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Foundation

Foundation Skateboards was founded in 1989 by professional skateboarder Tod Swank. Long before his days with Foundation Skateboards, Swank grew up skating at the Del Mar Skate Ranch during the late 1970s. He was first sponsored by Gullwing Trucks and Sims Skateboards and ended up working with TWS as a staff photographer and writer. Swank finished with TWS in 1989 while he was riding for Canada's Skull Skates. Swank worked with Steve Rocco at World Industries for two years building up and trying to establish Foundation Skateboards, which was rough but worked. Today, Todd Swank is the founder of TumYeto, which he started in 1989, the company accredited with creating the motto, "By Skateboarders, For Skateboarders". He is still the owner, photographer and publisher at Foundation Skateboards. Swank was the first Senior Photographer at Transworld Skateboarding Magazine. His zine, Swank Zine, was also one of the first zines created to spawn the wave of underground Xeroxed press that kept communication in underground skateboarding alive in the 80s.

Deck Size (Width)	Width (mm)
7.5"	190.5
7.625"	193.7
7.75"	196.9
7.875"	200
8"	203
8.125"	206.3
8.25"	209.5
8.38"	212.7
8.5"	216

Size	Independent	Tensor	Thunder	Venture
129mm	129	5.0	145	5.0
139mm	139	5.25	147	5.2
144mm	144	5.5	148	5.6
149mm	149	5.75	149	5.8
159mm	159	6	151
169mm	169
209mm	215

Size (Hanger Width)	Axle Width	Deck Size
129mm	7.6" (193mm)	7.5" - 7.75"
139mm	8" (203mm)	7.9" - 8.2"
144mm	8.25" (209mm)	8.2" - 8.375"
149mm	8.5" (215mm)	8.375" - 8.6"
159mm	8.75" (221mm)	8.6" - 9"
169mm	9" (227mm)	9" - 9.5"
209mm	10" (254mm)	9.5" - 10.5"

Deck Size (Width)	Width (mm)
7.5"	190.5
7.625"	193.7
7.75"	196.9
7.875"	200
8"	203
8.125"	206.3
8.25"	209.5
8.38"	212.7
8.5"	216

Size	Independent	Tensor	Thunder	Venture
129mm	129	5.0	145	5.0
139mm	139	5.25	147	5.2
144mm	144	5.5	148	5.6
149mm	149	5.75	149	5.8
159mm	159	6	151
169mm	169
209mm	215

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Foundation