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good gloves
nice pucks! and a very good gloves for freeride
slide like butter
good to slides... but sometimes out of control and this wheels end up very fast
good
great wheels! for some dh and freeride!
great
is good, but not the best... i don't like it very much for freeride, slides..
good wheels
is the best wheels i ride, to racing and to freeride too!
awesomee!
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the best board ever
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I wish it were better....
The number one reason I bought this board was because I believed it would last longer and perform better than my Tan Tien. I sold my Tan Tien to a friend, and it's still kickin'. This board delamed on my in one month. That's the life of a skateboard. Not a two hundred dollar longboard. I loved the dimensions of this board, but the camber was too much and the concave was too little. The lack of upturns was not cool either. I think if Original took a little more time on some of their products, they'd be a lot better..... sigh.
BEST BEARINGS I EVER USE !
WHEN I BOUGHT THOSE BEARINGS I NEVER IMAGINE THAT Would last so long, ALMOST I DO NOT CLEAN IT
topmount heaven
This board is sick. The concave is pretty high, and the rails are very sharp, ensuring that your feet stick to the deck through any corner or slide. The length and adjustable wheelbases are nice, too. Only thing I don't like about it is that the formica/arborite can chip pretty easily.
The build quality suggests skilled manufacturing and careful quality control. I highly recommend this board.
Never ever Buy Theses wheels
Theses wheels are horrible hardly slide out and catch an edge way to easily. Even Broke my knee skating on them ended up having to get surgery, buying 50 dollars wheels then having to pay 20,000 dollars in medical bills not a good trade.
Flashbacks 78a. Low on price, high on fun.
Abec 11 Flashbacks are probably one of the best all-around, affordable wheels on the market right now. The offset core gives you some increased leverage on the slide, the urethane wears very consistently (unless you jam your weight down on a slide and absolutely tear up a wheel, which can be done with almost any type of soft wheels these days), and the slide itself is extremely predictable and smooth.
The main complaint about these wheels is that they tend to wear fairly quickly, and you can usually core them within two to three long sliding sessions if you're a top rider who can handle high speed slides. This is entirely true, but also largely dependent on your skill level and the type of pavement your working with. I don't consider myself an incredible freerider, but when I do get into a nice groove and start locking down my slides I can visibly see the wear from one slide to the next. This isn't a major disadvantage because the quality of the wheel is exceptional and the price does help a lot.
I've only ridden the 78a because I absolutely love the duro and haven't found a need to try anything else yet. I'm sure at some point I'll go for a harder duro to see how the wear/slide compares, but for now I am very content with these wheels. Beginners looking for a wheel to introduce them to locked-out slides should try these. Intermediate riders looking to find a new wheel to fall in love with should try these. Anyone else, give them a shot and you won't be disappointed, and even if they wear down super quick you'll be so happy with the performance that you'll buy another set right away.
Not Worth the Price
These gloves are alright, but not worth the price Timeship charges for them. The pucks slide like butter, which is great but they wear down quickly. "Finger Dipped" is a little deceiving, the dip really doesn't help much and I still put holes in these gloves pretty quick. I thought mine fit pretty awkwardly, but they may have been too small for me.
If you are good at keeping your fingers off the ground, and don't mind dropping a chunk of change, these gloves aren't bad. Personammly they weren't for me.
Great Tech Slide Wheel
This is a great wheel for tech sliding and learning how to tech slide. I have mine set up on an Earthwing Drifter with Idie trucks and I love that board.
Totally worth it
Except for the price, these make literally everything about normal bearings better. Easier to clean. Faster when changing wheels. Faster on the board. Incredibly tough: I've got a set that have dented shields and have gotten rusty twice, and they still roll like a champ. No other bearing I've used has performed better for skateboarding.
BHNC: Bloody Hands, Not Clean
The Bomb Hills, Not Countries slide gloves by Sector Nine are first and foremost, aesthetically pleasing. They look great, I particularly like the yellow highlights and the reflective accents on the back of the hand. While it may not be very functional, I think even the Kevlar patches on the fingertips give these gloves some visual appeal.
As I would expect from any manufactured slide glove, these gloves fit very nicely. They offer full range of motion for your entire hand, which is ideal for when you need to grab a drink, check your cell phone, or any small tasks.
