I have the 99a 53mm on both my 10"curb killer which are perfect and an 8.5" which look giant. As a child of the 80s it's weird that I now like tiny wheels and whenever I put big wheels on, it looks ridiculous to me. I do love that these protect your axle nuts.
I started off in the 80's as well, with big soft wheels. I actually switched back to 56mm 80a's, it is so much more enjoyable to ride around on the streets when you have bigger, softer wheels. I feel like just riding around on your skateboard has gotten lost with small, hard wheels.
@@benitofranklyn4237there is no street skating anymore... there is walking your board to the skate park or walking your board to the street spot to "street" skate.
@@benitofranklyn4237 No one street skates anymore... I see the kids walking their boards along the sidewalk to the park or the spot to "street skate" ...
@@MallGrabtheClown I've seen this too. Such a sad sight. A big part of the fun of skating as kids always was riding through the city, down your local street, going to the store, shop, spot etc. I sometimes pass the local youths carrying their decks when I'm riding to the park. Later they ask me about my wheels or my two decks and they would enjoy cruising around too, but they don't have the money for a 2nd set-up and it's just too tedious when you get stopped by every crack or pebble.
My tip is to get bigger and especially softer, wheels, somewhere, between 55-60mm and 78-85a, to cruise around. It makes so much more fun just riding your skateboard through the city. You can still have your small, hard wheels on your park set up, but going to the park, the store or any where else is so much more enjoyable. You will also be able to hit crusty street spots, which seemed unsuitable before.
@@LeonPaxton Nobody just rides around anymore. I see kids carrying their board through the city. Such a sad sight. I know it's because with small, hard wheels it's uncomfortable and slow and every pebble or crack stops you.
Good old vintage toxic top secrets are my favorite wheels, been riding the same pair on one of my decks since 89. Highly recommend for those of you with a delorean time machine.
Stoked you tried these! I have the lil wide boys which are fun, but not really a good every day wheel. I think after this review I'm going to try whatever is closest to a 52/53 in the wide boys. I might see if it can find someone with a lathe to trim the inside edge. Make it more like a nanocubic.
Hey mate, got those slappy front krooks... Yeah I only grind maybe a ft so far but the homie in the comments helped heaps. Had to do like 100 + of them but got there in the end. Awesome! Never done a slappy front krook before, now I've done half a dozen ok ones. Cheers. 🤙🤘
Oh sick dude! That’s alright, at least you got them. You can keep working on them and getting them longer 👌🏽 I might have to try them out for myself now!
@@LeonPaxton Cheers mate. Tbh I ate a lot of shit. Lucky didn't roll ankle the first dozen or so attempts. I'm getting back into it at 45. It's about as good as my front krook ATM anyhow. Just half a ft closer to the ground . 🤣
@@LeonPaxton thanks mate. Yeah I've a few new bruises and skinned elbows to show for it. Gotta pay to play I guess. It just hurts more and takes longer to heal at this age.
@@johndoeyedoe I'm over 40 as well and started skating a few years ago again. I made two set-ups, one with hard wheels for the park and one for the streets with big, soft wheels like back in the 80's. It's so much more enjoyable to ride around in the streets and saves the joints.
I’m a firm believer in finding the perfect wheel for every situation. Risers and longboard beasts for the cruiser, hard wheels like spitfires for street, soft wheels for slick parks. I haven’t landed on a preferred soft wheel brand, as I was usually in the street with spitfires
I generally love wider wheels, just smaller & softer. Used to skate Powell Peralta G-Slides 85A, whic are the bare minimum I can take in softness skating street. For me 90A-95A is perfect softness, right skating 93A Dragon Wheels, & they are awesome, but could be a bit wider, just still conical. That way you get all the benefits, hybrid, wide for transition, conical shape is great for locking in grinds too.
I skate 99a Spitfire OG 54mm wheels. Used to longboard before skating so binging hills is so much better with the wider wheels. 23mm riding surface and 32 width
I skated the boardycakes drip drops for fun and realized I really liked them. The problem was that my trucks were so low to the ground that they touched the white bumps (for blind people) on my favorite spot. So I got Spitfire tablets in 52mm. They're still skinny but with some more height to it. Riding an 8.6 with 8.5 trucks my balance point for grinds is already pushed inward in the deck. So the skinny wheels bring that balance point as close to the deck's edge as possible. I'm not the best skater, but I started getting back at skating yesterday and noticed how I got away with so many wild 5-0 grinds. Sometimes I was leaning back (heelside direction) so much that I was basically slowly falling but somehow managed to balance and grind the 5-0 and pull it back in the end. Felt crazy. I think if my balance point was further in I couldn't get away with some of the lands as either I would fall back or the heelside pressure would flip the board. So I'd recommend tablets if your deck is slightly larger than the truck width.
