I just built/tried the grasp for the first time along with a Whitetail Tigershark deck. Your review is spot on. I’ve never turned around so effortlessly in the tightest spaces. Very easy to build up momentum as well. Definitely a top tier truck if not #1 in my book. Thinking about taking it to a skatepark right now.

Thanks for the video/s Mark. I bought a set of grasp trucks based on this video. I can’t wait until they arrive and it’s no longer snowing.

Trucks looks great! Your review convinced me. Was about to buy them from Jackalop only to realize my checkout total was almost 300$CAD after shipping and tax. That is any insane amount for a pair of trucks! :(

Glad you like it, I love my grasp!

Uncle Stevie at Surfskate Love didn’t like Grasp and claimed CX’s are better but he is also in cahoots with Carver.

@ShinShinoke

4 ай бұрын

How is he in cahoots? He does seem to be a Carver CX shill and very biased. People appreciate his content but I find it way to forcefully opinionated and ruling out good boards etc for minor reasons. He slates a lot of stuff others like and just states Carver CX all the time heh. Anyhoo, Mark here is nice and chilled and everyone else really seems to like Grasp's trucks

Thank you mark for your amazing videos, your always insightful and fun, keep it up!!!

Awesome review (as usual ;) ! I feel so mich better now, having ordered the Grasp system on pure intuition - I couldnt get the deck, so I have it set up with the Skalle and 60mm 85a Rat Bones Will report back how it rides once I try it out, but this made me feel so much better regarding my purchase decision

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

That sounds like a really good mix and match- keep me posted

Nice review, sweet setup!

Wow I’m sold. It’s hugely expensive but I’m sold!

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

If you get them vis Status skateshop in US or Whitetail online shop in Canada, the prices seem not too bad for a premium product. But they aren't cheap either.

Awesome review👏 I was waiting for your review becouse i like YOW the most from all My surfskates trucks and i hesitated to order the grasp trucks because I didn't think it would really be different from carver cx but after hearing your review I decided to order one and put in my new board I have from soulboardy 🤙 Thanks🙏

@robbiewalsh723

11 ай бұрын

How are you liking them compared to your cx’s and yows? I am in the same boat…

@adiszafir3961

11 ай бұрын

@@robbiewalsh723 The trucks arrvied today 🤩 Will let you know once i try them out 🤙

@adiszafir3961

10 ай бұрын

@@robbiewalsh723 update: i love this trucks! The perfect combination between Yow meraki and Carver cx. Light and strong like the cx and fun and divey like the meraki

Alright, amigo.. The Whitetail/Grasp combo on the snake run footage is gonna drive me insane, it's so good. It's easy to see that you jelled with that setup immediately. I hope you spend a lot of time in the bowls and pump tracks on this setup. You're having a blast, so I foresee you evolving into some innovative and organic style. I can't wait to be able to try that. It looks like my jam, too, for what I like to do. Thanks for the solid review and inspiration, Mark.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I recently changed the bushings on my Carver CX to the stock carver Medium bushings and have been really surprised at the difference it’s made. To me it feels a lot more like the spring based systems but still with the snappy feel. It’s also much easier to pump from a standstill. Might be worth considering if you have a carver CX and you don’t want to invest in a new truck system

Never heard of this brand I will check em out

Pretty much my go to truck

Ha! I was hyping them too! 😂 Best Trucks I have tried. I want to get a second pair to replace my YOW! I also dig them for commuting. I love that you can equally kick push and pump them. Happy to know my favourite setup (Whaleshark/Grasps/SSL 83a wheels) matches that of the mighty Landlocked Mark! God of Flow approved🤘🏻⚡️

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

I feel like I see a trend of those who have tried lots of boards gravitating to having a Whaleshark+Grasp+SurfskateLove83a setup always within reach.

Very good video on the Grasp trucks. Hey not sure if you ever mentioned skating at Venice Bch California skatepark? Would be a great local for a video and vacation Mark 🤙

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

9 ай бұрын

Venice beach looks amazing, but Barcelona is next on the bucket list!

Sold. thank you.