However, a downside to this range of motion is the sacrifice in durability which occurs. The toughest fabric on these gloves is the Kevlar finger patches, which realistically do not stand up to any amount of friction. The neoprene wrist and strap is comfortable, but flimsy. After a single slide jam, the wrist on my left glove was shredded to pieces.
The stock pucks are tiny and obnoxiously shaped like the Sector Nine pool ball logo, so even though they are round, they have funky dips and chunks missing from them at the start. They are very high density pucks, so they slide like ice and offer very little resistance to the road. This can be either a negative or a positive, depending on what type of slide you like from your pucks.
Considering the price of these gloves compared to other gloves on the market, I understand why there is a difference in quality. However, I would still hope that a professionally manufactured glove would perform better than my homemade gloves. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
My advice is this: If you're looking for cheap gloves, go to the store buy a cutting board, some velcro, a pair of leather gloves, and some glue. You'll save money and you may even make tougher gloves than these. If you don't mind the extra money, find higher quality gloves elsewhere.
Great freeride wheels!
I started a set two weeks ago and I have skated them nearly every day until today. I had already been on Incendo before, but in a not very successful setup. This time, I mount them on either a Superglider + Surf-Rodz INDeeSZ for freestyle action or on a Comet Grease Shark when i wanna go more shreddy.
Like other freeride wheels, the Fireball come pre-broken in so the first slide is just as good as the others to come. When I tried them for the first time, my buddy was amazed because the noise they made in the first coleman: fsssssssss. Pure sand. Kind of reminded of the sound of a 86a Durian when they are very small, which I think it's almost perfect!
I had been skating 70mm 84a EW Floaters just two weeks before and a few Orangatang Durian 83a and 86a some time ago, and the Incendos take the best from each: the soft, sandy slide of Floaters and the decent grip of the 83a Durian. That makes them a very balanced wheels because they give a lot of confidence if you wanna combine speed and sliding. Also, 70mm is the perfect size: larger wheels tend to bounce too much and smaller wheels are too sensitive to the uneven surface.
Another nice feature about the Incendos is that as you wear them down the contact-patch increases and that helps you maintain the good grip while keeping the soft slide of the urethane. I especially like their urethane because it is very predictable: they have a very defined grip / slide change.
Althought they are definitely nice wheels and recommend them 100%, they of course have some drawbacks. First ting is that these are not wheels that shine for their durability, pretty much like Orangatangs but much cheaper. They are not super long-lasting and it's easy to leave thane lines so they won't last very long if you shred hard, but I guess that's the price to pay if you want smooth slides!
To sum up, the Fireball Incendos are high quality freeride wheels and with a high value for the money money. If you want a wheel that likes to go sideways, especially stand-up action, these are one of your best options. Strongly recommended, won't disappoint you.
dont buyyyyy.
price: ripoff for what u get.
performance: the only good thing these trucks are good for are to keep ur wheels on ur board. they dont turn.
graphics/style: the casting on them are sooooooooo bad. and they only come in raw.
carve: they dont turn AT ALL.
cruise: cant make a corner.
downhill: makes it not fun at all cuz its impossible to get speedwobble.
freeride: u cant even carve into ur slides .
DEFINATELY DONT BUY THESE. GO BUY RANDALS OR BEARS.
Speed,slide,lines,amazing.
I bought these at 77mm 84a, Im writing this now at around 65mm. started riding them on a Dervish with paris's, but ive been on a Nemesis with randal 180s 50deg. recently swtiched to fourty calibers.
These took a week or so to really break them in, but after that they were simply buttery, silent long slides, left the SEXIEST thane lines ive eva seen, they wear pretty evenly as well. Definetly up there as one of my favorite wheels i learned all my stand up slides pendys and 360s on them. However, around 68mm they began to get a bit moody flat spots kind of come and go with these wheels, one day Ill take em out and they wont be very well happy, they still slide nice but a tad bit unpredictable and less buttery, but the next day itll be like I just broke them in all over again!
