The History of Skateboard Wheels

[@ShredzShop]

What wheels are you currently riding and why?!

[@61936]

My primary setup 56mm snot wheels because they look cool and also give me more hanger space to learn 50-50 compared to the radial full spitfires I was skating then 57mm oj on my natas board because I had them just sitting around and 56mm swampy snot wheels because they again look cool

[@ETANGSKATES]

Spitfire ff radial fulls 56mm I like em thiccc

[@tenchskate6066]

On my ''new'' setup I got some slightly used spitfire formula four 56(now more like 55)mm 101 d conical fulls. Why? Because I got them used and they're great for rough ground, stable, powerslide nicely, are durable, look good and the size is great.

[@alexwelch7198]

Sharks because our sidewalks and streets are rough as hell haha. No other wheel has been as consistent at keeping momentum for longer and spitting rocks and pebbles out of the way

[@caseysmith544]

I know in 2000's to 2010's some kids/teens would trim their wheels down and at same time due to skate park of era going crappy, people used carving style downhill wheels and trucks becuse of how rough the asphalt was for skatepark turning into a man-made gravel/sand with latter going until 2022 when skatepark was replaced for a odd material used in some indoor places that will not last. My dad had on his first good skateboard in 1972 a set of some other early big brand making Urethane wheels for roller-skates and so my dad had trucks and wheels for his kids weight poly board made of one brand's open bearing roller-skate wheels.

[@d_trick89]

I remember in early 2000’s it didn’t really matter what wheels you skated, because they were all the same, just different graphics and brand. I started skating again in late 2022, so I got some whatever wheels, not knowing how much the technology changed, but then I got some SF formula 4, and my whole world changed… what a difference!

[@juvedoo99]

Rictas, Darkstar, and Spitfire for sure had some different tech. Besides that I agree they were all the same.

[@Thrasher610]

Bones stf was the most impressive, they really kept us on one shape for years, even vert skaters road under 60mm for years....

[@quarter_cab]

I swore by rictas around 2005-14 so it definitely wasn’t exactly how you say, but I get it

[@d_trick89]

I skated Rictas too, specifically cores, but again they were all pretty much the same besides that, ultimately its was just a personal preference. Of course I was a teen, and skate whatever I could just get my hands on, so it could be that I just didn’t care, but I don’t remember a major difference with some other wheels. I still have my old rictas, though those weren’t cores.

[@vmattos19]

Yeah, I was a kid back then, and "all" the wheel felt basically the same Im getting back into skateboarding now in my 30s, and im impressed with how far the industry has gotten Like, im acutally watching review videos on wheels, and talking to other skaters to choose which to buy? That's bonkers

[@MyName-nx1jj]

I was the first kid in my school to have urethane wheels. That was 1974, 6th grade. I had my mom drive me to a surf shop in Newport Beach to buy them. Four gleaming, amber, Roller Sports urethane wheels. So smooth, so quiet, so grippy!

[@ShredzShop]

That’s so crazy! Kids minds must have been blown seeing you in urethane for the first time!

[@13_13k]

Were those the Super Surfer Racing Slicks? They came out just about the same time as Cadillac wheels. Then there were the large version called Stokers. There was another popular wheel in a wine color see through called Road Riders. The Cadillac wheels were paired up with a set of Xcalibur trucks and a Bahne fiberglass thin semi flexi board. Then Tracker Trucks were the big deal and about that time was when OJs and Sims Pure Juice wheels and everyone was rolling on SKS or German Speed bearings. Then we got Kryptonics wheels that came in blue, pink, and I think green, each was slightly different in density. Pink were super soft for pool riding, blues were harder for street and ramps

[@psjamwal9907]

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[@warped2875]

I made my first "skateboard", around 1962, out of a piece of 3/4" x 4" pine and some metal wheel strap-on skates bolted to it. It was murder on the smooth sidewalks of the hospital across the street from our house. I was 8 at the time, and I survived it with no protective gear! My second build was around 1969, out of 1" x 8" doug fir and clay wheels, that I rattle can painted in a psychedelic paisley pattern on while in a closed garage, ...I wound up puking my guts out soon after due to lack of ventilation. Bought my last skateboard in 1977, a bowl rider (don't recall the brand), Tracker Trucks with wedges, OJ wheels with germs, and added some anti-skid tape on top. Riding Timberline Road, and Mary's Peak in Oregon was awesome!

