SMALLEST SKATEBOARD WHEELS ON THE PLANET!

This is it. Our You Make It We Skate It Series has provided us with the smallest wheels on the entire planet! Will they actually work is the real question!

[bakuninRogers]

Those wheels are literally the size we used to skate back in the 90s. We used to call them 'bearing covers'. Not that they were functional but it was a great way for companies like World Industries to make money.

[devilinthefleshkm]

Brings back memories. I was in H.S. during the small wheel craze. There was a local wheel company Called UFO that sold came in 33mm. Back to the story, everyone was ditching their 50+mm wheels to get in on the small wheel trend. I started buying all the wheel sets I could from friends and local skate shops and made a deal with my H.S. machine shop teacher to use the equipment after school. I would use a lathe to turn them to 40mm a full set at a time then shape the sides individually. All the yellowing of the urethane and flatspots would be gone and would look and ride like new wheels. I'd sell them for $20 a set (cheaper than blanks at the time) and use profits for boards and shoes.

[nickhunter]

These started as 55mm bones Kowalski wheels, the hardest urethane you can get and they were basically melting on the lathe that’s why the rolling surface looks like that. I think that softened them up. Once again some epic tricks went down, thanks again Braille ya legends!

[lakrs]

Skaters in the past: "Man, this wheel bite is killing my skating"

Braille time traveling from the future: "Have we got JUST the thing for you"

[jacobhanson]

Hey Gabe, I’d love to see the team do tricks on top of a grid made of tape on the floor(1’x1’). If you can get a camera overhead it would be helpful to see how they jump to land their tricks. i.e. jump forward to land a shuvit. I think it could be really useful info for people learning.

[passenger-rider]

I remember my brother and his friends used crazy small wheels like that in the late 80s and early 90s. It was when skateboard was in the early stages of getting technical. As you see it’s much easier to flip the board but it sucks skating around, you get a real work out!

[TannerSvanda]

I remember the first professional Wheels trucks and bearings I got were off of a snapped deck in the trash can at my local park. Independent trucks some unknown wheels and some Lucky 7s. The wheels were about that small.

[ZachariahMccully]

I skated some black spitfire wheels down that small once, I'm heavy so I put wear on wheels quick and I would put miles on my deck on rough roads. I didn't want to give them up because I noticed how much lighter they were than full sized wheels, I got my lightest lowest trucks and a narrow deck and I felt like I could Ollie way higher because of the board weighing less, being lower to the ground made it feel like I could pop faster too. It's a way different feel when wheels get that small for sure.

[robsalazar]

Mogley has been straight SHREDDING lately! Any time i dont watch for a lil while it seems like everyone has improved. Keep it up guys!

[C_Castillo]

I like mos second shoe, it really helps me identify whats going on with the feet much easier

[drumandbassonvinyl]

Man, in the early/mid 90's these were completely in vogue. Big pants, hoodies and low-flying techy tricks were the style. My friend "D" had what I called "Bearing Covers" that were basically these wheels in the video! Lmao @ seeing this and the guys are loving them! One thing was for sure though: you were almost guaranteed locking onto rocks if you didn't clean your skate spots, lol!

[hiimstacie]

thats the size wheels I used to always ride on in the late 90's early 2000's I never bought them just regular wheels worn down I honestly wish they sold these sizes the big wheels they sell feel weird to me

[justbk]

Mo and Glo holdin it down
Crazy how much better Glo seems every video

[boatsandhoes]

Hey Moe you are so underrated! Love the style and GRIT !!

[truecuckoo]

Nice vibe! I remember some friends used to skate wheels similar to these back in the 90’s. While I was still skating pink Kryptonics 65 😀

[iamtherealevil]

In the 80-90's we used truck risers to get the tail height back.

[s.willis]

Back in the early/mid 90's we were using very small wheels compared to the years before and the years after. Not quite this small but there were some in the 40-45mm range. I always felt like they had a lot more pop when you ollied but they were brutal for any type of pebble on the road.

[Gertruida-lktb]

I really miss big pants, small wheels on a nicely shaped board, love it 😋

[millenialdaddy]

Gabe - look up lathe videos. LATHES allow you to shave metal or other materials off of a circular piece of material. Machinists use lathes and infinity other tools.

[stonedan]

The reason the small wheels make it easier is due to the conservation of angular momentum. The wheels are the furthest from the center of the board So their weight impacts the speed of the rotation of the board more than the weight of the trucks or anything else. A narrower board with narrower trucks will also have the same effect for flip tricks. Let's weight = less resistance and a faster flip or spin. The downside to this is that You get less bored. Feel on your feet and need quite a bit more finesse for some tricks. riser pads to assist with your usual angle of pop.