I've got those wheels too and they're so sick! Only on smooth surfaces though 😂 That board sounds perfect actually! Tablets help lock in so well too 👌🏼
@@LeonPaxton Haha yeah, I remember the drip drops slipping out of locks because of their rounder profile so the square profile also seems beneficial for the smaller wheels. Love em.
@@BurnsyRuns Been skating over 40 years and been to parks all over the country…. And can guarantee little kids on scooters and bikes and parents following them around is dangerous. That park looks fun when empty though and yea wide wheels are awesome
Jeez you could also call this video, why skateparks are a nightmare nowadays..so many random kids just wandering around and the dopey parents with no spatial awareness who just saunter about totally oblivious to where they are. You must have the patience of a saint to deal with all that going on! great review though. I've yet to try these as I've been waiting on the smaller sizes in 99a to get to the U.K, i can't go back to bone shaking 101s again! haha. really love that Snot have done small sizes in these though, I'm a gen x skater so i still like small wheels but i really don't want huge wheels, and it seems most brands only do wider shapes in larger sizes. Definitely going to give the 50 or 52mm 99s a try.
Hahaha yeah dude! I did go to the newest skatepark on a Sunday during school holidays though so I kind of knew what I was getting myself into but that's the only time I had to film that week lol Thanks man 🙏🏼 Haha yeah I would usually stay away from a 101a wheel but that formula balances these wheels out perfectly 👌🏼 That's true, I actually want to try some smaller wheels from Snot now after how good these have been!
Skateparks are overran by scooter kids and their Karen parents. A lots changed since I was a kid scooters would be ran out of the park remember it is called a skate park
I think really hard wheels are sticky and for skate-park setups. Spitfire 93a's slide a lot better on any surface than the 101a's do. I've got "99a" Road Crew wheels that are ludicrously hard & they're stickier than 85a Bones wheels. I think true 95a-97a is generally the sweet spot for powerslides.
I’ve got the 99a 53mm ones. As a beginner/intermediate skater on an 8.25 deck, they definitely add a noticeable amount of weight to my setup. Part of this is good… landing tricks on these feels SOLID. But, yeah, the grip makes some things a bit hard, even just shuvs and 180s. They roll well on rough ground, but they don’t have the same rebound as formula four or bones X formula, so they don’t roll *that* well. I would love to try Spitfire new 97a or Bones X99 in a shape like this. The colors of these wide boys are really good, and these look sick on your board.
Yeah dude, they would definitely add a bit of weight! I really want to try those new wheels too! Pedro has a Radial shape coming out in the 97a Soft Slider formula 👌🏽
@@LeonPaxton I’m definitely keen to try those at some point. For now, the main wheel I’m trying is Spitfire Classics FF 99a 54mm. I’ve actually been really pleasantly surprised with how well they roll over rough ground. Definitely not as smooth as softer wheels, but faster than I expected. They feel a bit higher-rebound than the snot wheels 99a, I think, and this helps them glide over streets and sidewalks, despite their narrowness. But yeah, I definitely want to see how the new 97a formula compares.
@@LeonPaxton I tried some SF classics in my first months of skateboarding, a few years ago, and hated them. I much preferred cruiser wheels at that point. But now, even though I’m riding the same areas, I enjoy them. Funny how my perception of gear, etc, changes with time and capabilities. I also almost wonder if I somehow got a slightly more bouncy formula, in this batch. I have some FF 99a Tablets that don’t feel as smooth, which is weird, as they have a wider contact patch.
Love the channel 🙏 but wheel width does not effect the number of rotations needed to travel the same distance as a narrow wheel as long as the radius is the same it will be the same.
Positives for wide wheels are they’re good for rough spots, good for small rocks 🪨 won’t mess you up as much, cracks, they add speed, they add weight everyone says in a more negative tone but personally weight in a set up is good if your trucks are already light hollows. I also would say a wheel that’s wide will give you more control over all in normal skating pushing and down hills at high speeds. I only skate wide wheels for a while now.
add three washers on the inside of the trucks 🛹👊🙂... I've got the WideBoys 's 56mm - 97a... on a 9"x33" deck... with the inside three washers!!! great review 👍🙂🛹
not too much, but it feels a bit better than a thin wheel. If you go from skating a 35 mm wide wheel to these, its not too much of a difference. Anything that's thinner might feel a bit weird.