[@toolguyslayer1]

The Oregon trail was not so awesome I would not have made it😮😅 play yeah a great story I'm almost 60 and I'm thinking about getting another one more downhill for the road I got to go faster than 45 mph😊

[@bensleath6624]

Had a lot of different wheels. Gotta say huge cruiser wheels are the greatest invention, feels like a magic carpet and makes me hate my street set up😂

[@jasonashley1718]

@@bensleath6624 haa yeah i cant ride generic set ups now too used to my heavy cruiser, made me love skateboarding again

[@dennispresiloski3964]

Cool vid but bro... you went through the late 70's era waaaaay to quickly. Missed Kryptonics, Gyro cores, Conicals, YoYos, 50/50 tones, the rise and fall and rise again of OJs, the gradual increase in durometer ratings, etc...

[@ShredzShop]

It was so hard to keep it to 10 mins, so many brands that got glazed over 😅

[@jakemarlow8998]

Our family moved to Southern California in 1973. Around that time, my dad bought a Hobie maharaja skateboard with clay wheels for us kids as a novelty trinket/toy. Then, for my 12th birthday (in 1975), my parents gave me a Hobie fiber-flex with Road Rider wheels. These urethane wheels had only been out for a short while. That skateboard was a whole new ballgame and skating became my full-time obsession ... until I started surfing. It's really cool to have lived during that time.

[@ShredzShop]

That’s super rad!!

[@jct903]

Long-time subscriber: This is probably the best video you guys have done so far. Comment for the engagement - I hope this channel gets huge.

[@ShredzShop]

Yoo! Thanks so much!! It means a lot, and love the feedback!

[@johneapleseed6876]

Seconded

[@BallisticBBQ]

I remember Cadillacs coming out when I was in the fifth grade. We all wanted Cadillacs and Benett trucks back then. I still have scars on my arms and knees from hitting small rocks on my old clay wheels, and it bums me out that I didn't keep my old boards! I still have the very last board I rode back in the early 80s: a Powell deck with blue Gull Wing Pro trucks and 65mm green Kryptonics. I loved the video!

[@iannolan-f4g]

I remember the object of my desires in the 70's were called Cryptonics. Does anyone else remember these?

[@angelsunlight]

When do Slime Balls come into the story??

[@chrisxshock]

I love my big balls!

[@seanmckelvey6618]

80s

[@abec6.6.6.]

Creative Urethanes made them from the beginning and was later moved to the factory in Santa Cruz and some others are made in China

[@dwightchaos9449]

Slime balls were my first “pro” type wheels

[@Rot_Dog666]

Pig Wheels are still around

[@jregulatori4672]

You could get 32mm wheels from UFO. They used to have ads in Thrasher in 93/94

[@dankehrig3419]

My friends mom used to work for Kryptonics back in the late 70$ early 80$. She was the president of the company's assistant so she would always bring us new kinds of wheels to see what we thought of them and her boss didn't care how old you were if you didn't like something about one of the wheels he would make sure to pair you with exactly what you were wanting to get out of the wheel. We were decked out with 4 or 5 pairs of skates and I remember having 12 22inch "Long Boards"!!! And I believe Kryptonics were the first to come out with multiple colors on the same wheel! I still have that best friend today after 45+yrs and I know I kept 1 board and gave it to my son when he was 12! One thing we had the advantages of doing were taking roller skating wheels and putting them on boards and vice versa.!

