The most popular skateboard trucks in 2024

Independent Trucks, or simply Indys, was founded in 1978 due to the high demand for high-quality axles under the NHS umbrella. For the first time, there was now an axle that not only impressed with good steering behaviour but also with virtually indestructible quality. With the iconic logo created by Santa Cruz designer Jim Phillips, the axle quickly found its place at the top of the market and remains there to this day. Due to the once relatively high weight, there were times when Indys fell a little behind (especially in the nineties), but thanks to new versions and forged hollow constructions, this is now a thing of the past. Built to grind & guaranteed for life!

Founded by Fausto Vitello (also founder of Thrasher Magazine) in San Francisco in the early 1980s, Venture Trucks represented a counterpoint to the then already established Tracker Trucks. One of the triggers for their founding was a dispute over adverts and a fairly strong rivalry between the industry in Northern and Southern California at the time. With the rise of technical street skating in the early 1990s, Venture introduced the Featherlight Truck, which quickly dominated the market. Offset axle bores and unbeatable weight were the key factors here, albeit at the expense of durability. Nevertheless, Venture has remained strong in the market over the years and even poached Eric Koston from Independent last year. The huge team with some of today's hottest pros underpins the quality of the brand even further!

KRUX Trucks, like Independent, originate from NHS and are regarded as the ‘funny little brother’ of the established brand. The company with the characteristic ‘hanger hole’, which serves to reduce weight - or to open a beer - has been around since the mid-1990s. Over the years, KRUX have built up a dedicated fan base with their witty ads and extremely colourful designs and are in 5th place in our sales charts, not least because of their extremely good price-performance ratio!

Just like Mini-Logo trucks, Bullet trucks are an inexpensive alternative from NHS, who are also responsible for Independent and KRUX. It goes without saying that this combination means that Bullet trucks (should) fulfil all quality requirements and are an excellent choice for beginners. They also score points with their unbeatable price, as with other manufacturers you only get one truck, whereas with Bullet you already have two under the deck.

LURPIV trucks have been around since 2021 and are the brainchild of Oski Rosenberg, a transition ripper from Sweden. It is certainly not everyday that an active pro creates his own brand of trucks and this is also reflected in the product. A completely new (or old) design, distantly related to the first Independent trucks, gives the truck an extremely tight steering radius. After the first batch of axles disappointed due to a production error, Lurpiv are back and will certainly be able to hold their own in the market in the coming years. They are also one of the few European truck companies, which is certainly a unique selling point!