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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.
Kryptonics soon became the dominant wheel for all types of skateboarding, excelling on all types of terrain and winning more races than any other wheel brand. Skateboarders such as Stacy Peralta , Tony Alva , Steve Alba , Micke Alba , David Hackett , Bobby Piercy , Tommy Ryan , and many others were or are sponsored by Kryptonics.
McCrank competed in Street contests throughout his career. He was awarded one of the highest ever scores in a street skateboarding competition , scoring a 99.67 at ESPN's 2000 grand prix. [ 16 ] In the Summer of 2001, McCrank got 1st place in the X-Games Skateboard Street Best Trick contest.
Each skateboard wheel is mounted on its axle via two ball bearings. With few exceptions, the bearings are the industrial standard "608" size, with a bore of 8 or 10 mm (0.315 or 0.394 inches) depending on the axle, an outer diameter of 22 mm (0.866 inches), and a width of 7 mm (0.276 inches).
Deluxe Distribution is an Ermico Enterprises, Inc.-owned American skateboarding company founded in 1986 with limited partner Brian Ware in San Francisco. [citation needed] Deluxe was formed to distribute the Beware Record label, and other small record labels popular with skateboarders, along with Thunder Trucks and Supercush Bushings. [2]
"Anti-rocker" refers to the inverse size of the 2nd and 3rd wheels compared to the 1st and 4th; whereas a "rockered" wheel setup consists of smaller wheels in the 1st and 4th positions to simulate the curvature of an ice-skate blade. Riding without center wheels is known as a "Freestyle" setup, and offers the maximum potential space to grind.
Like wheels, bushings are available with different levels of hardness. The kingpin nut may be tightened or loosened to adjust the turning radius and response of the truck itself. Tighter bushings mean stiffer trucks and less chance of "wheel bite", where the wheel makes contact with the deck, damaging the deck and slowing or stopping the wheels.
Street skateboarding is a skateboarding discipline which focuses on flat-ground tricks, grinds, slides and aerials within urban environments, and public spaces. Street skateboarders meet, skate, and hang out in and around urban areas referred to as "spots," which are commonly streets, plazas or industrial areas.