Roller skating plate trucks are similar to skateboard trucks.

Kingpin angle affects cornering ability. Kingpins at higher angle from vertical corner more sharply, so skaters doing figures tend to prefer more vertical kingpins than dance skaters, who want to be able to do deep curves. For instance, kingpin angle is the major difference between Snyder Super Deluxe and Imperial plates.

Durability is a serious consideration for roller skating kingpin angles. It's painful when a kingpin breaks and more common with less vertical kingpins, so most skaters doing freestyle will choose a plate with kingpins closer to vertical. Roller skate plates also often have a "jump bar" connecting the two trucks to decrease the chance that a kingpin will break when a jump is landed. Sometimes even a jump bar breaks.