[@gapbones]

Interesting documentary, Shredz Shop. I appreciate your historical research and your inclusion of the roll that Vern Heitfield and Creative Urethanes played in the early PU wheel market. They started it all. They were also the only processor I spoke with in 1976 that thought they could pour the first Bones Double Radial MDI production wheels. Sadly, Vern's home made mixing equipment was not up to the task. They failed, and after a year of trying, I had to move to a processor in LA that had just purchased an expensive state of the art mixing machine that was able to mix the long ratios involved in manufacturing the new MDI material we pioneered. As our volume increased during the 1980's, we were able to purchase this processor, Rogers Manufacturing, and finally gain the ability to completely control our wheel manufacturing, and speed up our R&D dramatically. I thought it was an oversight on your part to omit our creation of the BONES SPF, and especially the STF that forced Spitfire to find out what we were doing to make such dramatically better wheels. In fact, Spitfire's F-4 is their version of Bones STF. Thanks for mentioning Dragon and X formulas. They are the next generation formulations that our competitors are trying to duplicate now, because they allow us to adjust the slide to grip ratio, roll faster, and absorb more vibration. Dragons and X formulas are game changing. Once again, this opens up new skate terrain, and makes skating more fun. Powell•Peralta and Bones wheel technology have consistently (since 1977) led skateboarding in developing new wheel shapes and polyurethane formulations to enable skaters to have more fun skating, expand skating's performance envelope, and to get more value out of their wheel purchases because of increased durability. Just saying, we are the leader.

[@ShredzShop]

Thanks for the amazing comment and history lesson George! Everything here was pieced together from around 20/30 blogs, books, and interviews I could find information on. I'd love to chat more about the invention of the wheel (I'll reach out through our mutuals at Ultimate distribution). Definitely hard to try and cover everything in 10 minutes, as there's full brands we didn't even get to mention. I firmly agree you guys have always been at the forefront of skate technology and admire it! Lets just say there's a reason the Dragon Formula is the most modern wheel on the thumbnail!

[@johnfudala128]

So , your company of associate company produced the first Bones before Powell & Peralta?

[@jamesryan4325]

@@johnfudala128 I think that's George himself talking bro...

[@jamesryan4325]

SPF still rule smooth concrete. Amazing work on XF btw, incredible wheels. Thank you for pushing the evolution of skateboarding forward more than any other brand!

[@manbaerpigg]

No!!! The Double Vision came out 2 years before Barnyard! Street skating has always been there! They bribed a guy at Vision to give them a copy. Thanks for mentioning Gator in the vid btw he was my favorite skater that was pro but my best friend down the street was the best skater living....props to my bestie Nick

[@ShredzShop]

We talk about double vision in the history of skate vid! It definitely had a wilder shape than the barnyard.

[@blandrooker6541]

I remember back in the 70s, I really didn't like Bones but the different color and composition Kryptonics were the wheels of choice mounted on Gullwing trucks on super wide Sims decks, of course with Pizza Tape. Just thinking about it, I had a flash on a 45 year old memory of the Skircle. 😂😂😂

[@dutchmckracken9025]

Ive skate since '84. Rode as big as Bullet 66 and as small as Union 42s. Ive gotta say the Spitfire Radial Full 54mm are possibly my favorite wheel of all time. Until these came out OJII Team Riders held my #1 for decades. Just my own opinion.

[@Schnarkel]

like this if you stayed all the way for the fart. P.S. I ride spit fire formula 4s they're unbeatable.

[@AntwonVinnie]

Whoa wtf I grew up in Sacramento and when I was 13 I moved to WV just 20 minutes from Purcelville. That’s insane! I’ve been skating for 22 years and had no idea I lived by the birthplace of my passion!

[@tropes2087]

Ricta wheels for the win

[@jeancampaner5639]

We called them condom wheels in early 90’s. Happy to see how the progression moves with dragon wheels for example these days. Thanks for this nice video, from 🇫🇷

[@major_tm]

Nice one! Currently riding Kryptonics 76As...real blast from the past as well.

[@benitofranklyn4237]

If you ride a lot of street, get yourself some big, soft wheels like we had back in the 80's (55,56mm 80-90a). Trust me it's so much more fun, you can still do your tricks, and you will be able to ride so much more spots and streets that seemed unskateable before.

