The biggest wheels I’ve ever skated | Spitfire Radial Fulls
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2023
- Does the madness ever really end? I don’t think so. Actually it’s kinda fun to experiment with different shapes and sizes of everything, although my wallet takes a hit every time I decide to redo my entire setup in search of optimal performance and the elusive moment of looking at your board and being actually satisfied . It’s fun to mix it up though. Seeya next time on some much smaller wheels, my dudes. ❤️ 🛹
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So after hearing about the Ricky Oyola EMB story on the recent Clyde Singleton nine club episode, I’d like to say I had no idea that dude was apparently known for being a huge pile of shit and still hasn’t owned up to what he did. I’m embarrassed to be skating his board in this video and I won’t be supporting him or Traffic any further.
Ricky is a certified legend. WGAF about a word he said 3 decades ago. Unsubscribing man.
I just grabbed the Kader Spitfire radial full 99a 54mm. I put Bronson raws in them, Indy 215s, and Heroin 10” popsicle. Super fun set up.
Sounds like a fun whip for sure
super helpful review on these wheels. I got a set and now know what to expect. Thanks
Fun watching you skate that. Parking lot looks nice and empty! Yes, it makes a good board for cruising Think I’ll set mine up later
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Yeah I’m hoping when the business it’s in front of opens it doesn’t completely blow the spot out but unless it’s like a Whole Foods or something I think it will be cool
This parking lot looks like a great spot.
I have worked my way down to 54s but a lot of my setups are 56mm or more.
You definitely have some tricks Sir. Stay Rad.
Do you run riser pads or just tighten your trucks up? I don’t think I can do either of those things but I’m not giving up on big wheels just yet, I think I want to try some classic shapes in a 56 just to see what it’s like.
my primary setups have wheels close to that shape. i've never owned a set of spitfires that i can recall, nothing against them i just haven't needed to get wheels in a really long time. lately i've been grabbing completes for cheap off marketplace and they have what they have, it's a good way to try different stuff that you might not have otherwise. last one had indy forged hollows and bones stf v2 53mm wheels, basically tablet shape. not a fan of how they look like a shopping cart or that the axle nuts are completely exposed, but they ride fine. i usually like 56-60mm, lots of rough ground out here and they last forever.
Thanks for the review . God bless and peace be with you !
I have ridden the radial full 56mm 99a for a year, have them on ace 60 with 1/8 risers. Haven’t had bad wheelbite with that setup, even riding loose trucks and being a big kid. I love the extra Width on them, makes rough spots easier to skate, also wear down slower due to having more material. Normally my wheels are 5-6 mm smaller after one year, but these are holding up better than what other f4 i have been riding. The wheels are ~53mm now, going to take off the risers on my next board and see how it works
I know another guy who really likes the width of them, it just comes down to preference. I need that extra truck space because my aim is shit some days lol
Just ordered a set of these in 54mm for my cruiser board, still do some flip tricks etc while I’m cruising around so these should be great but my street/park setup has 54mm spitfire radials (normal NOT full) 99a and I think you should definitely give normal radials a try I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. They lock in great never had slip out issues the tech stuff is great with them too they have some decent width but nothing crazy like the radial fulls. Best all around wheels in my opinion
I keep hearing about the radial standards I need a set! 97’s are great for a cruiser setup too. They still slide and pop fine (better than dragons and x97 imo) but they’re way easier for just rolling around especially on rough ground
Got these exact wheels from Abstract a few weeks ago! Kinda wish I got the new lock-in fulls instead of these radial fulls, but still very fun wheels!
That’s sick! Always dope to see a local in the comments! Shoutout to abstract 👊
Love your sense of humor always makes me laugh
Aaaay appreciate you, my dude!
I got these same wheels a few weeks ago and am absolutely in love
Awesome! I still like these wheels I just need a proper setup to go with them. I think they’d be a really good wheel for ditch skating
Whoa I was really curious about the 97a f4s! Good to hear they arent sticky!
They might be on super smooth ramps/skatepark ground but no problem sliding around on concrete/asphalt at all
I’m riding the exact same wheels right now and I love them gonna try conical fulls again I bought the 97a 58mm conical fulls and I can’t wait to try them again
I ride 56 wheels but also still riding a 7.75 with the small wheel base the big wheels help me lock in better also it’s nice being able to easily roll thru some shit ground hope you dig em💪
A 7.75 with 56mm? You’re a madlad but I respect it 🫡
Skated 56mms for my first pair down to probably 50s now. Spitfire Formula fours. Honestly a great way for a beginner to ride into smaller wheels
Oh 100% I’d recommend a beginner some F4’s every time
Dude that ledge is looking proper I still need to go hit that.
