Bones Bearings® - Skate One

Old and new pics.

Chris — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 17:17:48 -0800

I was playing around earlier, looking through some old skate related pics...and decided to recreate one. I'm going to try to recreate some action shots when I get time....I'm a sucker for stuff like this. I figured maybe it would be fun. So go through your old pics, try to recreate them today and see how they come out.

breaking news!

brigade_bill — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:37:38 -0800

Wheel comparison for bowl

Kaishin — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:56:38 -0800

I am a fairly new skater at the age of 41. I am learning bowl and want to move up to a larger wheel.

Being that I ride concrete and wood (not skatelight) bowls what are your thoughts on...

Powell G Bones II - 64 mm 97a vs Powell mini cube 64 mm 95a vs Powell pool bombers 64mm 95a

I want to balance speed and grip.

Other things Stacy and the boys could sell.

Chris — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:05:54 -0700

It appears that Stacy and the boys are pretty much selling anything and everything out of their closets and stuff hidden at HQ. Would like to see any other ideas of stuff we, as fans, would like to see sold....basically what would YOU want?

I'd like to see some of the films for the decks and shirts sold. Like......

That would be sick....I'd love to get my hands on one of those. Or even just a screened graphic on poster or something else, just to have a hangable graphic.

The Frogs

_III_ — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:17:36 -0700

Powell Peralta ad archive?

zowenso — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:17:31 -0700

A few years back there was an awesome ad archive. You could pick the skated you wanted and see al the ads that featured them. It was a great resource. What ever happened to that and why was it removed? I really enjoyed going through the ads. Thanks.

peralta interview

brigade_bill — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:52:46 -0700

Salvaging Bearings

sector9 — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:15:56 -0800

I'm trying to clean out an old longboard I got for free from a friend, its full of rust and dirt. To clean the bearings and any other metal parts, I used to use rubbing alcohol, followed by Bones speed cream. I was out of rubbing alcohol this time around, so I soaked the bearings in De-Solv-It Contractor's Solvent, which I found in my garage, and plan to use speed cream on them once they've dried after the solvent. What do people think of this method? Is there a better way to get rust/dirt (the black stuff) out of bearings?

I have two bearings that won't turn almost at all, only pushing a little after a lot of force is applied to them, obviously they're rusted out more than this method can fix. Any way to make these work again? Or is there any appliance, piece of equipment, or anything house or garage item that uses ABEC bearings? I'm pretty pressed for money right now, so I'd rather try and salvage bearings than buy new ones.

Thanks, Jon

Bushings

blhall38 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:36:00 -0700

Can bones bushings be used in quad skate trucks?

Need help with Skatebike replacement bushings and wheels.

brainshatterer — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:47:58 -0700

Ok all, I have two Lerun Skatebikes.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m262/brainshatterer/P5210037.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m262/brainshatterer/P5210040.jpg

I need some new parts for the trucks. I used some blue doh dohs years ago with some bones swiss bearings in the wheels. The bones still roll like a dream, I used some Abec 7's that I got at the same time for the yellow bike... going to use the other set of bones bearings instead, the abecs suck... Anyways. I could use new bushings, riser pad, and wheels. Here's my dilemma. The trucks are custom made for this thing, the pivot cup is funky to allow extreme twising as the way you turn this bike is by leaning and twisting the truck. What is the absolute softest bushing available on the market. I have blue doh dohs and they are honestly too tight. My skatebike truck uses 2 of the larger size bushing, not sure if its the top or bottom, but I need both the larger ones.

The riser deck is smaller size, but extremely thick, about 15/16" Anyone know of some decent material I can use to custom cut a new one?

And then the wheels. They are EXTREMELY OVERSIZED. The are 50mm wide and about 69mm diameter. I would actually like to get ones that are a little wider to add to the stability of the bike, but if not then the softer bushings will be of great help. The blue doh dohs currently only turn a little, the stock original bushings allowed me to get some insane turning, these doh dohs... not so much.

Pivot cup is custom as well, I've used just basic pivot cups in the past and then heated them and stuffed them in, it works, not perfect but it works.

Any help with these would be appreciated.

vans pro-tec pool party today!

brigade_bill — Sat, 12 May 2012 08:24:06 -0700

3PM west coast time watch powell riders steve cab,steven reeves,nolan monroe along with tony hawk,chris miller and others shred it up go to http://www.vans.com/eventsites/poolparty/ for the east coasters it is 6pm

whats the difference between A & B durometer ratings for wheels?

ptrickuno — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:57:55 -0700

ive been skated for quite a long time and am also a manger at a skate shop and i still have no idea what the A&B ratings for wheels mean. what does A and B stand for? whats the difference? what determines what scale a wheel is judged by?

Powell Skateboard Chair

akajonc — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:05:40 -0700

Hi everyone,

I am selling of my 25th anniversary Powell Chair, it's the skull and sword graphic. it is in really good condition.

If anyone is interested in it please get back to me @ flux604@hotmail.com for photos.

I want it to go to a good home and I know someone here would love it as much as I do.

http://vancouverisawesome.com/tag/powell-skateboard-chair/

Check out Hoffart...

SK8ER — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:39:31 -0800

...at the start of this video. Insane nose slide.

Jesse Martinez

DaRule — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:39:34 -0800

Anybody got any news on the Jesse Martinez tribute deck? Dam, 2012 looks like it's gonna be a bitchin year!! All I want for Christmas is the Bones Brigade... the Bones Brigade... the Bones Brigade....C'mon everbody!!

Concave Opinions

SK8ER — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:05:55 -0800

My favorite concave is the SP2, but I recently got some new Powell Peralta decks that are K15 and I think it is too much concave. I think it would be cool if they could make a modern shape about 8.75 wide but somehow give it a SP2 concave.

Bones Reds make great tattoo machines!

specialtechnique — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:52:15 -0700

Silver color Bones Swiss

sk8ter — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:11:31 -0800

I spotted a set of Bones Swiss with a silver color shield. Does anyboby know if these were before or after the Gold shields?

Wheel Setup

OldSchool — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:51:12 -0700

So I'm running a set of Bones Reds in my Rat Bones II wheels on an original set of Tracker Ultralights. The bearings bolt up against the metal endcaps of my copers, but since the copers are a little out of shape, I need the bearings to snug up to the endcaps to keep the copers from falling off. Problem is, if I snug them up too much, then the bearings can't spin freely. Is there a way to isolate the inner bearing race with washers and/or do I need to use spacers between the bearings? Seems like maybe a washer the same size as the inner race would do the trick, if combined with spacers...

Bearing Selection

OldSchool — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:08:00 -0700

Now that I'm getting back up to speed with the skating, I think it's time to retire my 20+ year old bearings. The Bones Ceramics are a bit out of my price range, so I am trying to decide between the Labyrinth, Original or Super 6's. Right now I'm most concerned with speed as I need every little bit I can get to hussle my old board around the bowl. Thoughts? I'm riding an original SC Slasher with Tracker Ultralights and OJII's.