Longboard Pumping Setup Tutorial LDP

A quick how-to on the basics of setting up a board for pumping.
Here's what you'll need:
1. Longboard | ROE Racing Mermaid, Subsonic Pulse 40, Earthwing Carbon, Big Myth Lucifers Hammer, Longboard Larry Walkabout, Sk8king Blaster and Gbomb illuminati are popular choices.
2. Wedges (Angled Risers)
• 10-15+ degrees of wedging in the front
• 5-10 degrees of de-wedging in the back
3. High-rebound "square shape" wheels. I use 70mm but pick 75/76mm for longer distances! (Atobe Bonneville, Abec 11 Big Zigs & Retro Zig Zags, Orangatang In-Heat & 4President, Seismic Hot Spots & Speed Vents, 3DM Avilas, etc)
4. A very turny front truck (Bennett 5.0) with excellent, snappy rebound back to center.
5. A stable rear truck with excellent return to center. Can't go wrong with either the Tracker RT-S or Seismic 130
6. BUSHINGS! Soft in front truck, hard on the back. Good bushings make all the difference and will vary from rider to rider. It's important to try different hardnesses (durometers) & different shapes (barrels/cones) until you get it right.
This site was super helpful when I decided to start out: www.pavedwave.org

[@adriandimapilis6382]

He looked like he had a terrific speed wobble 😂✌🏽

[@WidowsSon6009AL]

Entertaining and informative. Thanks for sharing, bro!

[@AHaupt70]

Nice Vid thanks for this good tips. Can´t wait till season starts. greetings from snowy Berlin

[@MaskedKittyTV]

Back at ya!!!!!!

[@joeyheise2038]

Good video!

[@RachelBennettIs]

Thanks for showing this. I've always wanted to get a longboard, probably getting one soon.

[@jamessparks5966]

You ever get one?

[@Fishing_for_Fishies]

@@jamessparks5966 I'm gonna bank on no, but who knows

[@waltereskildsen5351]

How did you decide how much angle wedges you use? I am trying to learn about split truck setups. Any resources to help?

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Many thanks. One question my boards have reverse king pin. So is it safe to say a standard truck is best. I find my boards both as from factory hard to pump.

[@jcorpuz9323]

Can any set up be pumped or do you need a certain set up?I also have a cruiser board. I noticed longer boards in youtube videos on how to pump.can curisers be pumped?

[@rw8538]

does it work with a loaded vanguard with flex 4?

[@CakeKCGaming]

One of my erasers is too big for my longboard,wha should i do?

[@f1flick]

I have a choice of brand new Bennett 4.3 or 6 for the front. Not finding the 4.3 to be the magic I’ve read that they are or should be. Wider truck 6.0 on the front okay? Or replace the stock new Bennett bushings? Thanks!

[@Y_N_K_888]

Is the kit the khiro 1/8 black riser kit? As in is that the only kit there is so that is what he/you are using?

[@Lukex29]

what about the loaded Icarus board? how does that compare for pumping

[@michaeltadrous9234]

Which bushings are the best for LDP. Soft, Mediam, or Hard?

[@ashatteberry2127]

This needs more likes

[@CFSGOKY]

very helpful

[@dilano.a6866]

ca i also just use a higher angle truck? instead of the wedges?

[@SinnedNogara]

Are Bennetts and Trackers the same height.Wants to set this up on a drop thru

[@MrPacmanNOMNOMNOM]

Really small risers like those are called shock pads that are pretty much just used to absorb abuse so you prevent stress cracks and it helps preserve the wood from warping by the hardware area in some cases. But the rest of the video was perfect :)

[@ThePhatWabbit]

hey did you have to swap out the stock kingpins for the bennett and tracker in order to fit generic longboard bushings (venom downhill/supercarve, khiros etc) because i know you have to swap out the kingpin on indy trucks in order to fit those kinds of bushings

[@shawoo]

What does the wedge do exactly?

[@SemiEv]

What does wedging and dewedging do on an rkp truck? (Calibers Paris etc.)

[@getmygrubon]

Thanks heapz for the video, it helped a lot as I am looking into a pretty similar setup on a Rayne Timeline as well. Since Bennetts and Tracker are not really available in the country I live I take some more time to decide which setup to order from the US. This will be my first pumping setup and I am deciding between Bennetts 5.0 or 6.0 and the RTS 129 or 149...in regards to wheels I am also undecided between the Zig Zags 70mm and theBig Zigs 75mm. Any thoughts? Thanks a lot!

[@getmygrubon]

i did order the 6.0 and the 149s. Now I only have to decide on the wheels...could you or anyone really share what you consider as being a "long distance", so the point from when it makes more sense to take some 75s for maintaining momentum other than having some more reactive 70s? Thanks again.

