such, there is a relationship between how much the deck tilts to how much the trucks turn. Furthermore, the truck itself can come in varying sizes and configurations. The axle length, hardness of the bushings used and the angle that the truck sits on relative to the deck all can vary to provide a different feel and response for the rider of the skateboard. Although skateboards have been used since the early 1960's, no device has been created to quantify the feel that skateboard riders feel with varying configurations of the truck. The purpose of this device is to provide quantitative data and results for each truck configuration tested so that the response of differing setups can be compared and provide valuable results for either riders or companies that design skateboard trucks.