It definitely does for me but in my opinion these wheels feel closer to a F4 99 duro so the bigger and wider wheel is either helping and making it feel more smooth or it’s not a true 101a
I have these in the 58mm 97a. Decent all around wheel but will always prefer a Spitfire Radial. The one thing I didnt like them on is Slappies. They felt too monster trucky haha if that makes sense.
Yeah dude, definitely can’t beat Spitfire’s but these wheels are sick still! I haven’t tried and slappy grinds yet but I can see how they would get in the way lol
@@switchflipskates yeah the nano cubics are like if they cut about 5 mil off the inner face of these. the downside being you can't flip them when they cone
i have a pair of the 99a...really difficult to get them to slide on asphalt. did you have any issues with that? maybe they need longer break in, heard slap murmurings that others had trouble getting them to slide too. otherwise, good wheel.
I used to use washers on the inside to push my wheels out but since skating hollow trucks I put my axle nut flush to the end of the axle to reduce it getting damaged and mushroomed. This kind of has the same effect since my wheel is able to be pushed out towards the axle nut creating more hanger space as I’m grinding. These wheels might not look like they come in that much because they are wide trucks so there’s still a lot of hanger space 🤔
The weight alone is big no-no for me. Powell mini-cubics are wide and set of them is about 50g heavier than most regular wheels but at least they are great for curbs. I can't imagine riding anything wider nor heavier than them unless it's for longboard.
I ride 58mm 93a radials and 54mm 97a radial fulls. Both are 38mm wide with 25mm riding surface. I swear yt makes me feel like a weirdo for using risers 56mm+ everyone I see goes no risers and loose trucks as if it wasn’t hard enough with the bigger wheels already lol
Honestly I feel like everywhere I read people say the opposite you should use risers for 56mm even though you can really get away with 58s and 60s if your good at landing your tricks and riding some well setup trucks
Somehow I haven't found any perfect ones at Wheels yet. I prefer to ride fishtail old school boards and of course I enjoy nice fat OJ Super Juice in 60 mm with buttery smooth Ace trucks. but I also like slappy and bertslide-like tricks for which the OJs are too soft and clunky. That's why I like 52 mm Spitfire conicals in the park or the lock in full in 54 mm. The snot wheels would also really appeal to me, but unfortunately I don't really warm to the design, and I also don't like the look of the eggboards because the art look like children's toys and cheap to me. However, the 10 inch ditch witch board from heroin drives fabulously - but the graphics also look great
@@LeonPaxton I have some dragon wheels here and I don't think they're bad, but they're not a high-flyer anywhere. For me, the best solution is still OJ Super Juice for cruising and spitfire conicals in the park 🤷🏻♂️
They just don’t make popsicles big enough for what I like to ride anymore lol There is a 9.5” popsicle that Heroin Skateboards have just dropped though so I’m keen to try that out!
you looked pretty comf in that bowl for someone that claims to suck at transition man. seriously though, im curious about slappy's on those. also im partial to 60s but im on 58s right now
That bowl is super tiny and smooth so I probably looked more comfortable than I usually them 😅 Yeah I haven't tried any slappy grinds yet but I might have to do an update video 🤔
i have spitfire lock in fulls and a 8.38 board they just too big for the board, they make the truck space tiny, they work better on my 9" shaped deck tho because it has bigger trucks
I’ve got 169 Indy Forged Hollow hangers on some Indy Inverted Kingpin Baseplate’s so these are 9.125” wide which is the measurement over the trucks on this board 👌🏽
@@sonnyrico oh my gawwwd seriously! they're engineered to keep out dirt and keep in lube. been this way since round bar bearings got replaced. in the 40s!! but yeah skaters know everything!! i know you're right!! make sure you do that to your ceramic swiss too!!!!!!!
To me the proportions has to fit. This looks too wide for the diameter. The bullet 66mm I ride looks much more proportionate at 23mm riding surface. So bigger diameter than wide
It's now evident as a universal geographical truth that no matter where you are in the world in the 2020s that little non-skateboarding groms populate and get in the way at skateparks
Nobody: My UA-cam recommendations when I click back onto the tab after buying a narrow style…I’m not sure if it’s a cultural thing but.in England we call that sod’s law
What’s your perfect wheel size?
52
52 or 53 works form me
54
52mm classic shape, there’s nothin better
50. 52 is the biggest i'll go.
Man, Fos should just give you a guest Board with all the free advertising he’s getting from your channel.
Great work man!
Dude, that would be a dream, come true! I doubt that would ever happen though 😂
Thanks heaps though man!
