Independent Truck Company
Independent Truck Company® is a skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California established in 1978. The trucks are manufactured at the Emrico foundry, in the Bay area of
San Francisco.The company was co-founded by Richard Novak, Jay Shiurman,
Fausto Vitello, and Eric Swenson in
1978, and the first set of trucks to make a public appearance was the Stage 1 on
May 23,
1978 in
Newark CA. According to original team rider Rick Blackhart, the Independent truck (or Indy) was designed as a response to the lack of good skateboard trucks on the market at the time; Blackhart stated that, of the two main other truck companies on the market, ' one broke, and one didn’t turn ', referring to Bennett Truks and Tracker Trucks, respectively.
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Independent Truck Company
Independent Truck Company est une compagnie de matériel de
skateboard spécialisée dans la fabrication des axes (ou trucks). C'est probablement la marque la plus célèbre au monde dans ce domaine. Elle fut co-fondée en
1978 par Fausto Vitello, et le premier modèle (le Stage 1) fit son apparition le
23 mai de cette année, à Newark (Californie). La compagnie est basée à
Santa Cruz (Californie).
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Independent Truck Company
Independent Truck Company
Independent Truck Company