A resolute truck that competes with the best, but remaining suitable for beginners finding their feet.
The Enuff Decade Truck has allowed Enuff to establish itself as the grassroots brand to enable kids to learn to skateboard, now used across the world and in skate-schools such as Let's Go Skate.
The goal was to design and develop Enuff Skateboards' first in-house moulded product, the Decade Truck. The focus was on improving the durability of Enuff's existing trucks, as well as enhancing their handling, grinding capabilities, and beginner-friendliness. The design also needed to accommodate different board sizes by offering varying truck lengths, while ensuring the strength and performance remained consistent across all variations.
The Enuff Decade Truck needed to reflect it's sporty nature, as well as display toughness.
Enuff needed to position itself as a performance-driven brand. With the truck being the only real critique of their complete skateboards, creating Enuff's first 3D moulded truck that enhanced performance would help validate the brand's claim of delivering high-quality, performance-oriented products without the compromise of an expensive price tag.
Refining design and enhancing durability through CNC testing and adjustments.
While several 3D prints were created for the Enuff Truck, CNC prototyping proved to be the most influential method. The strength of the CNC prototypes allowed us to test the truck’s turning capabilities and identify when the bushing caps would make contact with the inside wall, causing a “lock out.” Using the CNC prototypes, we experimented with different bushing section variations and weight-saving cutouts, improving the truck’s turning ability while maintaining its strength.
The entire truck was completely re-designed, with Enuff aiming to distinguish itself from its previous model. Every aspect required improvement, and this called for close collaboration between myself, experienced skateboarders, and factories in Southeast Asia to ensure the design met the necessary performance standards.
A new kingpin angle was created after testing several CNC prototypes, to give users more control over their turning and feel more stable when riding.
A stronger design was made, but important weight saving cuts were made to ensure that the truck would be as long lasting as it would be user friendly.
The design was made to allow for moulds to be adapted to create three different sizes of truck. This allowed for more options to be made at a lower cost, in turn making the trucks more financially competitive on the market.
Compared to Enuffs original open mould truck, more clearance was given between the top nut and the grind area. This meant that the trucks could be used for longer when performing advanced tricks.
A larger grind space was developed, not only to increase longevity, but also to allow users to feel stable and more easily able to complete grind tricks.
Creating different price options based on style and performance.
The gravity cast 356A Aluminium baseplate is heat treated to T4 to provide maximum strength. The trucks come in a raw, painted or satin finish. This allows the truck to be more visually appealing or a higher range of boards.
Hollow king pins and axles have also been designed to offer and upgraded version of the Decade Truck at a lighter weight, without compromising on strength.
A stable and durable beginner focussed truck.
With all major issues having been addressed, the Enuff Decade Truck has enable many users to begin their skateboarding journey, providing them with a long lasting truck that is capable of longevity even as the progress to an advanced level.
Since its design and manufacture over 750,000 trucks has been produced (2023 time of writing) and return rates have been drastically dropped. The truck supports many new riders to the skateboarding scene at a reasonable price, with several different finishes and sizes available. Looks, strength, and performance have helped Enuff Skateboards become a leading European skating brand.