I have the 99a 53mm on both my 10"curb killer which are perfect and an 8.5" which look giant. As a child of the 80s it's weird that I now like tiny wheels and whenever I put big wheels on, it looks ridiculous to me. I do love that these protect your axle nuts.
I can imagine how big they’d look on an 8.5” 😂
That’s definitely a massive benefit!
I started off in the 80's as well, with big soft wheels. I actually switched back to 56mm 80a's, it is so much more enjoyable to ride around on the streets when you have bigger, softer wheels. I feel like just riding around on your skateboard has gotten lost with small, hard wheels.
@@benitofranklyn4237there is no street skating anymore... there is walking your board to the skate park or walking your board to the street spot to "street" skate.
@@benitofranklyn4237 No one street skates anymore... I see the kids walking their boards along the sidewalk to the park or the spot to "street skate" ...
@@MallGrabtheClown I've seen this too. Such a sad sight. A big part of the fun of skating as kids always was riding through the city, down your local street, going to the store, shop, spot etc. I sometimes pass the local youths carrying their decks when I'm riding to the park. Later they ask me about my wheels or my two decks and they would enjoy cruising around too, but they don't have the money for a 2nd set-up and it's just too tedious when you get stopped by every crack or pebble.
My tip is to get bigger and especially softer, wheels, somewhere, between 55-60mm and 78-85a, to cruise around. It makes so much more fun just riding your skateboard through the city. You can still have your small, hard wheels on your park set up, but going to the park, the store or any where else is so much more enjoyable. You will also be able to hit crusty street spots, which seemed unsuitable before.
Definitely agree!
@@LeonPaxton Nobody just rides around anymore. I see kids carrying their board through the city. Such a sad sight. I know it's because with small, hard wheels it's uncomfortable and slow and every pebble or crack stops you.
The kids are too spoilt these days lol
The surface at that park😳😍!
It’s so smooth 👌🏽
6:06 dude matching the wheels 😂
Fully 😂
I’ve always liked wider wheels, 35-40mm is the sweet spot. They roll smoother and protect axle nuts from damage. I think 97 duro is perfect all-around
Agreed, I've been diggin the Bones MiniCubic lately, found at an old skool shop
Spitfire radials. The perfect wheel right there. 👌
One of my favourites too!
80hd 60mm
Brother, your skating is just soooo smoth, a joy to watch mate
Thanks dude, appreciate that a lot 🙏🏽
Good old vintage toxic top secrets are my favorite wheels, been riding the same pair on one of my decks since 89. Highly recommend for those of you with a delorean time machine.
Stoked you tried these! I have the lil wide boys which are fun, but not really a good every day wheel. I think after this review I'm going to try whatever is closest to a 52/53 in the wide boys. I might see if it can find someone with a lathe to trim the inside edge. Make it more like a nanocubic.
Same dude, they're actually sick!
Damn that's a good idea, I've never thought of trying to shape my own wheels 🤔
Hey mate, got those slappy front krooks... Yeah I only grind maybe a ft so far but the homie in the comments helped heaps. Had to do like 100 + of them but got there in the end.
Awesome! Never done a slappy front krook before, now I've done half a dozen ok ones. Cheers. 🤙🤘
Oh sick dude! That’s alright, at least you got them. You can keep working on them and getting them longer 👌🏽
I might have to try them out for myself now!
@@LeonPaxton Cheers mate. Tbh I ate a lot of shit. Lucky didn't roll ankle the first dozen or so attempts. I'm getting back into it at 45.
It's about as good as my front krook ATM anyhow. Just half a ft closer to the ground . 🤣
Yeah I can imagine, that trick seems so scary to commit to!
That's sick though, new trick to get you back into it 🥳
@@LeonPaxton thanks mate. Yeah I've a few new bruises and skinned elbows to show for it. Gotta pay to play I guess. It just hurts more and takes longer to heal at this age.
@@johndoeyedoe I'm over 40 as well and started skating a few years ago again. I made two set-ups, one with hard wheels for the park and one for the streets with big, soft wheels like back in the 80's. It's so much more enjoyable to ride around in the streets and saves the joints.
I’m a firm believer in finding the perfect wheel for every situation. Risers and longboard beasts for the cruiser, hard wheels like spitfires for street, soft wheels for slick parks. I haven’t landed on a preferred soft wheel brand, as I was usually in the street with spitfires
Yeah dude, it just depends what you want out of your wheels
OJ super juice or hot juice are nice Spitfire 80hd conical fulls are sweet too
I generally love wider wheels, just smaller & softer. Used to skate Powell Peralta G-Slides 85A, whic are the bare minimum I can take in softness skating street. For me 90A-95A is perfect softness, right skating 93A Dragon Wheels, & they are awesome, but could be a bit wider, just still conical. That way you get all the benefits, hybrid, wide for transition, conical shape is great for locking in grinds too.
