What's Up With Andy Anderson's NEW Nano Cubic Wheels

[@ryanh7360]

I wanna see Andy and Rodney Mullen have conversation about everything skateboarding. I think it would be some kind of amazing.

[@CBe-ot8vu]

Look it up. Theres a video sonewhere

[@Lovvv]

ive always thought the same thing

[@drewa5355]

If Rodney wanted to talk more about skating he would

[@experienceofchris1108]

The two most awkward dudes every struggling to have a conversation with each other 😂

[@allthewaylive8665]

⁠@@experienceofchris1108 these guys may be awkward, but they own it and they don’t seem to have any trouble communicating. Not sure why they’d struggle.

[@2intheBush]

Andys brain connects dots and tries things from the past most people would be afraid to do. I love him, he truly gives no fucks

[@seymourglass26]

He's also a big-enough fan of history to have a bunch of ideas bouncing around. I love how he shouts out literally dozens of skaters who invented tricks he used in his new part. Man's original, but knows where he comes from as an artist.

[@Makabert.Abylon]

Andys brain is not something to strive for.. amazing skateboarder but he can probably not tie his shoelaces of feed himself

[@paalavstaal]

@@Makabert.Abylon dude, lay off the crackpipe...

[@wilcross50]

Yeah and drawing lines on your grip tape is science

[@austang8556]

So does your brain, bro. We all have this capability. You just gotta go for it.

[@JStack]

Andy was told “don’t reinvent the wheel,” one too many times and was like nah imma reinvent it lol love the dude, got me back into skate culture even though my body can’t do the skating part anymore

[@N-B-MMA]

He didn't reinvent it. Like he said asymmetrical wheels used to be standard

[@cromulentcorncommander]

@@N-B-MMA Also freestylers still use them today, I'm looking at a set on my Waltz deck now. Also unless the longboard scene has switched it up in the last decade that's all aesymetic too.

[@Ryo7_7]

Innovation talk in any sport, hobby or trade is awesome. This guy's mind is a one of a kind, especially to be in skating. Love it. 🤘

[@Y.A.A.E.G._Games]

First the board shape then the grip tape now the wheels he's reinvented the whole board, he reminds me of Rodney Mullen with the way he uses his mind to skate

[@ramrunsfast]

Just missing the truck.

[@IBsniperFTW]

Dude is Rodney mullens son can’t convince me otherwise

[@ohsodangerous619]

Sorry iam not a skater, can u explain the board shape, and grip tape difference?

[@Y.A.A.E.G._Games]

@@ohsodangerous619 no one can explain it like him!, there are videos on yt you can find 😉

[@dallebull]

This feels like more an de-invention.

[@DavidPetrash]

When an engineer is disguised as hippy skater :D Andy is a gem!

[@matter9]

Absolutely. The more you look the more you see. Dude has vision and knowledge of and respect for those who came before him and the gear they used. He also sees the reasoning behind the equipment design decisions. Definitely a fun person to let talk at you for a while. Plus he’s so chill, like no bad vibes, at least never seen any blow ups. Idk if he has that in him even 😎🌞🤙

[@stevenvillegas7884]

@@DavidPetrash Pfft Hahaha🤣

[@shibsftw]

Damn I’m glad this guy is a pro and can vouch and prove the usefulness of stuff like this. I’ve always been into the weird skate tech that was floating around from the 70’s-91. Loved the cubics and the rat bones. It’s really like running wide tires and wheels with crazy offset on a car. Want to see more semi soft wheels from 90a-95a. This guy will keep bringing back the forgotten good. Rails, money bumps, board shapes, etc

[@skatersinc]

i have always put 2 or 3 extra washers against the truck hanger to push the nut flush with axle. been doing that for 30+ years. there was a skatepark inside a roller rink in florida and that was mandatory that your nut was flush with the axle to avoid damaging the hardwood floor finishing. it made perfect sense back to me in grade 8 and never stopped doing it.

