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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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