[@Jblizzybaby]

Tim Hortons pizza

[@ShredzShop]

What a time to be alive…

[@joetroutt7425]

I was skating in the 90s (began in the mid 80s) and i went through the small wheel fad and man it was tiring pushing it around bc you didn't roll very far like on big wheels. I also has bought some wheels that looked like it had mag rims on them. They were cool looking but man where they hard. They were made for riding ramp and i was a street skater. I ended up trading my brother in law those wheels for a suicidal tendencies (join the army) and Slayer (south of heaven cassette tape) and out my old wheeks back on. My mom uses to say i would get married with that skateboard in my hand i rode it so much. Lol

[@HolzmannMedia]

My first Skateboard wheel are Road Riders. Second were Kryptonics green for my Skateboard and red for my Rollerskates. Nowadays I am riding Slimeballs Snakes 60mm 97A, Dragons in 58mm, 60mm and 64mm, G Bones 64mm 97A, mini Cubics 95A and nano Cubic 52mm & 60mm 97A on my Carver Surfskates

[@ColdChrome]

Slime balls are so fun

[@patrickkwhite]

Pretty sure that World Industries/Blind/101 made some 36.5mm wheels in the early 90s.

[@breakingboxesmtg1585]

Double duro's are nothing new. Ricta did this in the early 00's I think, right? When I was working in the skate industry back in the early 00's spitfire was by far the biggest seller. I'm surprised they didn't become the big dog until years later.

[@travisolander4749]

It's insane that polyurethane, one of the most prolific modern materials, ever, was made popular by one dude brewing skate wheels in his garage.

[@bavarianhero]

Rictus and I’m still rolling in them, mostly riding but they still putting in work. I got the OJ wheels for my Alva board years ago they where dummy smooth, hella gripped and everything but they tore after not much shredding, I still like them but only if they could have lasted longer that would have been legit. Since then I have my spitfires and plan on buying another set when the time comes again. PURO PATINAR!!!!!!!

[@jcsk8]

That´s a masterclass, guys. Congrats. At 45 There are many new information for me.

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed! We really just scratched the surface cause this could be an hour long.

[@bluejeanjedi6870]

I didn’t realize that the first skateboards were massed produced in the town next to mine

[@BallerSthlm]

Yo guys, u gotta keep posting clips like dat, shit is fire frr!!!

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed! 👊

[@Mike_Nowlan]

I skated bones for probably 10 years. But 2 years ago i was skating an indoor park with a brand new set of STFs and i couldn't stop sliding around. I tried my first set of F4s afterwards and its my favorite wheel now.

[@jamesryan4325]

Try X formula! Beats F4

[@AdventuresInSkateboarding]

X99 is yhe best wheel i habe teied. G&S did the firts double urethane in the YOYO. The Yoyo was also the first rounded wheel designed by hall of fame skater Steve Cathey.

[@uncleronny6748]

Making wheels in a cupcake tray reminds me of Bill Bowerman making the first Nike waffle soles for Pre on his old lady's waffle iron. Thanks for the history lesson...I stopped skating early on because of the quartz rock roof we had on our house coming in contact with clay wheels daily and moved on to bicycles.

[@dermotleslie3610]

In 1975, in South Africa, I had Caddillacs like those shown. Now nearly 50 years later I have 70mm Roundhouse. Last year I fell and shattered my hip and had to have a complete replacement. 3 months later I was riding again. Getting close to 70 but still riding. Hip replacement cost $40 000.

[@3130roman]

