Skateboard truck assembly

A skateboard truck assembly, comprising:

• a baseplate for securing said truck assembly to a lower surface of a skateboard;
• a hanger having a first distal end and a second distal end, said hanger having a hanger pivot axis therethrough;
• a kingpin securing said baseplate to said hanger;
• one or more compressible bushings disposed on said kingpin against said hanger to allow said hanger to pivot relative to said baseplate;
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• one or more axles supported by said hanger, said one or more axles defining a first distal section extending beyond said first distal end of said hanger and a second distal section extending beyond said second distal end of said hanger, said first distal section upwardly angled so as to provide a first distal axis in nonlinear alignment with said hanger pivot axis and said second distal section upwardly angled so as to provide a second distal axis in nonlinear alignment with said hanger pivot axis, each of said first distal section and said second distal section configured to rotatably mount a tapered wheel thereto, said tapered wheel having an outer circumference larger than an inner circumference thereof;
• wherein each of the wheels mounted on said first distal section and said second distal section will move in a wheel direction of travel angled outwardly relative to a forward direction of travel for the skateboard when the skateboard is rotated from a standard riding position to a rear tilt position so as to slow forward movement of the skateboard.

A skateboard, comprising:

• a deck having a first end, a second end and a lower surface;
• a first wheel assembly disposed generally toward said first end of said deck, said first wheel assembly comprising a truck assembly mounted to said lower surface of said deck and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to said truck assembly, said truck assembly having a baseplate mounted to said lower surface of said deck, a hanger supporting one or more axles and a kingpin securing said hanger to said baseplate, said hanger having a hanger pivot axis therethrough, said one or more axles defining an outwardly extending first distal section having one of said pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereon and an outwardly extending second distal section having the other of said pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereon;
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• a second wheel assembly disposed generally toward said second end of said deck;
• said second wheel assembly comprising a truck assembly mounted to said lower surface of said deck and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to said truck assembly, said truck assembly having a baseplate mounted to said lower surface of said deck, a hanger supporting one or more axles and a kingpin securing said hanger to said baseplate, said hanger having a hanger pivot axis therethrough, said one or more axles defining an outwardly extending first distal section having one of said pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereon and an outwardly extending second distal section having one of said pair of wheels rotatably mounted thereon, each of said first distal section and said second distal section upwardly angled so as to provide a first distal axis and a second distal axis that are in nonlinear alignment with said hanger pivot axis;
• wherein each of said wheels mounted on said first distal section and said second distal section of said truck assembly of said second wheel assembly will move in a wheel direction of travel angled outwardly relative to a forward direction of travel for said skateboard when said skateboard is rotated from a standard riding position to a rear tilt position so as to slow forward movement of said skateboard.