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gogomouse1
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:00 pm Reply with quote
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I don't have a problem spending over $150 for a longboard deck.

Or paying more than $200 for precision trucks.

But $70 wheels?

I just can't do it, no matter how good they are.
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Clownbaby
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:11 pm Reply with quote
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the price is sorta steep, but they look pretty nice

I wonder why they're distancing them from the parent company? It seems like pointing out that it's a skateone product would be an asset?
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slavadov
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 9:29 pm Reply with quote
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Clownbaby wrote:
the price is sorta steep, but they look pretty nice

I wonder why they're distancing them from the parent company? It seems like pointing out that it's a skateone product would be an asset?

It seems like they're trying to disassociate These™ from Powell, but still keep These™ under the Skateone umbrella...being that Powell is the more street/park company, and These™ are longboard wheels.

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thugfrm87
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:45 pm Reply with quote
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Just reissue the 2nd gen T bones and forget about getting fancy. Thank you.
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gogomouse1
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 3:01 pm Reply with quote
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slavadov wrote:
Clownbaby wrote:
the price is sorta steep, but they look pretty nice

I wonder why they're distancing them from the parent company? It seems like pointing out that it's a skateone product would be an asset?

It seems like they're trying to disassociate These™ from Powell, but still keep These™ under the Skateone umbrella...being that Powell is the more street/park company, and These™ are longboard wheels.


Let's face it- Powell/Skate One doesn't have any street cred with longboarders...... plus there are a lot of longboarders that never rode street or vert like most of us did, so the whole Powell Mystique is lost on them.

I have no doubts that These are great wheels, but I wonder if the price will turn away some of the sliding types. Me- if I bought a set, they'd last me a lifetime, no slides for this old fart.

I wonder if a whole new longboard company is going to come out of this..... the Hawaiian/surf themed products that Skate One currently makes is not being bought by hardcore riders, just the poser/casual riders at best.
Too bad, Powell/Skate one is a great company......but I hope to God they'll stay out of the RKP truck market.
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jasonflair50
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 5:22 pm Reply with quote
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im just sayin....gp was been makng wheels in his garage for a long time....long b4 stacy or tony, i may just listen to what he sez about maikn wheels, its one thing to be engineer.... book smart and another to actually building product and doing it well. i celebrate his entire catalog.
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TAOS
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:16 am Reply with quote
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gogomouse1 wrote:


But $70 wheels?







They better have buttery slides

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slavadov
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 8:20 am Reply with quote
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TAOS wrote:
gogomouse1 wrote:


But $70 wheels?







They better have buttery slides

They better come with a reach-around while walking up the hill, too


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MMS
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:28 am Reply with quote
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For $70, you shouldn't have to walk up the hill....

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tricktips
Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 11:28 am Reply with quote
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MMS wrote:
For $70, you shouldn't have to walk up the hill....


hahaha - no shit!
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