Wow man you're a vataren solut ❤

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

What's with the music? It's as bad as the facts in this video. Urethane got tried as a roller skate wheel and proved to be too slow. There was a pretty big lapse of time before someone tried urethane wheels on a skateboard. That's how I remember it anyway. My first skateboard was a Roller Derby inch thick deck with regular roller skate hangers mounted on made skateboards baseplates with roller skate clay (composite) wheels. I added wavey bathtub grip for griptape. My friend, who got me into it when he showed me an issue of Sports Illustrated that had an article about the "resurgence" of "sidewalk surfing." It might have been that article where I got my earlier stated account about the first use of urethane skateboard wheels. Why did I get a clay wheeled skateboard when there were urethane wheels? I what the toy store on military base had. And actually, it was pretty fast and small rocks of a certain shape will stop any skateboard wheel cold if you don't keep your weight towards the back. AND it was better than the skateboard my friend got from a toy store in town. Which was a Nash with cheap knock offs of precision bearings, hot pour urethane wheels with a single bolt for an axle. The translucent plastic deck sagged horribly. I soon/eventually upgraded to a horribly saggy skate board with loose bearing urethane wheels and trucks with axles as narrow as rollerskate trucks. The deck was just multiple layers of fiberglass made by a California surfboard company. My friend outdid me when upgraded to a wider, longer board with a more sensible kick (tail) and wider trucks. We soon found "Skateboarding" magazine and I ordered a set of Road Riders and a pair Bennett trucks. The trucks had plastic baseplates and that's an idea as dumb as it seems. I still make bad skateboard buying decisions. I currently have a board that the deck cost $2 at a thrift store with used Indy trucks in good condition for $15 and OJ's off of a pair of Rodney Mullen Tensor trucks that cost me like $110 at a mall skateboard shop. I got a slight discount on the wheels. Those trucks are on a Krooked "Rising Son" deck with artwork on the top and bottom by Mark "Gonz" Gonzales which I put clear griptape on. Dumb choice because clear griptape is too grippy. Also a dumb choice because I bought it at Zumies.

[@jasonashley1718]

Riding 65s reissue big balls. Got em down to about 58mm and they're perfect

[@AnneAgopian]

on perfect concrete OJ 101 elite is the best combo of speed, feedback, & predictabilty no questions asked...84 b spf bones give little feedback but more speed...99 spitfire give good feedback excellent predictabilty but less speed..

[@rutlandcitybikes9729]

WTF!! Pizza at Tim Hortons!?!? That's so cheesy American.. Stick to the coffee Tim!

[@MrSpikebender]

What ever else you need to know feel free to ask me. My first board was home made with metal wheels. That board eventually go upgraded to clay. The last set of wheels I bought were NOS Santa Cruz speed wheels OJs. that was 4 years ago. I'm still skating them. I'm 58. Old guys kick ass. Your welcome all you Young skaters for people like me who will always be promoting the sport.

[@agomodern]

I have had some very old-school skateboards (tiny, like 4 inches wide) and with steel wheels) and they were unrideable. Not sure how any kid got any entertainment out of them back in the day.

[@ZTFlames]

Strongest is O.J. Spitfire is the weakest but fast and soft on the catch. Ricta follows good on speed but Slime Balls are the best for street. Orbs is what Spitfire wants to be. Bones is a great on tech throughout. Powell gets down and dragons are for life. Hazard wheels are not that great sadly R.I.P. Crupei looked bad like board companies own wheel branding except Mini logo and Globe.

[@Proliphic3030]

Love my Dragon wheels. Have them in 52 mm for daily riding , 54 for curbs, and 58 for cruising and curbs. So smooth on east coast pavement.

[@GasGotti]

Hell yeah bro. I got the 52, 54, and 56mm greens with the wider cut. I thought the 56 were going to be different because of the colored urethane. So far it hasn’t affected performance. Definitely like the dragons over the X-series.

[@vmattos19]

I love the dragon design, and completely hate that ugly x

[@jamesryan4325]

@@GasGotti No way. Dragons are mushy and slow. X99 to rule them all. Incredible how that hard a wheel handles crust so well!

[@CavemanVanDweller]

I work in asphalt paving on the west coast. How is your paving method different? I've heard new York and d.c. uses fecal matter to coat the streets, but so does the entire I-5 corridor of the west coast? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@diamond66ist]

Back in the seventies Kryptonic greens were the ultimate wheels ! OJ,s were a close second

[@TheChipMcDonald]

Yeah, green Kryptonics should be considered the first modern wheel.

[@GraniteChief369]

1964 bought used roller skates from five-n-dime, took em apart n screwed them on the bottom of a junk piece of handcut plywood. Done. No helmet no pads, off we went.

[@chrisxshock]

Spitfire full conical 53mm 99 on my street board. 56mm 99 full conical on my park board. 60mm 99 Santa Cruz slimeballs vomits on my shaped transition deck! Why so many decks? Why not!?

[@ShredzShop]

Got the golf bag full of setups!