[@clumsea]

Hi, can someone maybe explain me the pros to a Bennet truck? Why not use 2 tkp trucks or up front a tkp and in the back a rkp? Thankss

[@TheSiceology]

hey wat are the wedges for

[@thomasbrooklyn1820]

What board characteristics are desireable? Why the wedge setup?

[@MohawkMatt93]

what do you mean it didn't go well? and how many combinations did you try? it took me a looooong time to figure out what i wanted and i now have a drawer full of bushings from all the combinations i've gone through. your first bushing combination isn't going to perfectly suit your style of riding it depends on your style of riding, your trucks, your deck and what you'll be riding but once you get it dialed it feels sooooo much better

[@jonathanbetenbender307]

New to all this... what do the wedges do?

[@bagpipeingman]

Pretty new to Longboarding tweaking and I'm wondering what the point of risers are? It looks like it's only about 1/8" how big of a difference dues it make?

[@potatosalad4760]

risers allow for ground clearance, helps you avoid wheel bite( wheel hits the board and stops)

[@thablasiangurl]

Very informative. I'm definitely going to show this to some of my friends :)

[@mysticfries2722]

why would you put the back angled riser facing the same way as the other one? shouldn't they both be facing opposite?

[@f1flick]

The way he has them the front turns sharper than stock and the rear turns less than stock.

[@ashatteberry2127]

Anyway to use risers/wedges with a drop through deck?

[@angelo9128]

There are special risers for drop rough Decks.

[@Picokaas]

I have areally simple board, no risers or wedges, paris trucks and original paris bushings in the back, orangatang spoft nipples in the front. Orangatang Kegel wheels, wich is kinda overkill.. But it rolllls like a hot knife thru butter.

[@thepowerofgodandanime4215]

I love the koi graphic man because I have a koi graphic to

[@1995WChase]

anyone know what board this is?

[@knarfyknarf]

Omg I love you..

[@javierdejesusahumadareyes3422]

Two conic bushings in the front?

[@revelrove]

Great video. Would you mind listing tools and hardware as well?

[@zosterinski]

you should've justified the setup options, otherwise is not that useful....

[@fritzkeller5629]

He's my babysitter

[@Goodman-4525]

Earthwing superglider?

[@zorrunamenteinefables5702]

so i can't get any wedgers in my entire country... will I be able to pump with those trucks without any wedges?

[@jorgeegrojjorge]

cool

[@tylerdesmarais4783]

stock bushings for life, can I have yours?

[@DarkusJs]

Alguien me podría decir por qué los ejes están "al revés " , ya que estoy intentando hacer Pumping con mi Long , pero más o menos me sale decente . Los ejes así en que afectan ?

[@Fyzerox]

Eles são assim mesmo. No caso NÃO são trucks invertidos.

[@jonathanperalta7058]

Whatvare the wedges used for

[@Hightreewalker]

+JONATHAN PERALTA Front truck wedged: front truck will turn more than normal. Back truck de-wedged: Backtruck will turn less. Pumping gets easier this way, else very hard. I personally wedged only the front truck but on a relative horter board. The shorter the board the more you turn. Be aware: downhill not recommended with heavily wedged trucks because of speedwobble. One more thing: some flex of the board is great imo,

[@insanogeddon]

Original stuff that warped many lol

[@yissu888]

Thank you man! for this vid. Quick question, you said you dewedged the rear for less turn and stability, couldn't you achieve the same thing by just tightening the rear trucks or do you need to add the wedges to keep the height the same as the front? and what would you get if you just made the rear neutral instead of dewedging it? Thank YOU :-)

[@yissu888]

makes sense, have you tried the Gbomb boards and if so any comments? I was looking at them and wasn't sure.

[@kadenjones331]

The concept is that of basic geometry. Research baseplates and kingpin (split) angles. Having the front truck turn more and a back truck turn less will make your board feel like a surfboard. If you do the opposite with the back truck loose it will feel like a snowboard but you will get bad speed wobbles. Downhill/Race setups are dewedged on the back truck only or split angle trucks, like a car the front turns and the back is just suspension. For LDP (long distance push) races its good to wedge the front truck too so all your energy is converted into forward momentum.

[@Melo7849]

Not sure what the best pumping deck is... I try to match the trucks to the deck. Then match the wheels and bearings to the deck as well. Example. My worn dervish has ronin precision trucks with built in bearings riding on o-tang in heat wheels. It's heaven

[@31397slayer]

I can pump on a Wolfshark with a single flat riser and two barrels, buying these trucks and those bushings is hella expensive. Buy calibers, a hairy bag of bushings on amazon, and find a carvy setup and you'll be just fine

[@TheDOBERMAX]

why should we not use reverse kingpins?

