What actually makes your skateboard faster? (someone with skateboarding experience?)?

Question

May sound like a stupid question but the deck obviously dosen't make a difference. anyway is it the bearings, the wheels or the trucks? I only ask cause I have a deck I like(it was like a walmart board) but I push it a few times and it goes like 20 or 30 feet lol and i've seen guys push once and go like twice that far. anyway I either need to get new wheels/trucks/bearings or I need a way to clean these and make em faster anyway any experienced skateboarders would probably know about this type of crap. thanks folks

I would prefer not to spend much money on anything cause I've only REALLY been skateboarding a few months. I haven't really hurt myself yet so I don't wanna spend 70, 80 dollars on something and then in a week say "screw this it ain't worth it" so you know don't reccomend anything real expensive.

Answer 1

Unless you have square wheels the bearings are slowing you down. Since you said it is a walmart board that is the start of the problem. Most skate bearings are a precision ball bearing. Walmart and other "toy store" boards use a low quality ball bearing with a lot of slack between the balls and the race (the outside ring)
As for top speed wheel size comes in to play. The bigger the wheel the higher the top speed. However there is a trade off for acceleration. A smaller wheel acelerates faster but has a lower top speed. A good mid size street skateing wheel is 53 - 55mm

I have 15 years skateboarding experience as well as own a sskate shop in WA state.

Answer 2

Buy a Sports Authority (World Industries) complete board. They are $60-75 dollars, and are better than walmart boards. Or buy one from a Vans outlet or your local skate shop for somewhere around $120. That should solve the problem. And the deck DOES matter. The Resin-7 or Resin-8 technology makes my board freakin' light. And for trucks? Get Royals. Wheels? Well, test them out at the local skate shop or a Vans outlet. Ask for one, and drop different wheels, and see which one bounces highest. Whichever one is the highest, is the highest quality. (Do this for the same hardness wheels though) Bearings? Either Bones Reds ($16) or the more expensive Bones bearings, like Swiss.

Answer 3

You Need Some New Halo Abec 9s Theyre Awesome And TO Lube them you need some Shortys Speed Cream and If YOu Have The Extra Money And Skate More Vert Than Street Get Som Smaller Wheels Too They Help ALOT!!!!!!
And Youre Going Slow from cheap wheels and poorley lubed Cheap A** Bearings

Answer 4

if u got the money go for this.

hubba wheels 50-54 mm

powell swiss bearings

Answer 5

You definitely need good bearings. If any thing, spend extra money on them. A descent set of bearings is REDZ, and there not that expensive.

Answer 6

its the bearings,but actually u can kick and push harder and faster.good wheels plus good bearings equals fast speed and farther disatnce in a single push.