Do it! Everytime I drive by I always hope to see someone skating there. The curb is really nice too. I think I’m gonna extend the ledge soon
When i was a kid skateboarding... I'm pretty sure i only had one set of wheels for about a decade... lol. Now the wind blows and i change something on one of my 4 completes that i rock for no other reason than i like it... pro's and cons of being an adult skateboarder would be a good video, 👍 good stuff as always
Right! Same with trucks and bearings. I’d never swap out wheels it felt like. Now we can actually buy new shit but we don’t have time to use it 😭 😂
I always feel guilty for wanting a new deck lol
Hi bro,
Give them some 5-6 session,
I used 56mm bones v6. At first, it’s the same like your thoughts. But when you use it every sesh. You don’t want to go back to the smaller wheels. Nowadays i saw a lot of skater using big wheels even tech skater. Want to try that too.
Keep it up bro. Nice video😊
Yeah I like bigger sized wheels but these are way too wide and soft for me. They’d be sick if I had a size up in trucks/board but with an 8.4 axle they take up way too much real estate.
Bro this channel is sick!
Thanks my dude!
I was hoping you’d like the bigger wheel, but I get it, it didn’t suite your type of skating. All in all great vid as always! I Look forward to these vids! I’m about to push 34 & I’m still pushing my board around. Thanks for the enormous inspiration!
I think I’d like them if it weren’t for the width. I was saying in another comment I might still give some a shot but maybe I’m a classic shape. I did kinda like how my flatground felt having that little extra lift but it’s just a matter of adjusting
Crook shuv looking hella smooth
Thanks man! That’s about as tech as I can get lately lol
You gotta skate fast transition or pump track with those! I got the 58s - waiting on the 9.08" Creature Sam Hitz Battlegate deck to come in the mail. The Battlegate gets the 58 radial fulls and ace AF1 77s (9.5")! I can't friggin wait!!!
But yeah dude I have 8.75 aces on a 8.51 Creature Stumps deck - I set the radial fulls up on that and your grind space completely disappears lol totally changes the pinch point for crooks. I expect that to go away on 9.5 trucks wether I stick with the radial fulls or something slimmer. If you want to pinch, you gotta hang that truck out a bit more than you'd think. I'll let you know!
Aren’t stumps a shorter wheelbase than normal? I think with AF1’s you’d be on a super tiny wb, but yeah as far as the wide wheels they totally eat your trucks up. I love conical fulls but idk about the radial fulls unless you’re on an 8.75+ axle
@dadboard exactly! Gotta go mega wide with these 747 wheels 😆 and yeah the stumps are all about smaller width decks wheelbase dimensions on stubby chubby wide boards. Mine flips like crazy. It's a rad shape, you should try one once you're done with the Real. I bet you'd like it. 8.51's are on a 14.25 and if I remember right, no Stumps deck has over 14.25 wheelbase. Even with such a tiny wheelbase and AF1s, at this width I feel super stable hauling ass. I ride medium loose. Charging the park on this chubster is beyond fun. At 41, this set up is prime time on 56mm dragons too. I'm excited to try the radial fulls on the Battlegate setup though. I want some slide but I want stability and max speed everywhere - good times ahead!
Yes🔥heelflips back!
Dude I need to just stop being lazy and actually start doing a warmup regimen or something. Most times I go skate I completely ignore flip tricks aside from just a few here and there, and after I land one or two I move on.
Are these the same as lock in Fulls ? Because I recently got those & I heard those are the widest spitfire makes , but super informative video ! Love it
Hmm I’m not 100% sure about those but I think they’re equal to a radial full in width.
Right now I ride the F4 97a in the Classic shape and loving it - usually I ride Conicals and Fulls at 99a and they're awesome too. I think the standard Conical is the best for me.
I’m riding that same wheel in 54mm
@@andrewkissel741 Same
how do the 97a classics do on relatively messed up pavement?
@@Joseseo definitely better than the 99a and they also slide great imo
I had purchased the 56mm OJs key frames 87a and put them on a 9.0 board and these 169 Indy’s and yeah they are awesome for cruising around but the height was to much for me I felt way to high and I got use to them and then for the hell of it I swapped them for my old 52mm spitfire and it was way way better and from now on i just stick with what I know and feels good I feel like the sweet spot for me is between 50-53 but the bigger wheels do look cool
Bigger wheels look hella cool but I think it depends on the rider too. Someone like Bevup makes them look so fun but it’s mostly just how and what he skates
Exactly the same as my experience. I just cannot deal with bigger softer wheels whatsoever other than cruising and basic ollie, shuvs, etc. they are nice to ride around on but that’s about it for me. I actually prefer ricta clouds to the key frames for cruising.