Yeah these ones are a bit extreme lol
The Dragons are pretty good actually!
Have you seen the Nano Rats that they just released?
spitfire has the 93a sliders in a more conical shape
I skate 99a Spitfire OG 54mm wheels. Used to longboard before skating so binging hills is so much better with the wider wheels. 23mm riding surface and 32 width
I skated the boardycakes drip drops for fun and realized I really liked them. The problem was that my trucks were so low to the ground that they touched the white bumps (for blind people) on my favorite spot. So I got Spitfire tablets in 52mm. They're still skinny but with some more height to it. Riding an 8.6 with 8.5 trucks my balance point for grinds is already pushed inward in the deck. So the skinny wheels bring that balance point as close to the deck's edge as possible. I'm not the best skater, but I started getting back at skating yesterday and noticed how I got away with so many wild 5-0 grinds. Sometimes I was leaning back (heelside direction) so much that I was basically slowly falling but somehow managed to balance and grind the 5-0 and pull it back in the end. Felt crazy. I think if my balance point was further in I couldn't get away with some of the lands as either I would fall back or the heelside pressure would flip the board. So I'd recommend tablets if your deck is slightly larger than the truck width.
I've got those wheels too and they're so sick! Only on smooth surfaces though 😂
That board sounds perfect actually! Tablets help lock in so well too 👌🏼
@@LeonPaxton Haha yeah, I remember the drip drops slipping out of locks because of their rounder profile so the square profile also seems beneficial for the smaller wheels. Love em.
The tres looked wild 🔥
So uncontrollable 😂
Would be nice to see some slime balls review, especially 97a or 95a Not much info about them in a wild
I haven't tried Slime Balls yet but I'd be keen!
I got the yellow 52 lil wide boys and I love em they feel crazy smooth
Sick!
Thanks was on fence about these exact wheels ....good on ya m8
They're so good man!
I'm stuck in time so it's just me, my popsicle 7" board and my 38mm wheels
5:29 iconic
Running a set of 51mm snots on a 9.25 heroin and they feel great, tried 55mm dragon formulas and felt like a monster truck
I wouldn’t mind trying some other Snot wheels after how much you m loving these ones actually 🤔
101 a is super hard! I ride wide wheels but they are 78a-90a. But I'm old school, so I love the grip in low deep carving.
It is but these feel more like a 99a 👌🏼
That looks like the most dangerous park in the world
Uh ok, how?
I can tell you haven’t been to many skateparks
@@BurnsyRuns Been skating over 40 years and been to parks all over the country…. And can guarantee little kids on scooters and bikes and parents following them around is dangerous. That park looks fun when empty though and yea wide wheels are awesome
@@tomosborne2103sorry, you didn’t specify what type of danger
I got the lil 50mm green ones and I’m glad I got to see your review. Did you get a lot of wheelbite?
Somehow I actually never get wheel bite on this set up lol
Jeez you could also call this video, why skateparks are a nightmare nowadays..so many random kids just wandering around and the dopey parents with no spatial awareness who just saunter about totally oblivious to where they are. You must have the patience of a saint to deal with all that going on! great review though. I've yet to try these as I've been waiting on the smaller sizes in 99a to get to the U.K, i can't go back to bone shaking 101s again! haha. really love that Snot have done small sizes in these though, I'm a gen x skater so i still like small wheels but i really don't want huge wheels, and it seems most brands only do wider shapes in larger sizes. Definitely going to give the 50 or 52mm 99s a try.
Hahaha yeah dude! I did go to the newest skatepark on a Sunday during school holidays though so I kind of knew what I was getting myself into but that's the only time I had to film that week lol
Thanks man 🙏🏼
Haha yeah I would usually stay away from a 101a wheel but that formula balances these wheels out perfectly 👌🏼
That's true, I actually want to try some smaller wheels from Snot now after how good these have been!
Skateparks are overran by scooter kids and their Karen parents. A lots changed since I was a kid scooters would be ran out of the park remember it is called a skate park
I think really hard wheels are sticky and for skate-park setups. Spitfire 93a's slide a lot better on any surface than the 101a's do. I've got "99a" Road Crew wheels that are ludicrously hard & they're stickier than 85a Bones wheels. I think true 95a-97a is generally the sweet spot for powerslides.