[@chrisxshock]

@@ShredzShop hahaha! After all those years circling the CCS catalogue as a kid, adulting has to have its perks! 😂

[@larsjensen2613]

Tracker trucks or gullwing trucks and kryptonics wheels on a hobie board, loved the late 70'.

[@slyfoxx2973]

65mm red kryptonics. 'cause I'm old And I need a big soft wheel that rolls over everything!

[@Killab-kc7io]

@ShredzShop The only thing I'm rolling is my spliff with Jason Mewes

[@LawrenceCohen-j3d]

I bounce between 2 set ups…. I have OJ DoubleDuros in 56mm and NanoCubes in 56 as well….

[@leofriedwald9901]

Kryptonics! They were important pioneers back in the 70s, shame they went Wally World

[@jameswatt4694]

I started on a Black Knight skateboard with clay wheels on country roads. We rode 2 miles to get to the only sidewalk is a nearby village (no, not uphill in the snow :)). Between Cadillac and Road Riders 2s we rode Roller Sports with loose bearings. We learned a lot as kids trying to service loose-ball wheels with their races and cups. I remember Power Paws and a bunch of dumb super-wide 'Bowl' wheels in the 70s. Kryptonics were happening in mixed colors, etc. I begged my dad to visit Tom Sims' garage in SB to get me a set of Gyro wheels with the nylon bearing seats. I got a set with 2 black on 2 white. Punk Rock. We later rode big 66mm Bullet Speed Wheels on the SF hills while the cool kids were on micro wheels and wearing size 54 waist Ben Davis. Times.

[@ShredzShop]

Whoa! That's epic! Before my time, but always been so interested by it.

[@13_13k]

My first board was a Black Knight with clay wheels. I was about 5 yrs old. My mom and dad bought it for me from Sav-On Drugstore. After wearing down those clay wheels to about ¾ of the actual size and the bearings not staying in the races I got a GT board, there were two, a long surfboard shaped yellowgreen one and a short blue one with a little kicktail type thing, they were made of plastic nylon material like a Frisbee but thicker. Totally cheap boards with really early urethane wheels open bearings. Then I got a fiberglass Bahne with Cadillacs and either Chicago or Excalibur trucks. I've had so many boards and wheel and truck combos, constantly switching and buying new parts as they came out. I probably had 20 different boards between age 5 and 12, 1970 - 1977, then things got serious. Hahahaha

[@jamesstewart3771]

I hated the small wheel era . You would wear yourself out just pushing . I couldn’t use my board for transportation anymore . It would take forever, and a lot of pushing , to get anywhere . Plus they coned out too fast .

[@R1SKYB1Z]

Yo you look like Jason Highs and Badger had a kid with Bonk of Turbografx 16 fame

[@tazdevil5032]

My history of wheels was Road Rider 4 to Kryptonic, Blackhearts to Bones, spitfire, and now I ride Goodyear radials.

[@DTC1138]

A wheelie cool and informative video! Thanks Levi, you legend!

[@toolguyslayer1]

I want to hear a skateboard hat when the metal wheels were out I caught just the end of that and then I got those play wheels that lasted about a week or two I have so many balls I was totally afraid of going downhill and then kryptonics came out play my my fear was gone my fastest speed was 45 miles an hour downhill

[@toot594]

very nice video, learned a lot :D. Can you guys maybe also make on of these abour board shapes?

[@vxsr33]

Great video on the history of skate wheels. However a bit of an explanation about the difference between the types of wheels would be nice

[@ImageMaven]

I’ve been riding Powerflex for the past 5+ years. Love ‘em! They never wear out. Also, great video!

[@jamesryan4325]

I really want to try their Gumball and Rock Candy wheels!

[@GnarkillSlayerGwar]

Cadillac still make and sell the OG retros with the REG T.M. On it. Pretty dope that the oldest wheel company is still making the oldest wheels.

[@mikeh2520]

Maybe they just had tens of thousands of them that they couldn't sell back in the day.