56 is my usual, with riser… ledges are almost impossible to lock into, the pop is actually better but I was skating in the 80’s with Theobold.. 97 won’t do you favors in long slides or wheel bite, the softer wheels will stop you dead, you need 99 at least… I sized up to rail and cross-over big parks like Burnside…
I think 54s are a good size all around for this wheel. Then I do the Ishod thing where I use washers to push the wheel out a little
54 is definitely the Goldilocks zone for ATV style skating, I’ve heard of people pushing the wheels out with multiple washers but with these 151’s I’ve got plenty of room! Maybe I’ll do that if I throw on some conical fulls just to keep the real estate 🤔 appreciate you watching, dude!
So at this time, what is your preferred wheel (brand, style, size, DU) for the type of skating seen in this video?
Man I even wanna try the 58 one.Spitfire also do have😂😂😂
Crook shuv is the best moment
I skate 58mm conical fulls with loose trucks no risers but I’ve just bought these wheels because I’m starting to do tre flips more
This is what Chris coles been riding also they look sick
Really? These same wheels? I couldn’t see him on big soft wheels
I really want to try some wheels with a wide riding surface like this. Going to try either radial slims, regular radials, conical or conical full. Want a 99D though. So conicals are good for street skating?
Conicals or conical fulls are my recommendation but I also haven’t tried regular radials yet, those seem to have the best of all worlds 🤔
Monster truck!
I feel I need at least 56mm wheels to keep enough speed. Been riding some 56 Powell dragons and I love them.
Dragons will definitely make it harder to keep speed being so soft. Especially at skateparks
Now I'm waiting for that front blunt on the rail...^^
“Front salad, back salad, front blunt”
@@dadboard 😄😄
are the 56mm good for street/skatepark skating?
i like the 97a conical full perfect wheel for street and parks radial full are too wide i feel and stick too much to ledge conical full is perfect amount of wideness mixed with slimness
56mm
I need those I have formula fours 56mm but new one I need some monster size skateboard wheels hell yeah
I wouldn’t call those cruiser wheels. They’re softer, but not that soft. You should throw them on a dork around board though. Something where you just want to roll around for a bit and have fun.
Maybe go for a heroin curb killer and some ace 77s. Big everything!
Yeah when I say cruiser I mean like a fuck around board that’s just fun to ride and do minimal tricks on. Would be fun to speed around some transition on these and just carve.
THICKER than a king size Snicker bwoiiiii 😜
Big beautiful wheels
You think a 54mm might feel better?
I normally ride Powell mini cubics 64mm 95a
Those wheels are so wide. A friend sent me 58s a couple years ago, I think theyre 99s though, really made me not like full conical. I like a slimmer wheel, still in a bit of wheel madness though. I guess thats why I ride 2 different board setups.
I think I’m gonna have to do the same thing. I just get all weird and OCD about having more than one board, same with shoes. I feel like I need one setup and one pair of skate shoes or I get bugged out 🫠
I bought some 53 mm and they are way to big they feel goofy I’m using my old wheels which is probably like a 48 mm they feel good I like when my board is low to the ground.
it looks like if you flip the wheel with the graphic side out - you'll get you're conical lock in. Graphic side in, looks like round radial. - maybe I'm crazy.
The lock in fulls do that but I believe these are symmetrical on both sides
Are those the ACE AF1 Hollow Theories trucks you’re riding?
They are!
I have a good feeling you in az my guy
Close. Sacramento, the AZ of CA
How did these compare to the Bones X97? Same durometer
I’d go spitfire every time for 97a 🔥
Imo they should have just kept hyping the dragons instead of acting like they invented the wheel with 97a “x formula”
If they made the conical fulls in a 53mm 97A that would make me satisfied, crusty ground doesn’t stand a chance!
They do, the Jeff Carlyle wheel. They’re awesome
It’s really weird they don’t have that in the lineup now that you mention it
@@dadboard I think they had bigger sizes like 54 up to 58 but if there was a 53mm size I’d buy em quick
55mm lock-in fulls are W I D E as fuck
I think they’re the same width as radial fulls but with the asymmetrical siding.
@@dadboard 55mm are wider 39. Something… They look like old fat rat bones we used to ride
54mm or 56mm for all around skating including skating on rough terrain/roads.
I’m 44, have gone back to 99 Classic 53’s after being on 101 conical full 53’s for 9 months …. Nicer all round
97a spits all day!!
These made me want to get some 97’s in a smaller size.
@@dadboard I hope you enjoy them if you do man, they've been game changing for me as far as tackling east coast crust and skating a bit faster. Dragons and bones wheels in general are a bit much for me but the 97s feel like a sweet spot. I skate the 56mm classics since I slide them down in a matter of weeks but I bet the 54s are great as well. Love your videos big dog hope all is well
Not sure of your age did you miss any of the eighties or 95_98?
