Longboard-Life: Anything but Traditional -- Surf-Rodz Traditional Kingpin Trucks (TKP) Review -- by Matt Fagan
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Question - Why are downhill/freeride boards so small and narrow? I've googled this for ages and haven't found an answer, I use a loaded omakase with 180mm trucks for downhill? (6 months-ish
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