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.

[@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😊

[@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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[@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!!

[@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

[@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!

[@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.!

[@major_tm]

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

[@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

[@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? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@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!

[@chrhadden]

at least you know the difference between there being no difference in wheels and not knowing what the differences were

[@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!

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@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.

[@MAARTN]

Just found out, by watching this, I have some of those OG bones wheels @7:55. When I was skating in my neighbourhood as a kid, late 90's or early 2000's, some random dude came up to me and handed me those wheels. Said he rode them when he was a kid in the 80's and wanted me to have them, since I'm always learning tricks all over town. Never really looked at them that good, the top of the letters have mostly faded away, but the skeletons are still visible. Glad to finally know what wheels they are, 2.5 decades later, also glad I kept them 😀

[@ShredzShop]

That’s rad! Prob be worth something on EBay 😜

[@RyKeUp]

Keeping the history alive is important for the whole world of skateboarding and this video does a great job at that.

[@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!

[@DTC1138]

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

[@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

[@chrhadden]

thats probably dust

[@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!

[@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.

[@chrhadden]

NOBODY WOULD BLADE AFTER BEING A SKATER DUDE

[@iannolan-f4g]

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

[@Aeronaut1975]

i live in the UK, my Dad is nearly 75 now and he fondly remembers his skateboard having clay wheels when he was a kid.

[@ericneilson1198]

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

[@ShredzShop]

Awesome! 🙌👊

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Dlweta57]

Great fantastic video. Not a skater myself , but a roller skater from the 80s resurgence, always loved the art work associated with skating.. Very informative and well researched,, loved this historical insight, many thanks...

[@brentottoson6974]

Great video. I remember riding my uncles flat board with clay wheels in the early 70s. Never broke a wheel but a grain of sand and you're flying off the board. First board of my own was solid wood with a kick tail and wide fatty urethane wheels about 1978. Still have an old school Lucero board with Powell Peralta wheels from the late 80s. Good times.

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

Surprised you didn't mention the "core" craze of the early 2000's. I remember how much I loved my Spitfire hollow core wheels. After I couldn't find them anymore I jumped on the 80HDs and eventually into the Formula 4. I've been on the Conical Full 58mm for a few years now. Love em.

[@FrackaLacka]

I had blue Ricta Chrome Cores and then some spitfire hollow core wheels but this was 2009 - early 2010s

[@patricklosiniecki8503]

@austinhughes2871 oh for sure. Core wheels are definitely still around. Ricta still makes them too. I just remember that every brand had the newest and best wheel with the cores with the most pop, or shock absorption, or this, or that when I started skating in 2001. It was kind of overwhelming, for a beginner who didn't know what was what.

[@TomWyker]

you mentioned REAL small Wheels! stoked!

[@ShredzShop]

so wild 😜

[@Fischi4711]

I recently found an old Road Rider sticker in the drawer and put it on my notebook for my everyday 70s vibe. I was not aware that they were pioneers. Thanks for the lecture. But my riding favorite were the red 65 Kryptonics. I bought several of them and they still work today - the smoothest ride on rough asphalt.

[@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

[@larsjensen2613]

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

[@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.

[@iconic_filmdirectors]

love your content and charisma!

[@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!!!!!!!

[@johneapleseed6876]

The OG Classic is the old Ground Round. It all makes sense now. Im riding 97a F4s this year. 58mm. In 3 days ill have the 66.6 Big Beat Down if all goes well. Killer lil piece of art you made here guys.

[@ASassyP]

I am currently riding some mini logo wheels because I am brand new to skating and thats what I walked out with from the shop I went to when I asked for a complete. I have no clue how they compare to other wheels but so far so good for learning to ride.

[@3130roman]

What A you have

[@ASassyP]

@@3130roman I'm not sure I understand what's being asked

[@3130roman]

@@ASassyP A is the hardness of the wheels 🛞 ma man look at the wheel and if it didn't erased you will see the number near the letter A

[@ASassyP]

@@3130roman ah thank you ill take a look. Like I said I'm brand new to all this so I wasn't sure what was being asked. Thanks for your patience 😅

[@3130roman]

@@ASassyP you gonna have so much fun 😊 new blud in your vains garented.

[@Colby_Earleywine]

for a while I was really digging Rat-Bones 90a on my cruiser and Mini-Logo hybrids 90-95a on my street setups. Since the Powell Dragons came out I'm hooked, best all around wheel I've ever skated.

[@ShredzShop]

🔥 🔥 🔥

[@PatriceLarochelle]

Great summary, well illustrated 🛹

[@ShredzShop]

🙏🙏

[@OwOKrieger]

Skating the Ryan Decenzo Bones. Beautiful artwork with the Mermaid on them.

[@ShredzShop]

🔥 🔥 🔥 Canadian legend! Ive skated with him a couple times!