Bottom line these were/are an amazing wheel for begginer and advanced riders, slides are buttery thane lines are hot.
dont buy
dont buy this. even if you want to do downhill get like randall 42* or bear 840s. even when going downhill they blow, 0 response super low. just dont buy them
80a
its so nice to have a soft wheel that slides like butter. even at lower speeds it slides nice and smooth with no chatter. even tho the wheels are smooth going slow it cant be held out for very long, so id reccomend faster sliding cuz its supper steezy and predictable. the thane is durable and can be thrashed around on chunky course pavement and not get all weird and funky looking. only downside to the life of the wheel is they are sideset which makes them tend to cone faster. the slip to grip is pretty good, if yuor taking a corner going fast it can start to drift but as long as your not trying to do a hairpin going super fast youll be fine. overall sick wheels if you wana go fast and pull out a bunch of steezy standies
Super Fun Campus Shredder
My first impression of the Rayne Timeline was, "Why on earth would I want to buy something like that?" But after seeing some videos of similar style boards being ridden, I was convinced that it would be worth my money. Needless to say, it has been one of the best purchases I have ever made.
First, the price I will say is a bit steep. Asking $135 dollars for a 33.5 inch compact carver seems a bit much. That said, Rayne quality is undeniable, and I doubt I will ever need to repair this board. I've flipped it a few times and I'm not one to baby my longboards. This board stands up in toughness to much beefy-er boards like the Landyachtz 9two5 and walks away better off if you ask me.
Being a compact carver, it does not have a very broad range of functionality. If you have small feet or really good balance you can do some miniature dancing, but overall, the Timeline is very specifically a carving board.
Within it's determined functional range, the Timeline excels phenomenally. It's flex is perfect, offering surprising amounts of stability at high speeds, but still allowing for plenty of power to be transferred through long pumping carves. It's short wheelbase allows for on-a-dime turning, making it ideal for bombing paths around campus and shredding tight parking lots.
However, it does suffer when it comes to freeride maneuvers, simply because it is not designed to do so. Sliding is difficult, even with freeride wheels (I originally had 80a Zombies on it, but I now have Pink Sick Slicks) simply because there is not enough deck to get the torque you need to push through standies, colemans, or most any other slide.
As a top-mounted deck, the Timeline provides an enormous amount of turning torque for your front foot. The front loaded camber allows for real precise control of the board with the front foot alone. However, this means that pushing is more difficult because the ideal place for your front foot sits about 1 inch higher off the ground than a drop through mounting, making sustained pushing more difficult.
In sum, the Rayne Timeline is possibly the most fun deck I've ever ridden. It provides a quick way to class, and takes up no more room than a really fat umbrella. I would recommend this board to anyone who is looking for a small commuting board, younger riders who need a smaller board to learn on, and anyone who revels in the simply joy of carving.
Zombie 80a > Zombie 84a
Overall, the Zombies, both 80a and 84a durometer, are solid freeride wheels. I've had both 84a and 80a on my Landyachtz 9two5, and I've found them to be really fun wheels on which to learn. As a beginner to longboarding and sliding when I first bought the 84a Zombies, I found them difficult to slide without chatter at lower speeds. So, if you're just learning to slide and you're feeling apprehensive about speed, the 84a Zombies (in my experience) tend to chatter a lot a lower speeds. That said, now that I've become more comfortable, they slide beautifully.
To compare the 80a to the 84a, I would argue that the 80a is a better choice. While the 84a Zombies can slide like ice, the 80a Zombies slide like butter, with little or no chatter, even at low speeds. This makes slower shuvit slides during dancing or other low-speed slides much easier.
As for price, I find that even buying directly from the Landyachtz Outlet they tend to be a bit steep in price, and I've actually bought them cheaper at a local skateshop (Replay Boardshop, Abbotsford, BC).
The old graphic is a bit cheezy too. I'm sure many people love it, but I'm not the biggest fan. However, the newly released duros and graphics look sick.
Overall, I great round-edged freeride wheel. They're a good solid fall-back when wheel experimentation goes wrong.
Changin the Game
These wheels will change your slide game. There is a reason you see Orangatang wheels everywhere. Cuz they rock!
This summer I went Longboarding
I picked up a new pintail 43 from Hopkins Skate. I like how this board carves. It's a sweet ride on the flats and after adding orange O'tang 4P's it's nice and solid downhill. This board has good concave and It feels nice and stable underfoot. Best thing is I can out carve my son on his Tan Tien on the flats with it.
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