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How-To Skateboarding: Build / Assemble a Skateboard with Spencer Nuzzi

RIDE Channel9 skaters recommend it · 10 mentions, 2015 to 2025
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2.1M views · 13 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

RIDE Channel how-to where Spencer Nuzzi shows how to assemble a skateboard. Covers gripping the deck, mounting trucks, pressing bearings into wheels and tightening wheels on. Filmed and edited by Cameron Sanchez, 2013.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in r/NewSkaters whenever someone asks how to build a first board, press in bearings, grip a deck or set truck tightness.

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“typically you want to loosen it just enough so that the wheels "jiggle" Spencer Nuzzi does a great job explaining it”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/diego_war2019 · 9 points

That's awesome! Shouts out to your girl! Setup is fairly simple, here's a link! [VIDEO] If you have any questions about where to get anything for the board you might not have, or basically any other question, just leave a reply! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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u/mitchf20782015 · 8 points

They are usually are tight fit. Try this technique out at about 3:45 of the video. [VIDEO]

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u/MrFluffykinz2015 · 3 points

You should always put your board together yourself anyway. It's easy as fuck and a really fun/good experience. Just get either a socket wrench or an adjustable wrench, and a phillips head screwdriver (or allen key, depending on what type of hardware you ordered). A razor blade or box cutter for cutting the grip tape, but in my experience it's easy enough to do that even paring knives would do the trick. Do nots: don'

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u/Vim1s2020 · 3 points

[VIDEO] Here is a tutorial you can follow, I know you can do it :)

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u/Accomplished_Fig69242025 · 2 points

The video for assemble is in this subs wiki page. [VIDEO]_ The link to the wiki page. [LINK] Chalked full of helpful stuff for ya. Flip that truck around and enjoy! Side note, do those kingpin bolts stick up higher than the truck bottom? These branded or unbranded-no-name trucks? I just swapped out my World Indy complete board (from Crappy Tire) for a full complete from my local shop. Those trucks (and board) were go

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u/MC_102017 · 2 points

Just got my first board as well and enjoyed the documentation and commentary lol I didn't watch Braille's video but saw this one with Spencer Nuzzi: [VIDEO] The reason you sand down the edges with the leftovers to prevent the grip tape from peeling up. I didn't bother with pads or anything, but I have busted my ass twice in the first day of riding.. Good luck man!

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u/ixAp0c2018 · 2 points

Building is fairly simple. [VIDEO] Grip the deck (YouTube videos will help with this), mount the trucks to the deck, press bearings into wheels, and then bolt on wheels.

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u/evotech2292015 · 2 points

I watched this and after 1-2 "regrips" i can do it flawlessly^^ [VIDEO]

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