[@SKEC212]

The best thing about these wheels is that if everybody rode these wheels there would be no more tiny pot holes in the concrete at every outdoor skatepark. These potholes are the fastest destroyers of skateparks. It makes skating very hard when landing a trick. That would save millions of dollars in concrete repairs. That should be his leading selling point.

[@somnusmortem4318]

I was a hardcore skater in the 80s. I don't know how it is now but destruction of property and being a rebellious outsider was part of the fun. I don't condone it but it sure was fun as a kid.

[@sydisticsandman]

​@somnusmortem4318 I believe hmthe op commenter is saying that with the nuts sunked into the wheel there isn't steel hardware slamming into the skate surface, a ton of times, which creates actual potholes for your wheels to get stuck in and reintroduce your face to the ground in a bad way 😉 not so much about actual intentional vandalism. Could be wrong.

[@GRAVEYARDIGANN]

Make the Skate park require you to have that kind of wheel to skate the park 😂

[@bleedszn]

quickly becoming one of my fav personalities in skating

[@User_yhvz]

I can easily say he is my favorite skater to pop up since I was born and learned who Tony hawk was 😂

[@Woknus]

So late

[@bleedszn]

@@Woknus 😂

[@redundantpancake]

Back in the 90s I also thought it would be better to have the wheel go over. Glad Andy put in the work to make it happen and make it main stream, picking these up for sure when I need new wheels!

[@bustedknucks2280]

As a skater from the 80s I couldn’t wrap my head around the tiny symmetrical wheels.

[@justin555666]

Andy has been showing up in my feed a lot lately and I love this dude! It's great to see what's going on in the skateboarding world these days after being out of it for over a decade.

[@604cpr]

As a 29 year old that hasn’t skated in over a decade, and wants to get a board again, I’m glad I came across this video 🤙

[@Slapp3]

Just got back on mine today at 28

[@jooosAREevil]

😂 I just commented this same thing I can barely Ollie but still love this show

[@Andrew-pv8oz]

28 same. Elbow pad came in clutch first day 😂

[@2Dangerous]

Just got back on mine at 27😂 seems like we’re all in the same boat here

[@evanjolley1279]

this guy andy anderson is 28

[@000slappydirk]

Love his pitch 😂

[@ChristIsLord7]

He’s a genuine creative very intelligent person. We must protect him at all cost!

[@verifyinfieldpodcast]

This young man fascinates me - I love his pioneering attitude

[@itaylori]

Not a skater but love listening to Andy explain things. He'd be an awesome teacher. Breaks down complex ideas with ease for a layman like myself to understand.

[@RaspberryMeatsicle]

Love my nanos. Pops right up on the curb

[@armymanal]

I love listening to andy talk hes so chill and seems like a real good genuine dude

[@kianr2200]

that pitch is gold

[@Nuxzy_]

I never really got into skating past cruising down to the local shop and watching videos but this was a cool.

[@ajst784]

been skating a set for about a year, no complaints so far

[@24kvibesx]

i love listening to people speak about skating in technical terms

[@Ody.999]

flip used to make something similar around 2007 been hunting for something like that since this would probably be perfect

[@leinad.s]

I messed my knee up and can't skate anymore, but Andy's such a trip. Wealth of knowledge and a mind for experiments.

[@xpndblhero5170]

Now I feel like if I want a board just like his, I'd have to get a complete w/ his trucks and wheels already on... Plus the grip tape map, that's really cool too. 😁👍🖤

[@SkateboardEnjoyer]

Man, these wheels mean such a lot to skateboarding and I think people are missing it. When was the last time you can think of that there was a freestyle wheel available in 99% of skate shops ? That little gem of a thing will change a lot, not only for freestyle but generally for skateboarding as a whole. Andy Anderson is changing skateboarding regardless of if you like him or what he's doing and I love that about him.

[@jessicagallant3443]

Andy is special hope skateboarding picks up in the youth his style is difficult but with time and a bit of talent you can be almost as good as him. I see him as a bob ross of skateboarding with how hes really put everything into this sport. True artist in the culture and but respects everyone around him and you can see how he really admires these legends. Love seeing him get his flowers well raised good Canadian kid cheers 🍻

[@leviathan9823]

Andy’s genuinely so intuitive with some of the smallest things.

