Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hubba is a skateboard wheel company that has sponsored many professional skateboarders over the years. Hubba has a product line of more than 30 different wheel models. Along with wheel models, Hubba also sells a variety of soft goods, for example T-shirts and calendars, as well as specially designed skateboard grip tape, and colored skateboard hardware.
The wheels allow for movement on the skateboard and helps determine the speed while riding. [12] There are typically four wheels on a skateboard that are attached to the trucks. Ranging in size from around 48mm to around 60mm, smaller wheels are lighter in weight and are used for shorter distances and tricks. [13]
Kryptonics Skateboards is an American manufacturer of Skateboards and Longboards founded in 1965 and originally manufactured polyurethane products for the mining and computer industry. In the mid-1970s, the company introduced the Kryptonics Star Trac line of wheels that drastically changed the functionality of skateboards.
Founded in 1989 [1] by former professional skateboarder, Tod Swank, [2] Tum Yeto manufactures, distributes, exports and wholesales the Foundation, Toy Machine, Pig Wheels, Dekline, Ruckus, and Habitat brands. [3] Tum Yeto were involved in a legal case resolved in 2009 in the UK regarding the length of a "reasonable" period of notice. [4]
McCrank was discovered by professional skateboarder Colin McKay and invited to join Plan B Skateboards. [8] After Plan B, McCrank briefly joined Birdhouse, appearing in the 1998 video The End. After Birdhouse, McCrank joined the Girl Distribution Company and is currently a team member of the Girl brand.
In 1974, Powell's son came and asked for a skateboard. When Powell pulled an old one out of the garage, his son complained it did not ride smoothly. Powell became interested in skateboarding again, as he realized urethane wheels improved a skateboard's ride. With this prompting, Powell started making his own skateboards and wheels.
Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks , soft goods, accessories, and wheels.
Neil Blender (born 1963) is an American former professional skateboarder, skate company owner, and artist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His pro career began during his senior year of high school in 1981. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He is regular-footed .