[@GnarkillSlayerGwar]

@@mikeh2520 yeah probably because they have a different graphic now. Same og wheels but just say’s “Cadillac 78a duro 56mm”

[@SpaceManDeadMan]

I am now a smarter human due to this video. Thank you.

[@ShredzShop]

🤓 🤓 🤓

[@andressantos4518]

Right now I have some OJ wheels and they are 45mm, they are great because they remind me of the 90s and also the tricks are more masterable

[@ShredzShop]

That's wild! There's definitely a few brands throwing it back with some really small wheels lately. It's cool, but just can't make it work with how rough the ground is here.

[@nickmccack]

Can we get a shout out to boardy cakes? A great tribute to 90s wheels

[@erichanhauser3190]

Cool vid. I have a set of black Alva Hard Cores. Aluminum core. I think they are 90a. Were on a Bill Danforth Skull complete I bought for 60 bucks back in the mid 90s. I bought everybody's old boards that were sitting in the garage or shed. All wall hangers. Got some old Thunders & Gullwings. 97a Hosoi wheels. Slimeballs etc....

[@ShredzShop]

Aluminum core is crazyyyy!!

[@georgethedford1428]

Changeable outer tires to make new, or different size, hardness. Two piece, screw together inner hub, system.

[@shannonedens7854]

I was riding Vision Blurs on my Gonz back in the 80’s.

[@Aluenvey]

Do you think skateboarding will take another evolution?

[@quadrogong1111]

I sold kryptos in the late 70’s What about KRYPTOS?

[@notprochris]

I ride a lot of Speedlab Wheels, Ouro Skateboard Wheels, and Bones X Formula. All this was after a 25 year streak of only riding Spitfires.

[@realmackle]

I feel like the 2020s right now are in a HUGE conical era right now. I see damn near everyone riding flat wheels because skateboarding weird terrain has become so much more commonplace now

[@GabeLurkin]

Can you do a video on Longboard timeline? It’ll br great🤘🏽

[@JeffreyKahnartist]

In the seventies, I grew up in the San Fernando valley skating down Escalon near Havenhurst. I lost count of how many nasty eats I took on clay wheels. The tiniest pebble and you would go flying. This was a great video. Thank you. I eventually moved onto rollerblades, which would never have existed if it wasn’t for skateboard wheels.

[@pauliewalnuts5241]

We got a spiiiiicy one! 🤌

[@pauls8456]

Yes but the chalk wheels left great skid marks on the road…..

[@missjayspeechley9213]

I haven't skated seriously in over 10 years, but back in the 80's I was heavily into flatland freestyle. It was then I discovered Cockroach Wheels, well at least, my brother did. He bought a set for his street board, which when worn out and too small for his liking, they were perfect for mine. So I got a "new" set of wheels every time my brother bought new wheels. YaY They were great wheels too. So many wheels sold as freestyle wheels of the time were had little if any dishing in the wheel, which meant scraped up axels and wheel nuts when the board was up on it's rail. The Cockroach wheel were quite dished, enough so only wood and urethane touched the ground.

[@phunkeej7109]

I worked at Creative Urethanes for a few years in the 90's..cool place..in Half Baked the shirt Baldwin is wearing has a logo they used back then.."You're Wheels Suck"..my step mom worked there when it was a barn and burnt down so the plant I worked in was virtually all concrete in Purceville..

[@ShredzShop]

Whoa!! That’s so cool! 🙌

[@finnmcginn9931]

I'm so old i started skating before the invention of the wheel.

[@baggytony]

Nice video man, I ride 52mm spitfire formula 4 classic shape wheels

[@SykkelStativ]

I have some setups😅 Spitfire for parkskating Dragon/bones for street Ricta for cruising

[@ShredzShop]

You need a gold bag for all those setups! 😝

[@chrisreeve2193]

What I'm absolutely amazed about is USA is the country where they can sue you for collecting rain water skateboarding which is an absolutely injuring machine is allowed

[@ShredzShop]

🤣🤣I meant it’s illegal to skate at petty much all public buildings

[@DiogenesOfCa]

I remember when I got my first polyurethane wheels. My dad worked at a Aerospace firm and brought home some cased bearings that fit my wheels. I was STYLING!