[@f1flick]

My Gullwing RKP trucks work better than the setup in this video which I also have. Not sure what is wrong with RKP trucks either.

[@QuangmingTetsu]

"Happy pumping!" "come bellow" wtf! I don't want to do that^^

[@missdonetime2754]

So don't than baby

[@hunterjackson3521]

what is the bushing kit called

[@hunterjackson3521]

+Matt Zak ummmm. Little late haha. It's been a year

[@hunterjackson3521]

+Matt Zak haha. Heard Donald trump is going to run. Tell me he doesn't win

[@hmontesdeoca1]

thanks man for the 411 ,whach you later man

[@MohawkMatt93]

stock bushings aren't put in to be good for your weight so regardless what trucks you buy it's good to replace your bushings so you can dial in your trucks just right. if you like your trucks with stock bushings you'll like them even better with better bushings

[@arturmaniero]

Check out my LDP vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boWpXqepgrxkgLM

[@matthewsaville-stones9843]

Going to get a derringer 28 soon and my setup is Trucks bear grizzly 852 Wheels rad glide 70mm 82a Bearings bones super reds Any thing I need to now or adjust please comment would be very helpful to me as i am a new long boarder

[@stageiiwappie950]

Change your bushings just because Mmmmkay.. u want front soft and rear hard

[@bluelane]

wedge makes it turn deeper, dewedge makes it turn less (so more stable)

[@BluLemon]

That's something not a lot of ppl mention in the LDP community and for someone like me who knows absolutely nothing and just tryna gather info, this helps a lot! :)

[@arianewell6252]

Boy need to get himself a rip stick.

[@freduchinni]

so you're saying that caliber stock bushings' are trash? don't think so, they come with blood orange

[@CelinoSpeaks]

All that nice gear and no skate tool?

[@sophiemarkland9290]

Are the trucks normal trucks

[@Lysol_kb]

yeah, they are known as normal kingpin trucks or skateboard type of trucks compared to the standard reverse kingpin on Longboards

[@Goodman-4525]

Are you high?

[@jaspervanloo9864]

how can people even steer with TKP trucks??

[@TheGravitylaws]

Because they are still much appropriate for LDP and Slalom, that's all :P

[@jaspervanloo9864]

The Fifties & Gravity Laws yeh old post, started with ldp as well this summer :P I got the bennett-tracker combo with tusk brackets and an old deck chopped to a platform. It erased all my thoughts about TKP trucks xD

[@chubeviewer]

bennetts are really carvy n turn really well

[@AlexandreMatosRJ]

Muito legal, mas aqui no Brasil estou economizando na comida para comprar bushing, tem como você ser menos tão rico assim? hehehehe Parabéns pelo vídeo, tá bem didático, muito bom. #LDP-Rio #tmj :D

[@bluelane]

or you get one skate tool to do the job of all those tools... haha but still nice video man

[@freduchinni]

false, i tried replacing my blood orange and didnt go to well.

[@svee3745]

Deez nuts

[@nonym7596]

Youre ob drugs xD

[@nonym7596]

*on

[@skv0ra]

Just wanted to say- screws first, and then plop everything onto them rather than balancing wedges and the trucks while you try to get the screws through. Nice vid otherwise.

[@visskiss]

ABEC 11 is the bearing grade. 11 is extremely good.

[@AlexB-ul2rl]

Or just buy a ripstick

[@gblan]

Looks like a basic slalom setup. If he knew how to pump it would have worked a LOT better. I don't know what he thinks he was doing but it was not pumping.

[@f1flick]

That’s the way the LDP guys are pumping these days. Looks weird to me as well.

[@2The_]

Christ man just buy a skate tool

[@ajyourboy1100]

get a Omen Airship Get some bear Kodiak put some 90a 87a venom bushings in them riot pivot cups de wedge your back truck to 30 degrees and Downhill not all this pumping shit

[@bagpipeingman]

Pretty new to Longboarding tweaking and I'm wondering what the point of risers are? It looks like it's only about 1/8" how big of a difference dues it make?

[@originalskateboards]

MedicSnacks Risers help make pumping easier for sure. Being higher off the ground makes it easier to generate leverage to propel yourself forward. The easiest board I ever had to pump on had 3/4 inch risers on it. Risers also help get you more space to avoid wheelbite, which is good because you need a lot of board lean to pump easily. If you know how to pump already, risers aren't totally necessary, but if you are just learning I would recommend getting a set.