This looks legit. Love the commute part. Awesome that you can skate to work. I skate my yow the most and my waterborne second. My carver CX never gets used. However, I was skating with Work For Avocados the other day and the way his C5s were set up with smaller wheels on the Whitetail deck sold me. So I am going to change out my complete carver for another deck and smaller wheels. Stay Rad Sir.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

To be fair I skate 1/3 of the way, light rail train 1/3 of the way, and bus 1/3 of the way... But I feel good about self propelling myself part of the way. I love the C5s on the Whitetail too.

@AdventuresInSkateboarding

11 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer what would you think of the grasp on the whitetale with 68mm surfskatelove wheels?

Nice review, love my grasps. Have you tried swapping with riptide cx bushings? I immediately swapped without trying the stocks first..Not sure how stock compares, maybe not a big difference since it already feels so loose. Maybe more rebound?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Haven't tried that yet as they already feel pretty good. Which durometer are you using?

@space6595

11 ай бұрын

87.5a APS (pink). Will try stock soon to compare

Hi mark long time since I bothered you. Question about the the Grasp turn ability. CX more lean than Grasp, Grasp more turn than CX. Maybe something to do with the angle of Grasp’s kingpin. Maybe you can check the difference, guess you have both. Hands down the yamba 900 still rocks against anything I have, just counted like 15 unused ones. I told the whale shark women to make a smaller version (30.5 -31.0) of the whale, something like 14,5 15.0 wheelbase, but she wouldn’t listen 👂.

Super video! Thanks

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

I like my front trucks super loose, so I have the blue riptide/SSL up front, 85A and yellow 90a in the back.

@wllblake

11 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer Thanks! I will try them :)

@robbiewalsh723

11 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurferThanks for the vid! Loving to see your progression and mindset for surfskating. is the grasp system substantially better then cx’s even with a bushing replacement?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

@@robbiewalsh723 My verdict is yes. Even if upgraded bushings and pivot cups bring the turns closer, it doesn’t fix the kingpin hangup issue. And I hate having to restrain my riding because I am using a specific truck.

@ShinShinoke

4 ай бұрын

​@@MarktheLandlockedSurferWhat if you reverse the kingpin? Which people do to fix that issue with the CX and CX clones. So if the kingpin is no longer an issue too is is still really different and much better?

Awesome, where to buy them?

One of the things I have been meaning to say on this channel is how much I miss my Ottawa trips. I am 51 and still an active surfer, surfskater, skimboarder and mountain biker. I don't know if @mark is familiar with it, but there used to be a tech conference hosted by U of O every May called "BSDcan" that I attended (one year as a guest!) Well, the conference wasn't the fun part. I would get up at 6AM and go to the skatepark Mark films a lot in and I gotta tell ya - it is one of the most fun skateparks I have ever been to. It is big but mellow, that's the only way I can put it. On top of that the culture of Ottawa - when it comes to outdoor recreation in general not only skating - is amazing. No one cares. The police say hello when I skate by (definitely not the same vibe here!) One time the police asked me if I could do a trick for them .... the cops. I felt bad because all I know how to do is carve :) Anyhow, keep making these. They are all awesome, your movies are awesome and hopefully at some point I can visit again.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

10 ай бұрын

Love my city! Not all positive interactions but I once got a fist bump from a cop once after landing a multi-wallride line on the War Museum outer wall - definitely unexpected. Where are you located Jason?

@JasonFink4rg05

10 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer I live in Newton New Hampshire, US (if you google it, I am north of a location on the map called Newton Junction.) It is about a 7 hour drive up to Ottawa from here (it might be less now with the new bypass south of Montreal.) The last time I was in Ottawa was 2015 for the BSDcan conference. I actually have never surfskated there, back then I rode a regular skateboard or a longboard (I don't anymore just surfskating) I surf/wave-skimboard Salisbury, MA (there are miles of beach) and Seabrook, NH. I also surf 1/year (in May) San Diego (my brother lives there) and have surfed, skated and MTB'd from North Carolina to as far north as Kennebunkport, Maine. BTW what is the name of that skatepark? Is it victory skatepark? Next month I will start seeing lots of .CA surfers show up in Rye, NH - I look forward to it.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

10 ай бұрын

@JasonFink4rg05 Maine and NH are our closest ocean options! Been meaning to get there one of these falls. That park is called Legacy skatepark.