I’ve got the 99a 53mm ones. As a beginner/intermediate skater on an 8.25 deck, they definitely add a noticeable amount of weight to my setup. Part of this is good… landing tricks on these feels SOLID. But, yeah, the grip makes some things a bit hard, even just shuvs and 180s. They roll well on rough ground, but they don’t have the same rebound as formula four or bones X formula, so they don’t roll *that* well. I would love to try Spitfire new 97a or Bones X99 in a shape like this. The colors of these wide boys are really good, and these look sick on your board.
Yeah dude, they would definitely add a bit of weight!
I really want to try those new wheels too! Pedro has a Radial shape coming out in the 97a Soft Slider formula 👌🏽
@@LeonPaxton I’m definitely keen to try those at some point. For now, the main wheel I’m trying is Spitfire Classics FF 99a 54mm. I’ve actually been really pleasantly surprised with how well they roll over rough ground. Definitely not as smooth as softer wheels, but faster than I expected. They feel a bit higher-rebound than the snot wheels 99a, I think, and this helps them glide over streets and sidewalks, despite their narrowness. But yeah, I definitely want to see how the new 97a formula compares.
Can'r go wrong with some Spitfire Classics 👌🏼
Yeah I can't actually wait to try them, I love the Radial shape too!
@@LeonPaxton I tried some SF classics in my first months of skateboarding, a few years ago, and hated them. I much preferred cruiser wheels at that point. But now, even though I’m riding the same areas, I enjoy them. Funny how my perception of gear, etc, changes with time and capabilities. I also almost wonder if I somehow got a slightly more bouncy formula, in this batch. I have some FF 99a Tablets that don’t feel as smooth, which is weird, as they have a wider contact patch.
Love the vids bro was hoping you’d review these wheels
Thanks dude! I’m glad I did now because I love them 🥳
Come for the content, stay for the session vibes.
Thanks man!
Radial fulls 97a 60s or 58s are perfect for everything
I haven’t tried radial fuels yet but they seem similar to these Wide Boys 🤔
I skate the 97a andy Anderson 52s
Those wheels are sick!
@@LeonPaxton they are my new go 2 after years of formula 4S
Love the channel 🙏 but wheel width does not effect the number of rotations needed to travel the same distance as a narrow wheel as long as the radius is the same it will be the same.
Thanks dude!
That’s true, I must have been thinking more of a bigger wheel
Good review…you’ve convinced me to try a set. also what park were you at ? I love the look of that small bowl
Thanks dude! It's the new park in Claremont Meadows, near Penrith. It's so damn good!
Positives for wide wheels are they’re good for rough spots, good for small rocks 🪨 won’t mess you up as much, cracks, they add speed, they add weight everyone says in a more negative tone but personally weight in a set up is good if your trucks are already light hollows. I also would say a wheel that’s wide will give you more control over all in normal skating pushing and down hills at high speeds.
I only skate wide wheels for a while now.
That’s very true, they feel so much smoother too 👌🏽
These are the widest I’ve skated but I’m loving them at the moment too!
a nice wide wheel is usually more comfy and stable so for just cruising i ride some vintage 92a 56mm wheels but they are just a little soft though
Sounds perfect!
That park is so beautiful
It's so good!
All the snot wheels including these look so sick! But how do they hold up against flat spots? Have you gotten any on these wheels yet?
Yeah I’m still loving these so much!
No flat spots at all yet, I was keeping an eye on that too but they have been perfect for everything so far 👌🏽
Sick wheels but I can’t cheat on my good ol spitfires
Hahaha yeah it did feel a bit weird but I’ve been riding all these Heroin Skateboards for so long that some Snot Wheels feel right on these set ups 👌🏽
9 inch board+ Indys 169 + wide boys wheels are perfect for everything.
Nowadays I just cruise with my soft fat big Orangutan wheels coupled with any double kicktail board
Thanks dude, appreciate that heaps!
add three washers on the inside of the trucks 🛹👊🙂... I've got the WideBoys 's 56mm - 97a... on a 9"x33" deck... with the inside three washers!!! great review 👍🙂🛹
That’s always a good hack to use 👌🏽
when it comes to riding on rougher ground, does the extra width compensate for the harder duro?
not too much, but it feels a bit better than a thin wheel. If you go from skating a 35 mm wide wheel to these, its not too much of a difference. Anything that's thinner might feel a bit weird.
It definitely does for me but in my opinion these wheels feel closer to a F4 99 duro so the bigger and wider wheel is either helping and making it feel more smooth or it’s not a true 101a
Andy Anderson wheel does this perfectly 😃
Exactly, best wheels ever, Powell Peralta Dragon Nano Cubics.