My first _real_ setup was like Christmas 96. I didn’t really start paying attention to mags and videos until the following year or two
Honestly you don't really need risers until you hit 60. I've been on 58 conical fulls for a while and never needed risers
I skate the same shit but my set-up's the opposite. love bone's v3 shape but I can't find'm... hate it when your shit's not available anymore.
😣
Spitfire does this with their shapes too. The “OG classic” hasn’t been available for over a year.
@@dadboard
really?
damn..
50-54mm Bones Stfs
For the past 14ish years.
Bones aren’t bad at all, I had some a couple years ago I really liked. I just like spitfire as a brand and I try to support DLX whenever I can.
i just bought the same wheels 😂
99A 60mm Spitfire Classics Formula 4, all day long. Just ask Bevup.
Dude bev makes big wheels look so fun! That guy could ride anything and make it looks good. I’ve honestly never tried a classic shape bigger than a 54. Maybe I’ll get some 56’s in classic shape just for science
@@dadboard Bev rolls over parking blocks like they are a speed bump
4:41 That was definitely not the girls scooter it was the dudes i mean come on homie had on black socks and cargo shorts.
Oh they were on a tweaker mission mosdef. I saw them lurking around the area throughout the session. This whole area is filled with tweakers on bmx bikes and scooters lol
For me 52 is enough. Venture low 🫡 classic shape. I don’t see any difference with lock in… classic is more better for flips , you can see difference with your 360 flip ❤
Yeah when I’m riding classics I notice flip tricks work better for me.
Truck real estate is an issue because Ace 8.5 don’t actually measure up to 8.5! Indy 159 will make your experience the best on your 8.5 board if you haven’t tried it yet.
Dude wtf I just measured and the AF1 55’s actually are two little notches short on the tape measure! I had some 44’s laying around and those are 8.25 on the money! I’m really surprised
@@dadboard yep I noticed my Af1 55s looked too small on a tapered 8.5 and I was thrown off they actually measure more like 8.38! Nowadays if I’m rolling Ace it’s gonna be the classic 55 G
@@timburrow2996 damn man I feel conflicted 😐 maybe I need to get some 60’s? This is weird, DLX does the same thing with 8.5 boards too
True! Ace’s hangars are smaller than what they are stated! I prefer the AF1 60’s with 8.5” width decks.
@@timburrow2996 yeah but the 55 Classics are 9” width
😂i m on some 44 and tensor ATG.
Ive been rolling 58s on my slappy board. Can charge over bumpy asphalt easy.
What shape are they? I still need to try some bigger classics out. I don’t want to get too small on wheels, I like the ability to just ride over Little pebbles and cracks but the width of these was just way too much for me
Wheel choice is massively dependent on the quality of ground you have at your disposal. Shit ground = big and soft. California = 101a and tiny.
Not even comparing to the east coast/midwest/pnw because rain and snow do some _other_ shit to the ground over time, but we do have some crusty ground in nor cal. Probably not nearly enough to justify big soft wheels but I think a 101 is a little too hard unless you mainly skate at smooth parks. 99 is probably the best all around
shout out to Jim
100% best dude
I am an older skater just like you are..... And you're saying 56 mm are giant and they are the biggest wheels you've ever ridden ?? How long have you ridden 🤔....the small wheel gimmick of the early- mid 90 , I and most vert/pool sk8rs never fell for it.....they were just too slow for what we do.....😮
I started around 96. By the early 2000’s the standard for the type of skating I enjoyed was 50-52mm
i like 51/52 classics and tablets. either one
Yeah I used to be a 50mm guy back in the day, and that was when I’d be skating to the spots too. Crazy how we all rode damn near the same setups for the most part. Skateboarding has changed a lot.
56mm aint big, well im a 58 60 mm bloke
56mm is pretty big tho
bro is literally 1mm higher
*2 mm. Little differences matter in skateboarding.
@@dadboard no dude its 1mm.1mm on top of the wheel and 1mm on the bottom. For every 2mm you add to your wheel you go up 1mm in the air. It is a circle so it adds not just the 2mm to the bottom. ppc
I hated them the 1st day shop hook me up with same wheels about 4 months ago and 1st 30 min riding them too soft...99 to 97 did make a huge difference. Soft wheels. 2 #s down can make a huge difference. I ride 56mm full conical 99a at Skatepark. Great st and transition or all around wheel.
I agree with everything u vlog about wheels. We r both older. Your progression is showing. Keep shredding, gr8 skate session. Flips tricks look nice 👌👨🦲
Found my Clip with same wheels
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