@JasonFink4rg05

10 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer Legacy - got it. Let me know if you are coming down to surf this fall (I wouldn't recommend coming down until the first week after Labor Day.) Seabrook, NH - while about an hour or two farther downeast than Maine - is pretty cheap to get a room or Airbnb. I can easily carve out time to hang out as I work almost all full time remote as a Systems Engineer for Dana Farber. I would be more than happy to show you some novelty spots, NH has some great reef point breaks people don't know about (although they are all on surfline so ... I don't know what the big deal is.)

Grasp on the map! Mark is on point with his review of the Grasp system. Best bushing based system, period. Superior product straight out of the box, hands down, full stop.

Oh dear, another board I have to buy😢😂 Don't seem to be able I the UK though?

If you are taking the Grasp into the bowl only, no street ride, what wheels would you ride?....Something like newer Rat bones 60mm 93A or stay with those softer wheels?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

5 ай бұрын

I’ve been using the 65mm 84a Surfskate Love wheels on mine, they are a nice in between. But the Dragon rat bones could be a good option too, just be careful in slick painted bowls where they can be prone to sliding out.

7:20 what bushings did you upgrade your CX with?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Riptide/SurfskateLove 85a up front.

Where can you get a grasp complete?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Where are you located?

Hi Mark. Nice review as always. Very instructive. You said that you place this grasp trucks between yow meraki and carver cx. How would you place it in regards of longisland genisis truck system which is a meriaki design but the spring replaced by 2 semi lunar bushings. Did you already try them? I think to invest in whitetail whaleshark deck but thinking in the same time about coherence with trucks. Considering the usual paradox getting a good angle to shred on Berts but as well trying tricks requiring stability like grids or boneless/bean plants/inverts

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

7 ай бұрын

I'd love to try the Genesis as I have heard good things, but with the quiver I have already I can't justify buying new surfskate gear and the company wasn't interested in sending me one to review.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

7 ай бұрын

The Grasp and the Whaleshark feel like they were made for each other. My qwiktruks are being wasted because I haven't been inclined to swap the grasps out in a long time.

@surfskatedad

7 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer thank you for your feedback … my Lord 😜 just kidding ! I canot tell you how much your are inspiring me. And getting from you a good feedback today makes you accessible, a kind of humanity in this (cf Pink Floyd) cruel word

@surfskatedad

7 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer i got one last summer: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oGijtrprlrPRiLA.htmlsi=fgqvEuC4ZhGLLoHO just fantastic in flat, nice in bowl (safer compared to a yow) even if still tricky for grinds. Maybe should have try first with whitetail board and then see with grasp trucks

How do the trucks compare to YOW Leggasee trucks?

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Like chalk and cheese. Legasee closer to a standard skateboard but pumpable, Grasp feels almost like a meraki.

Cool! Hope things are going well on Patreon. BTW - I have no reason to think I’m related to Preston 👇

@prestonriddle1780

11 ай бұрын

From one goofy footed Riddle to another, it's nice to make your acquaintance! For real though, Greg, grab you a set of Grasp trucks.

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Riddle me this and Riddle me that...

@goofyfootgreg

11 ай бұрын

@@prestonriddle1780 Maybe for Christmas 🤷‍♂️✌️

which one do you prefer? c5 or grasp

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

10 ай бұрын

Personally I think these are 2 different categories of trucks that aren’t really competitors. I like both for different applications. That is why I love the qwiktruks system. Right tool for the job everytime. I think Grasp are a better all around truck if you only have one set to do all styles of surfskating, but for more skate and street hybrid applications, C5 would be better.

@dannypabon2973

10 ай бұрын

@@MarktheLandlockedSurfer Im currently a c5 guy, but my grasp is in the mail as we speak. cant wait to try. thank you

Hi, You should also try our boards ;)

Dude I need theses, any one want to buy me some lmao!!!

Another great review! Thank you! Ordered a set from Status Skateshop in California. Getting them in a couple of days. Stoked! 🤙🛹

@MarktheLandlockedSurfer

11 ай бұрын

Enjoy!