They really are good!
I have these in the 58mm 97a. Decent all around wheel but will always prefer a Spitfire Radial. The one thing I didnt like them on is Slappies. They felt too monster trucky haha if that makes sense.
Yeah dude, definitely can’t beat Spitfire’s but these wheels are sick still!
I haven’t tried and slappy grinds yet but I can see how they would get in the way lol
Plus they can help smaller trucks fit a wider board a bit better
That’s true!
wait thats super smart!!! the nano-cubic wheels are also like that
@@switchflipskates yeah the nano cubics are like if they cut about 5 mil off the inner face of these. the downside being you can't flip them when they cone
I would be soooo mad if my local park was as crowded as that one :D
Yeah it was pretty hectic this day 😂
My 58mm 80a Clear Powell Peralta are pretty wide but I don’t fall anymore on small gaps or gravels 😂
They would be like tyres lol
Go Wide Go Wild!
i have a pair of the 99a...really difficult to get them to slide on asphalt. did you have any issues with that? maybe they need longer break in, heard slap murmurings that others had trouble getting them to slide too. otherwise, good wheel.
I haven’t had any trouble with slides yet, surprisingly, but these are a 101a so they will slide a lot better than their 99a’s
Ive got the 99a 53mms on my 9.75 its great
Sick!
Hell yeah! They look sick!
They’re so sick!
it looks like these wheels don't cover much of your hangar.
is that the wheel shape or did you put washers on the inside of the axle to push them out?
I used to use washers on the inside to push my wheels out but since skating hollow trucks I put my axle nut flush to the end of the axle to reduce it getting damaged and mushroomed. This kind of has the same effect since my wheel is able to be pushed out towards the axle nut creating more hanger space as I’m grinding.
These wheels might not look like they come in that much because they are wide trucks so there’s still a lot of hanger space 🤔
Sir Leon please tell me youre gonna try out the new venture v8s
I would love to but they don't make 9" trucks 👎🏽
I wish wheels that cover the axles were more normalized and not just a cruiser thing/something that primarily freestylers want :c
Same! It just makes so much sense lol
The weight alone is big no-no for me.
Powell mini-cubics are wide and set of them is about 50g heavier than most regular wheels but at least they are great for curbs.
I can't imagine riding anything wider nor heavier than them unless it's for longboard.
Yeah they have a super round edge right?
Name of song? 0:57
'Naked.' by Par Hagstrom 👌🏼
I ride 58mm 93a radials and 54mm 97a radial fulls. Both are 38mm wide with 25mm riding surface. I swear yt makes me feel like a weirdo for using risers 56mm+ everyone I see goes no risers and loose trucks as if it wasn’t hard enough with the bigger wheels already lol
Honestly I feel like everywhere I read people say the opposite you should use risers for 56mm even though you can really get away with 58s and 60s if your good at landing your tricks and riding some well setup trucks
Hahaha yeah man, it must just be the trucks I ride but I don’t get a lot of wheel bite at all 👌🏽
love the style
Thanks dude!
Those are sick i prefer classics way better tho.i want hot yellow wheels like those pink but they're hard to find
I’ve actually seen some yellow classics that Spitfires make! You might be able to find them online 🤔
what park? looks like the platonic ideal of a flowy plaza park
The new one at Claremont Meadows near Penrith, it’s so good!
Somehow I haven't found any perfect ones at Wheels yet. I prefer to ride fishtail old school boards and of course I enjoy nice fat OJ Super Juice in 60 mm with buttery smooth Ace trucks. but I also like slappy and bertslide-like tricks for which the OJs are too soft and clunky. That's why I like 52 mm Spitfire conicals in the park or the lock in full in 54 mm. The snot wheels would also really appeal to me, but unfortunately I don't really warm to the design, and I also don't like the look of the eggboards because the art look like children's toys and cheap to me. However, the 10 inch ditch witch board from heroin drives fabulously - but the graphics also look great
That's true, have you tried any of the Dragon wheels or Soft Sliders? They might be a good all round wheel for you 🤔
Yeah that board is sick!
@@LeonPaxton I have some dragon wheels here and I don't think they're bad, but they're not a high-flyer anywhere. For me, the best solution is still OJ Super Juice for cruising and spitfire conicals in the park 🤷🏻♂️
Wide wheels are fine but your gonna need a round cut edge (radial spitfire or v5 bones) if you want flip tricks to flip faster
Agreed!
wow those front blunts!!!
Thanks dude, they were working so well 👌🏽
Kinda looks like my dream park holy smokes
The park is so good!
