Bear has been working on these standard kingpin trucks for their lineup for awhile now. Reverse kingpin trucks are great for bombing hills and shredding at higher speeds, but at lower speeds it often makes sense to have something a little more responsive. Now Bear has options for you in both categories.

Bear couldn’t be more excited about releasing the long awaited Polar Bears.

Bear has been working with team riders designing and engineering this regular geometry truck for two and a half years. We’ve been through 34 revisions along with 5 sets of moulds and prototypes. No part of the truck was overlooked.

Hit the jump for more details and photos:

The Baseplate

- Featuring 8 holes, so you’re able to mount your truck right where you want it when riding a board with old school or new school hole pattern.

- All mounting holes are accessible with a skate tool

- Low Profile, only 2” from the surface to the center of the axle. Grizzlies are 2.6”

- Added material to impact areas where more meat is needed, in front of the pivot cup and behind the bushing seat.

- Removed material from the bottom of the base plate to reduce weight

- Allows for top mount or drop through mounting

The Hanger

- Extensive computer modeling and physical tests were done to engineer the strongest hanger on the market.

- Gussets were added on the underside of the hanger to ensure strength in all directions

- Material removed from the front of the hanger to reduce weight

- Shaped around the top bushing so that the washer doesn’t hit the hanger and ensures tools are easy to use.

- Hangers are faced so bearings run clean and square

- Heat treatments provide a very strong finish, this means the hanger doesn’t wear down quickly when grinding.

- The Axle lengths are precise, designed not to stick out of your nuts, and preventing ground axles.

The Bushings

- Many bushing combos were tested, the stock bushings are an ideal middle ground. Great for carving and tight turning as well as stable for faster riding.

- The bottom bushing is a standard 90a barrel 15mm tall.

- The top bushing is a small cone, also 90a, 10.5mm tall.

Check them out, get them on your board, it’s shred time!

Polar Bear 155mm trucks at landyachtz.com

Justus Zimmerly

Born in Chicago and raised on the flat Canadian prairies, it wasn’t until moving to Ontario for school in 2005 that Justus got a taste for riding skateboards down hills. Since then it’s been a bit of an obsession. He graduated with a degree in Film Studies, but spent as much time focussed on skateboarding as he did on studying. Now he’s living the good life in Oakland, California, riding his motorcycle and working as Editor-in-chief for Skate[Slate].

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