[@ianedmonds9191]

My Dad did the same except the bearings were 609s and we had to rout out the wheels with a huge router.

[@DiogenesOfCa]

@@ianedmonds9191 OLDE SKOOL!

[@chrhadden]

58mm dragons cant see life without them

[@daisyshinyweather]

I skated bones STFs since I discovered powersliding and came upon the fact wheels actually wear and flatspot as a consequence (I was a kid, unaware of the fact that skate wheels wear down). Then Bones came up with the “Easy Streets” (a softer STF I think) so I moved to those. Finally Powell came up with Dragons and Bones with Formula X a little after; I have been in between those 2, not sure which one I like better.

[@stayuntilforever]

I got a fibreglass skateboard with caddilac wheels back in 87-88. It was probably made in the 70s. A Swedish man bought 100 boards on sale from californian shop and brought it with him to Sweden. The bearings broke when I tried my first ollies.

[@boofingenthusiast]

Thinking about starting to skate again. Just doing slappies near my apartment and flatground. I live in NE Wisconsin though so a lot of parking lots and sidewalks even are jacked up. I used to just rock the lower duro F4s. 56mm Conical on my bigger setup and usually 52 classics on my flatground/manual setup. Hated the Bones STF I tried... WI terrain is just way too jacked. Even our good spots are sort of rough... also our good terrain is mainly skatelite indoor slippery ass stuff unless you're at a concrete park. Anyways I saw the Dragon Formula hype online though and that seems like a great wheel for flatground, slappies and skating a few blocks to the gas station. I'd ask Slap but I'm a kook that hasn't skated in ages. Thanks. Sorry about the wild long comment I'm ripping some rosin off the terp slurper and off them IPAs.

[@ericneilson1198]

I had a Peralta Powell board in '77 used mostly in a public swimming pool off season.

[@ShredzShop]

Awesome! 🙌👊

[@grindlounge]

Come on Powell was definitely not first to put out 39ers

[@marioportillo546]

spitfires my first board had bones but spitfire feel way better

[@AJ-ec5dg]

I’ve tried many many diff wheels and duros. Spitfire lock ins 99duro is my fave!

[@ShredzShop]

Can't go wrong!

[@TheFr3dward]

Anyone riding the dragonformular?

[@iconic_filmdirectors]

love your content and charisma!

[@embiate]

Underrated channel. So many nights I've dove into your videos to learn up on random pieces of history I never knew about. I'm 35 and just getting back into riding, and to see a lot of tidbits and topics I never knew about or cared to know about back when I was a kid is just interesting to me as an adult. Keep it up!

[@spencerblanchard6229]

Oj’s double duro! Tried the dragons and the 97x both and in the heat of the Phoenix summer they get soft and sticky. I do like dragons and 97x better on prefab but the oj double duro is way better at the park and as good at the street

[@19e-k2m]

That’s overlooked and super important, heat makes a huge difference. I can’t skate 101 or 99s here in Buffalo NY most the year. I have to have like 90 to maybe 95. Skating 101 on my masonite ramp in my garage in the winter slips like ice cubes. Or even outside in below 65 degrees they are so much harder. Dragons feel great but yeah the few days above 85 degrees and I want something else.

[@fishrider62]

I had Cadillac wheels and Chicago trucks, I was so jealous of the dudes riding Road Rider 4's lol. I saved up a while and got Bennett's and some Kryptonics! Game changer!

[@monocogenit1]

bones ATF...I live in an area with not much nice pavement. these wheels are great for cruising around.

[@ShredzShop]

Some nice softies!

[@tuskedbeast]

I was 13 in 74 and went through the early iterations- Cadillacs with loose bearings (a bitch to do anything with), Road Riders with precision bearings (incredibly quiet). Orange Kryptonics so soft you could twist them off the truck. There were some goofy design extremes put out by opportunistic entrepreneurs- those would make a fun history video. Thank you, this was fun.

[@jimizxztheorginal]

I just saw a Tim Horton's the other day for the first time. Do you recommend pizza with the coffee?

[@ShredzShop]

Its a weird combo, it reminds me of when McDonalds made Pizzas