The maneuvers are increasingly clean and perfect Leon 😍😍🛹🔥🔥🔨🔨🇧🇷👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks man, appreciate that heaps!
For these wheels, I do appreciate the logo on the outside for sure.
Yeah they look sick! They have pretty much worn off at this point too lol
Nice man..
Thanks dude!
You ever think of going back to regular shaped decks?
They just don’t make popsicles big enough for what I like to ride anymore lol
There is a 9.5” popsicle that Heroin Skateboards have just dropped though so I’m keen to try that out!
@@LeonPaxton I think theres some 9.25 or 9.125 decks in popsicle shape from welcome and i know thaey have at least one 9
you looked pretty comf in that bowl for someone that claims to suck at transition man. seriously though, im curious about slappy's on those. also im partial to 60s but im on 58s right now
That bowl is super tiny and smooth so I probably looked more comfortable than I usually them 😅
Yeah I haven't tried any slappy grinds yet but I might have to do an update video 🤔
i went from 53 to 48 bro
My God they look so cool 😮😮😮😮
They do!
❤💪🔥🙏man i love this channel very chill,relaxing and u can fuqing skate very smooth flowing 💣
Thanks dude, appreciate that heaps! 🙏🏽
A slippery slope be goin phat .. just watch out for sticks you would have broken through in the past on the street
Hey. What park was this filmed at.
The new park near Penrith at Gipps Street Recreation Precint 👌🏽
@@LeonPaxtoncheers.
i have spitfire lock in fulls and a 8.38 board
they just too big for the board, they make the truck space tiny, they work better on my 9" shaped deck tho because it has bigger trucks
Yeah dude, I first put those on my 9.1” deck but they looked massive so I went up to a 9.4” just to even it out lol
Bro has the nicest local
It's amazing!
They remind me of radial fulls
They do look similar!
Are you riding 9” trucks on that 9.5” sym. Egg?
I’ve got 169 Indy Forged Hollow hangers on some Indy Inverted Kingpin Baseplate’s so these are 9.125” wide which is the measurement over the trucks on this board 👌🏽
wide wheels draggg more when doing tailslides and nose slide they lock in better tho
Just bought a set bout hour ago how random 58mm 97a
Sick, you’ll love them!
what park is this?
The new one near Penrith at Gipps Street Recreation Precinct 👌🏽
@@LeonPaxton ahh damn! nsw huh? looks like a sick park!
Yeah NSW man, definitely worth a trip though!
arent the shields are on berrings for a reason?
Yep, to throw away
@@sonnyrico oh my gawwwd seriously! they're engineered to keep out dirt and keep in lube. been this way since round bar bearings got replaced. in the 40s!! but yeah skaters know everything!! i know you're right!! make sure you do that to your ceramic swiss too!!!!!!!
@patirckozz i run them dry also, I supose raws are engineered to not have shields or lube? Seems to work fine for me since 1992
That's no wheel. It's a space station! :p
They look even bigger in real life 😂
They sound softer than 101a
Yeah they feel more like a 99a F4
That would be a lot of wheel to bite!
I haven’t had much at all, surprisingly!
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The amount of people around gives me anxiety 😂
My family for going to the newest skatepark on a school holiday weekend 😂
To me the proportions has to fit. This looks too wide for the diameter. The bullet 66mm I ride looks much more proportionate at 23mm riding surface. So bigger diameter than wide
That’s true, they are a little out of proportion but I think that’s the whole point of the ‘Wide Boys’ loo
They feel more like freestyle wheels
It's now evident as a universal geographical truth that no matter where you are in the world in the 2020s that little non-skateboarding groms populate and get in the way at skateparks
Yeah dude, it's getting so common too lol
I mostly skate park and skinny wheels are faster and make my board lighter.
Wider wheels are more prone to wheel bite also.
100%
Thats normal size to me..but im an 80s skater lol 😂
Nobody:
My UA-cam recommendations when I click back onto the tab after buying a narrow style…I’m not sure if it’s a cultural thing but.in England we call that sod’s law
This is damn near a freestyle wheel
There’s wide then there’s those
Yeah these are extreme 😂
chat i skate 42mm TALL wheels 💀💀💀💀
Heavier is badier
Melbourne skaters are so pedantic when it comes to tech 😂 pop. catch. stomp bolts. clean or it doesn't count. (thankyou Melbourne for shane o Neill.)
Nothing I've ever done would count then 😂
@@LeonPaxton oh shutup! 🫸🏻🫳🏻
you're better than i ever was! my switch game sucked.