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New wheels from...Powell?
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slavadov
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:24 am Reply with quote
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I was reading about these over on Silverfish...some new high-performance wheels made at SkateOne.

Any of you guys over here have any insight? They apparently were called Experimental Bombers, but somehow got named "These Wheels" instead.

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zeno01
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:54 am Reply with quote
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I kinda wonder what took so long for 'em to make this type of wheel (the squared off/longboard style wheel). I hope they don't ditch the Powell Bomber they have now, I like the rounded edge. Than again, I'm not longboarding- just skateboarding.

Do you know what name they will be under? Powell Peralta? Bones? Surfone?

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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:48 am Reply with quote
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zeno01 wrote:
I kinda wonder what took so long for 'em to make this type of wheel (the squared off/longboard style wheel). I hope they don't ditch the Powell Bomber they have now, I like the rounded edge. Than again, I'm not longboarding- just skateboarding.

Do you know what name they will be under? Powell Peralta? Bones? Surfone?

Apparently the name will be These Wheels...according to the website, and a couple facebook posts

http://www.thesewheels.com/

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Interesting. This could either be a "game changer" in the longboard community...or go ignored because they're from a "skateboard" company.

Look cool for what they are.

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slavadov
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:12 pm Reply with quote
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MMS wrote:
Interesting. This could either be a "game changer" in the longboard community...or go ignored because they're from a "skateboard" company.

Look cool for what they are.

They've got a LOT of big names on their wheels, from what I've heard. But they are really playing up the hype machine

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the font they're using looks familiar

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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:53 am Reply with quote
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George Powell said on his Facebook page-

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Re the These™ wheels. We have created an amazingly fast, durable and stable wheel for downhillers. Our testing has indicated it should wear at least 2-3 times longer than what is currently offered, and handle very well. The secret is in both our very high rebound, full width, bonded hub and, of course, our ultra high rebound, proprietary tread materials."


I have no doubts that this wheel will take everything up a notch.
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tricktips
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:52 am Reply with quote
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Wow, thanks for all the support these last 12 years, George! hahaha.

Make mine ABEC11, Gravity, or Seismic, thank you very much.

I do like Bones STF.
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slavadov
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 11:48 am Reply with quote
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I've heard $70 or thereabouts bandied around for the introductory price on these

But, it's cool, bro...These will outlast any wheel, bro, so the excessively high price is worth it, bro

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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:46 pm Reply with quote
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slavadov wrote:
I've heard $70 or thereabouts bandied around for the introductory price on these

But, it's cool, bro...These will outlast any wheel, bro, so the excessively high price is worth it, bro

Bro, bro, bro, bro...bro


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