[@stingylizard]

Been skating ditches,pools,pipes n parks since 1976 and this wheel is a Top Pick Hall-Of-Fame type wheel. Wish had a couple mm bigger around version but still,near perfect all-around wheel w good ceramics

[@JodiBaskoro]

oh powell peralta actually listen to you, they made it up to 60mm

[@stingylizard]

@@JodiBaskoro Thanks!👍

[@ryanlanks7874]

I talked to Andy under the tent when it dumped in Mississauga (Jackalope) when everyone was under cover. I said I know I know you but I'm a snowboarder/Ow'er and Im not in the know and up to date on anything skate. Super cool dude was talking with another young skater but sounded like sound advice. So just here to say I knew I knew ha ha.

[@lobsterroomcleaningservice]

I ride 56s ad i love these wheels. I can land flip tricks i wasnt able to consitstantly now (ie 360 flips) They ride smoothly on most terrain

[@roncri]

I remember back in the 80s, we used to use grinders to put an angled edge on the outside of our wheels.

[@ColonelFlickage]

Honestly I think these are the game changer I need in my skating

[@guido69x]

In longboarding there are centered bearing seat,off side and in side!!!That will make the wheel more or less grippy or how easy the wheel releasse to slide,regarding its duro!The centered bearing seat core,the wheels can be flipped once in a while to control how they will wear out and more easyer to avoid them to cone out! The other 2 types of bearing seat,they will cone out by nature,some can be flipped and turn what was an off set wheel into an in set one!

[@Hanstra]

Yeah it's kinda funny seeing 'core' skateboarders having their minds blown by stuff that has existed in the longboard scene for years

[@guido69x]

@@Hanstra Right???!At least Andy is breacking those bariers and teach some "science" and other skaters can take their heads out of the whetever it as been in the last 3 decades and make skateboarding evolve as much as longboarding did !

[@ramrunsfast]

We all know longboarders and longboarding is easily a good decade ahead of skateboarding. It's because of the longboarding community we have better urethane wheels,more innovative trucks, different deck composites, bearings,etc.

[@authenticmanlymanderson]

And because long boarders arent afraid to be kooks

[@pikks69]

longboarders are like the scientists of skateboard world

[@xrichiexg]

Literally how fingerboard wheels are made 😂😂😂 I thought I was looking at an enlarged picture of a fingerboard set up when I first saw them

[@Robot1c]

dude is innovating because he isnt afraid of looking back to the past! love it

[@wiggidywakwak]

They work like having negative wheel offsets on your car, which is cool bc it's seems like the board is responding similarly to how you expect in a car to the came thing.

[@neilbradley9035]

longboarders have been on this for a while, side set wheels are super fun. Should also make power sliding easier but you will also get coned wheels faster due to the pressure to ground being asymmetrical.

[@Unc_Talks]

I love the amount of innovation this kid brings to the game.. And I don't even skate. LOL..

[@yesmaybe630]

With respect to the nano 97, the rougher the street, the faster you go, but it feels smooth!

[@dclomg5]

I've watched this a couple of times. I think he's sold me on them.

[@spiketheimpaler4698]

Reminds me of spitfires from mid 90s. The axel damage was a feature it keeps the wheel nuts from randomly falling off faceplanting you at the most embrassing of times

[@dxzxax8772]

Dude blew my mind. I'm completely sold on the Nano Cubic wheels. Hopefully they make them in swirl!

[@Vegz666]

"It's not wide wheels, it's just the perfect size" xD GREAT (not a real quote but it's what looks like)

[@Johnnytotal]

Anyone in the 70’s remember the conical bowl wheels. Freestyle wheels OJ’s freestyle had the softer shaped conical inside. Which many freestyle wheels from today copied.

[@davidderejko9120]

side set bearing placement, abec 11 flashbacks

[@bearcladxd]

Holly crap this is why modern wheels that my son use feels so weird to me, didn’t even think about the symmetry

[@sonjeow]

Andy has something no one else has. I can't explain it. He's a genius.