[@OwOKrieger]

@@ShredzShop to be fair I really didn't know who he was I got the graphic for my daughter who loves them. Awesome learning the history, thanks for the lesson hope to see more content like this.

[@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 😅

[@jamesryan4325]

Rad vid!!! Please make more of these "history of" videos so I can nerd out on the evolution of my skate gear! Re my own experience: Bones SPF still can't be beat on smooth concrete. Spit Formula 4 ruled the street for many years. It has been exciting to see the new generation of wheel formulas come to market, especially the Bones X Formula 97 and 99a. They've taken out Spitfire F4 99a as King of the Street IMO. I recently tried OJ double duro and loved them, so fast and so smooth - up there with SPF in terms of speed. They work really well in older, more crusty parks but they are no Dragon (XF) Slayer!

[@jregulatori4672]

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

[@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.

[@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 🇫🇷

[@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!

[@jbratt]

My first job was working at the “stake board department” of a bicycle shop. We sold a boat load of Kryptonics. Different colors for different hardnesses. The market was up and down so I became a bike mechanic. Great job.

[@NYRAD02]

You Guys are on a ROLL , amazing Vid as always! Much Love ❤🤘🏻🛹🇿🇦

[@DarkoNomad]

Awesome and very detailed video as usual, thanks for teaching us about the history and industry of skateboarding again. Now I'm on Powell's Nano cubic 93A dragon formula wheels most of the time. I also have Spitfire formula 4 for skateparks.

[@ShredzShop]

Nano cubics are dope, haven’t rode a pair yet. F4 is always a safe park wheel! 🔥🔥

[@kylefennell8016]

Been riding Spitfire since they came out! Tried a set and loved them never went back to any other companys wheels!

[@ShredzShop]

🔥👊🔥

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jasonashley1718]

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

[@marcoprolo7318]

Very good job. The whole skateboard wave was based on wheel technology. I started skating in 1976 and by 1979 the game had radically changed. Boards improved, trucks improved but really the revolution was in the wheel.

[@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.

[@tazdevil5032]

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

[@jimg5669]

Such memories. Up in NorCal i was out by the small wheel days but by the second half of the 70s was rolling lots of Bones and hanging at Mitch Haake's shop in Belmont/San Carlos and trying all his new Tunnel wheels and decks. Good times. 😆

[@BallerSthlm]

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

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed! 👊

[@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.

[@paulhydes3173]

I wheelie enjoyed watching this !!! Keep up the good work 😁😁😁

[@ShredzShop]

Thanks for comment and dad joke! 🙌🙏😅 means a lot!! 🙌🙏

[@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

[@tattoman29]

I've been riding Spitfire wheels for the last 15 years and i will never change brands.

[@JB-xk4kl]

I did a report in highschool on the history of skateboarding. I would of loved to have this video then. Currently riding Spitfire FF Conicals size 53's

[@ShredzShop]

Rad! Lots of kids reach out and use our vids for school projects these days and I love it.

[@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.

[@justin-y1z2w]

Loved watching this!!! So good

[@ShredzShop]

Glad you enjoyed!! 🙏

[@robertwhite2032]

I started on steel wheels in 67. Then clay, which we called rock wheels. I grew up in Point Loma, a San Diego neighborhood on the coast. I don't remember the date, but it was a Wednesday in 1973, and my mom got me out of school early and took me to Ocean Beach Surf Shop. I was 3rd in line. That was the day the Cadillac wheels came out. The next day at Dana junior high, I was the only one that had urethane wheels! Everyone wanted to try them out. By Friday, half the students had Cadillac wheels on their boards.

[@EnjoiSweatshopMoney]

I have wheels from almost every company but I keep coming back to some bright green 52mm Powell Dragons. They're just too good.

[@shannonedens7854]

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

[@AJ-ec5dg]

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

[@ShredzShop]

Can't go wrong!

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

This was a fantastic docu.

[@bacterialben]

been skating some 101 52mm dgk wheels n i like em a lot never skating something this small

[@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”

[@benitofranklyn4237]

Now that I'm old af and my back and knees hurt already from doing nothing, I went back to big, soft wheels like in my childhood in the 80's. (56mm 80a for street and 55mm 90a for the ride to and in the park) street skating is so much more fun with bigger, softer wheels you can ride everywhere and easily still put them on your popsicle deck and do all the tricks. When riding through the city, I sometimes pass young people carrying their decks through the crusty streets and sidewalks. If you ride street a lot get yourself bigger, softer wheels it is so much more fun. Just spend the money for a second set up if you need to be super tech at the park, it's so worth it. If you're like a kid or student and really can't afford it, keep and old deck and trucks and put the big softies on them or ask your friends and around the local skatepark if anybody has an old deck/trucks. Use it as a cruiser to the park and for going to the skate shop, you can still take your 8.0, 52mm, 101a with you to show of your cool tricks. Trust me skateboarding is so much more fun when you're able to just cruise around like we did back in the day. Lance's opening part in the first skate video ever, The Bones Brigade Video Show (1984), is actually just him cruising around and meeting other skaters/going to the store. Check out the video on Powell Peralta's yt page if you have never seen it. It's what got a lot of people into skateboarding, it's a part of history and it will give you a knew outlook on skating, Also watch the next ones, Future Primitive, Search for Animal Chin and Ban this, all in hd for free on PP's yt page. Also check Natas' Santa Cruz Wheels on fire and Streets of Fire parts (87&89) a lot of people today still can't do his tricks, some of the bailout sickest and most influential street parts ever.

