History Of Skateboard Bearings

The four wheel board that we know today had its ups and downs.

History of skateboard bearings. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. These are carbon steel items for durability. One of the most popular skateboarding brands today. Skaters can perform tricks around on onto or over these street furniture.

You re getting an abec 9 for this thing. However the world s first skateboard would only see the light of day somewhere between the early 1900s and the late 1950s depending on what a skateboard is for historians and skating fans. In addition to the changes in skateboarding itself in the late 1970s a skateboarder named alan gelfand invented a skateboarding technique that revolutionized skateboarding. The owner used to work for hfj bearings nsk bearings bones bearings and later started his own kingsk8 bearings.

Santa cruz was founded in 1973 richard novak doug haut and jay shuirman all combined efforts to found santa cruz skateboards. In the late 1950s skateboarding had a first peak. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated 4 8 billion in annual. Usually they set up their boards with 55mm wheels and narrower decks to make them flip and spin faster thus easier.

Santa cruz still. If you want you can fill the space between them with a spacer this small metal cylinder prevents the bearings from being forced into the centre of the wheels when tightening the axle nut and getting damaged. During the post war period the u s. Don t get me wrong the manufacturer is relatively popular in the trade.

As a matter of fact it has produced a lot of awesome products since their establishment. Stairs handrails panter boxes drainage ditches park benches you name it. Every skateboard wheel is equipped with two bearings. In other words it stands at the higher end of the spectrum.

Some skateboard brands have been around forever and today we ll be going through some of the most popular skateboard brands and how they came about. A dot to dot company history. Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard as well as a recreational activity an art form an entertainment industry job and a method of transportation. American bearing companies like fafnir had vacated the bearing market because the japanese produced vast quantities of lower cost bearings and u s.

Companies could not compete at the price japanese bearings were selling for. They used shorter surfboards and wheels made out of metal without some bearings. Powell in the early 1980s skateboarding was at a low ebb and it was difficult to find top quality bearings. Street skateboarding just like its name implies street style is about skateboarding using everything you can on the street.

At two spots in the world a kind of a skateboard was developed at the first time in the early 1950s. History of skateboarding brands. This material not only guarantees the stability of the skateboard but also improves the shock absorbability of the skateboard becoming a milestone in the history of skateboarding. Economy boomed and this also affected the toy industry.

In order to keep your wheels rolling smoothly you ll need sensible bearings.