[@carsonc4134]

His dads a Freemason

[@wagonmike5243]

i just put spacer(the little one come with bearing and trucks) behind the bearing to get my bolt closer to the edge of the truck. i never stripped a truck or a bolt

[@TheTomexification]

If you skate hard floor the nut and the bolt will get deformed, it will last a bit longer and you need to buy lots of nuts, I used to do the same as you. Until the thread making tools, I had to buy so many trucks because of that issue. And the rethreading only works a few times.

[@fernandoreyes680]

I do the same. It stops axles from stripping but the nuts still get messed up when landing primo

[@Itsalways5am]

Andy is so rad haha!

[@alfierodriguez2473]

Andy is today’s Rodney Mullen, and I love it! He’s a joy to watch. A true savant of skateboarding!

[@henrycarroll2079]

coming from a downhill longboarding perspective this is hilarious.

[@chrisstone1934]

Cubics are the wheel deal!

[@theburt112]

AA and P&P literally reinventing the wheel.

[@jlad7745]

I mean the clear downside is you’re spending twice as much to replace the wheels. As a high school you do not want that. You get a symmetrical wheel, swap it after 6 months, and you have a new wheel. As an adult with money to spend, it’s a nice upgrade.

[@King-Kazma]

When the wheel cones, you swap front and rear. Coning tends to be worse on the rear because your weight is normally over the rear truck. Before double kick boards this was evident, but modern boards wear more evenly.

[@ModPhreak]

Skateboarding decks have been symmetrical since early/mid 90's, there are a few non, but like 99% have same nose and tail, so no front or rear anymore.

[@King-Kazma]

@@ModPhreak This isn’t correct. 99% of modern boards only look symmetrical to the untrained eye. The nose has a more pronounced kick, which helps with flip tricks. Most truck bolts come with 1 or 2 coloured bolts so you can mark which end is the front. True symmetrical boards exist, but they are very rare. They are sometimes called ‘double tail’ boards. Regardless, modern boards are ridden fakie enough to minimise coning, and it is less evident on narrower wheels than it was on wider and softer pre-90s wheels.

[@coltlange2894]

Andy Anderson is one of the best skaters any company can sponsor. He's even like a good influence for kids or whatever.

[@jooosAREevil]

I haven’t skated in 10 years I can barely Ollie but I love this show 😂 I want them wheels I’m sold

[@Capitan_Chaos]

Andy is an innovator

[@mediapc4747]

Back in the 70s I'd cut my wide green pool kryps down to the narrowest without exposing the nut, for freestyle. Ended up exactly the same width as the deck too. They were square on the inside edge and filed to a curve on the outside too, they look very similar, still got 8 of them.

[@djt7387]

He's on fire.

[@BobHatch-ex2ju]

Been doin this shit since the late 80s and anndy the fuckn man

[@logan_beats]

I love Andy's brain

[@hankhill3126]

Such a likeable dude, so talented too

[@Mrbernardork]

dude is just reinventing skateboarding step by step

[@IamSoEasy47]

It’s also a lot safer for using your hands because sometimes those axels can be sharp enough to cut you

[@authenticmanlymanderson]

Thanks grandpa 😎

[@WHDRWN]

dork

[@PatrickRobisonchan]

Andy is the best reresentative for skateboarding.

[@kyledunn1595]

Andy is the best

[@vadimski90]

This is my favourite wheel of all time, and i Had a Lot of wheels in 22years skating. And i am Not even a freestyle skater❤

[@QuintonLeo]

Not a skater, never been a skater, but I understand mathematics and physics well. This kid is incredible with how he views skating. It actually helps me understand it more. His grip tape and now this?!? This is so incredible.