[@dereklockyer1983]

Boardy Cakes have been treating my skating well for a few years. They make early 90's inspired smaller wheels. Smaller wheels like 49mm to 46mm is what I like. Not everyone's jam, but they skate really well for me.

[@finnmcginn9931]

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

[@jeremyryannoel]

Started with Spitfire Classic Swirls 54mm (1999), Accel 56mm (big Mike V fan at the time), had Ricta wheels a couple of times, Autobahn, alternating between Spitfire and Bones years later. Now I'm on the Bones train, recently purchased Dragon and Nanocube formulas...I wonder how the X formula is? I basically ordered the Dragon and Nanocubes on a whim, curious as to what they're offering. I like both!

[@jamesryan4325]

The 97a Nano is the same formula as X97

[@jeremyryannoel]

@@jamesryan4325Thank you!

[@jamesryan4325]

Bones is killing I with their new formulas.. X99 blows F4 99a out of the park

[@john26660]

In 1978 I was riding a Haut Lama Flex with mid-tracks and Sims Comp II's. A friend of mine wanted to trade his red Kryptonics 70mm's for my Comp II's and 46 years later I am still riding those red Kryptonics!

[@bluejeanjedi6870]

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

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

Last wheels I had on a skateboard were some 80's Variflex wheels. I liked them because they were big, wide,and helped me keep my balance. They were much faster on rural roads than the super small ones at the time. They were like a go cart, I was like a monster truck. In a race I was leaving them in the dust.

[@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.

[@toot594]

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

[@theoriginalrabbithole]

I still ride Powell Rat Bones reissues on my 10" pig, pool set up. The 90a, 60mm diameter is PERFECT for carrying speed and having to pump less, yet not be so high off the ground and 'wheel bitey'. Also, the profile has rounded outside edges for a more consistant slide and a perfectly flat inside surface with a squared edge that make it perfect for locking in, when grinding anything. There's nothing left to improve for a pool riding wheel, the Powell Rat Bone actually is perfect in every way for it's intended use.🤙

[@joseguzman9448]

Wow , thank You for this important information❤❤❤❤

[@markeaton2003]

A point in the 60's the wide but hard rough rubber wheel. I remenber buying my first board in 1965, they were some of the first sold that I remember.

[@popbottles229]

As a longboader I really like the 64mm 93a dragons it has good roll speed and is really fun to do huge power slides on them

[@MonkeSkateboards]

Fact Check: A1 Meats 45 mm wheels where the first small wheels on the market. It was 90 or 91 at least a year before your time line on small wheels. I remember getting sponsored by A1 at the contest in Corvallis Oregan and shooting the ad with Jason Dill, Mike Carrol and I in a shopping cart in the Transworld magazine. I think just a month after that ad was taken when I got a pair of 45 mm wheels and entered a contest down in San Jose indoor park where all the classic heads came to compete names like Rick Howard, Mike Carrol, Adam McNatt, Spencer Fujimoto, Moses Itkonen ect before all the 90's skaters where pro. I remember everyone freaking out because my wheels where so small. There where perfect for me since my first wheels 5 yrs prior where Powell roller-skating wheels and I always wanted smaller wheels. It was the era where the boards still had small noses. I remember where I rode my board backwards so I could do a switch front shove on the QP for the first time. But yea that's the small wheel story of a Canadian skater shocking the industry with small wheels. But you could fact check with Jim Gray he was running that program.

[@ShredzShop]

Yo Ben! Thanks for the comment, that’s wild. I’m familiar with A1 meats, but never knew they were OGs in the small wheel game/ never found any info on them when I was doing research for this vid. You still running Monke skateboards?

[@MonkeSkateboards]

@@ShredzShop been on hiatus for the past 6 years plus the 8 years running my indoor skatepark. But now slowly getting back into the skate business.

[@AdamSmithNES]

This was great, super well made, homework accomplished lol

[@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

[@GregCarrick]

Excellent history. I remember starting on steel wheels (diabolical), then what we called 'chalkies' which were white and wore down fairly quickly, then the polyurethane wheels seemed like the pinnacle of what could be used :) Yes, I'm old, and I wouldn't try a skateboard nowadays in fear of my life!

[@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..