[@buggsrunnergaming]

I will most likely buy these with my next set up 😂 im 30 but i tottally agree... i remember when i started that you could still get the odd wheels where the bolt was covered to some extent by the wheel and then they all vanished... i got that annoyed that for about 7 years i used to buy longboard wheels instead purely for the fact that they have the over hang like these do to protect your bolts (though i dont think thats the intention in longboarding and that its just for extra surface area for grip) but i definitely think i need to get me a set of these in 60mm with that beautiful 97a mix 😬

[@HuaWei-oe7os]

Brilliant! I just got the dragons 56mm. And I've planned to saw off the inner part of the wheel to get the lock in. plus I was not able to get them 54mm. They feel good but would prefer them narrower.

[@LGguedo]

Mini cubic was the jam

[@ryanrowe1975]

Cool trucks

[@adamlangdon2245]

He's not the genius we asked for, he's the genius we needed.👏👏👏😆👊

[@MrTraveller.]

Brilliant perspective

[@maricorp.449]

Love this dude. Really cares about skateboarding

[@allstopblue5717]

Every other pro seems to be skating just fine with “standard” wheels lol love Andy’s enthusiasm though. Once in a lifetime talent

[@roll3605]

Vision blurs, old school 80s wheels, everything comes around again if you live long enough.

[@JayClassic88]

If I could invest in this kid I would. He's innovating the whole industry on a level not seen since Rodney did

[@search895]

Wheels with that shape were usual to see yet in the 80s. Today I was trying to make a truck work for a wide board and the wheels are some 1cm short to the edge and I thought exactly i would need a wheel with that shape.

[@rtz549]

The tiny wheels in the '90's were cool.

[@aceonwheels2349]

He’s just on a whole other level from us. Like a time traveler talking to cavemen. Reminds me of Rodney Mullen interviews in the 2000’s. His brain just sees everything so different.

[@andrewdavid9412]

Andy is next level skateboard IQ with an extra gear.

[@n1mand]

He really reinvented the wheel.:D

[@ziggafresh]

Andy is the single most important skater of this generation.

[@aliennetwork08]

andy has one of my favorite video parts

[@cablevamp3163]

Andy has done more in 5 years than many done their entire career Bro is a savant

[@seymourglass26]

Yep. It's like he's internalized so much of the history that he just breathes new life into the game. Super open-minded, which doesn't hurt the creativity on the board, but also beyond. And he also doesn't have a big head about it. Props. Also, most people don't even get careers in the game, so I'm not about to dog on any pros big or small.

[@stairway211]

Love this guy

[@HeidiFegles]

In the auto work we call this a negative offset. Dude I’d love this wheel. My axles were always taking a bearing

[@aurteekay6339]

Bmx Bikes have had female bolts with the axle attached for a while but I’ve never thought of doing it on a skateboard wheel that’s actually super smart honestly well needed. So many days when I was younger I spent with my dremel and a metal cutting disk just carefully rethreading my trucks or cutting a little off the end of my axles is more than enough time spent on stripped trucks for one lifetime. I’m sure many others can relate. Or the rethreading tool ahh those things suck dude

[@allanreyes5520]

Back in around 1994 there are wheels (Bones started it) that looks exactly like that, theyre called Nut huggers..cant use a typical wrench as tool, you'll really need a skate tool..search them out

[@cremejockey8636]

It's crazy I remember back in the day when the wheels were like that. When they changed them and stopped using them completely I just assumed they were a sub par design.

[@stillclouds]

You can't flip most rollerskate wheels but that's fine. Rotation every so often and you should be gucci. Especially with it being that big even though it's "nano".

[@lando2165]

My only concern is how use overtime could effect the bearing do to all the pressure being on the inside. Looks great otherwise though

[@Larry-n4p]

You could also make hub caps for your wheels... :)

[@authenticandyanderson]

Grindking “Rims” were the best

[@Riz2336]

I never skated wheels like this, I’d be down to try it

[@JRocco2021]

Andy just casually comes along and says make the asymmetrical board symmetrical and make the symmetrical wheels asymmetrical. I bet people just thought he was off his rocker for the longest time it must be so vindicating to have finally achieved what he had been dreaming of before people could even comprehend what he was on about.

[@HamCar1000]

If you put like a really hard plastic ring in the wheel on the rounded outer face, you could do primo slides with these wheels, maybe even better than before