Those wheels are literally the size we used to skate back in the 90s. We used to call them 'bearing covers'. Not that they were functional but it was a great way for companies like World Industries to make money.

Brings back memories. I was in H.S. during the small wheel craze. There was a local wheel company Called UFO that sold came in 33mm. Back to the story, everyone was ditching their 50+mm wheels to get in on the small wheel trend. I started buying all the wheel sets I could from friends and local skate shops and made a deal with my H.S. machine shop teacher to use the equipment after school. I would use a lathe to turn them to 40mm a full set at a time then shape the sides individually. All the yellowing of the urethane and flatspots would be gone and would look and ride like new wheels. I'd sell them for $20 a set (cheaper than blanks at the time) and use profits for boards and shoes.

These started as 55mm bones Kowalski wheels, the hardest urethane you can get and they were basically melting on the lathe that’s why the rolling surface looks like that. I think that softened them up. Once again some epic tricks went down, thanks again Braille ya legends!

Skaters in the past: "Man, this wheel bite is killing my skating" Braille time traveling from the future: "Have we got JUST the thing for you"

Wheel bite is a thing of the past

Hey Gabe, I’d love to see the team do tricks on top of a grid made of tape on the floor(1’x1’). If you can get a camera overhead it would be helpful to see how they jump to land their tricks. i.e. jump forward to land a shuvit. I think it could be really useful info for people learning.

I skated some black spitfire wheels down that small once, I'm heavy so I put wear on wheels quick and I would put miles on my deck on rough roads. I didn't want to give them up because I noticed how much lighter they were than full sized wheels, I got my lightest lowest trucks and a narrow deck and I felt like I could Ollie way higher because of the board weighing less, being lower to the ground made it feel like I could pop faster too. It's a way different feel when wheels get that small for sure.

I remember the first professional Wheels trucks and bearings I got were off of a snapped deck in the trash can at my local park. Independent trucks some unknown wheels and some Lucky 7s. The wheels were about that small.

I remember my brother and his friends used crazy small wheels like that in the late 80s and early 90s. It was when skateboard was in the early stages of getting technical. As you see it’s much easier to flip the board but it sucks skating around, you get a real work out!

Man, in the early/mid 90's these were completely in vogue. Big pants, hoodies and low-flying techy tricks were the style. My friend "D" had what I called "Bearing Covers" that were basically these wheels in the video! Lmao @ seeing this and the guys are loving them! One thing was for sure though: you were almost guaranteed locking onto rocks if you didn't clean your skate spots, lol!

You guys did amazing stuff here and it's nice to see you shine or glo 😊 love braille 😎♥️

Mogley has been straight SHREDDING lately! Any time i dont watch for a lil while it seems like everyone has improved. Keep it up guys!

I like mos second shoe, it really helps me identify whats going on with the feet much easier

Another great one guys! Thinkin my next venture might be one of your cruiser boards. Mo gnarly as usual dude!

Nice vibe! I remember some friends used to skate wheels similar to these back in the 90’s. While I was still skating pink Kryptonics 65 😀

Hey Moe you are so underrated! Love the style and GRIT !!

thats the size wheels I used to always ride on in the late 90's early 2000's I never bought them just regular wheels worn down I honestly wish they sold these sizes the big wheels they sell feel weird to me

Back in the early/mid 90's we were using very small wheels compared to the years before and the years after. Not quite this small but there were some in the 40-45mm range. I always felt like they had a lot more pop when you ollied but they were brutal for any type of pebble on the road.

Hope you feel better Chris, I know you wanted to be skating here and trying out these old-school lowrider wheels 🙏😎👌

keep up the awesome content guys!!!!

I've really been digging them shoes Mowgli has been rocking. Loving the Dual Color's. (I do a similar shoe thing and represent 3D glasses with mine! (Red & Blue))

In the 80-90's we used truck risers to get the tail height back.

My first every setup I ran a pair of spitfire through 3 different decks and I do believe they may have been slightly thinner that these by the time I was done. The first time I ran new wheels after that felt amazing.

Mo and Glo holdin it down Crazy how much better Glo seems every video

Gabe - look up lathe videos. LATHES allow you to shave metal or other materials off of a circular piece of material. Machinists use lathes and infinity other tools.

it cracks me up how glo screams " OOOOOOOOOO" everytime he loses the board on the trick haha

Best video I have ever seen and love braille skateboarding

Seeing braille skate bigger boards makes me happy

Back in highschool I remember I bought 5 complete skateboards setups for 100$ and they came with hollow trucks, best deal of my life

The reason the small wheels make it easier is due to the conservation of angular momentum. The wheels are the furthest from the center of the board So their weight impacts the speed of the rotation of the board more than the weight of the trucks or anything else. A narrower board with narrower trucks will also have the same effect for flip tricks. Let's weight = less resistance and a faster flip or spin. The downside to this is that You get less bored. Feel on your feet and need quite a bit more finesse for some tricks. riser pads to assist with your usual angle of pop.

16:28 "I tried to to a 5-0 and turn into a crook" Mogely. YEAH MAN! I was waiting the whole video for that, those wheels were made to ease that type of rotations on ledges. 5-0 to blunt to crook to... and do as many different grinds in a row as possible. Edit: I watched this vid 8 months ago and had the same experience. 90's memories coming back and waiting for the bluntslide to pivotgrind to...

Remember a few dudes skating wheels like those back in the day they were nuts in the park man. Some of them even did massive gaps on them and they handled it and kept rolling no problem.

Crazy video idea and I have never seen that very small wheels to skate on Braille

Sending’ Big Love🙌🏻 Feel Better, McNugget ✌🏻😊💯

I used to sk8 35mm but only once in a while cause they were so slow , but they always be in my backpack , and some old school giant 80mm with risers that would get me across town real quick lol

The boys were SENDING IT on these small wheels. This video was meant to be silly, but I bet many skaters watching will try smaller wheels after this 😎

The look on Glo's face when you said 30mm!🤣🤣

Great energy in this video. What brand is that shirt ya got on Mogley?

Gabe no ill will or attack intended you are one of my favorites. I think you were trying to say small fractures not air bubbles. But I got what you were getting at. Awesome video.

awesome training session ! 😀 i love it ( heehe train)

I remember having a set of wheels similar to this in the EARLY 2000s, mine where fluorescent orange!

ok, the Bones urethane is different compared to most other wheels when lathe cut, so NO air bubbles. Most likely that is the reason why they have a shiny running surface, as they are only cut off on the inside when they come out of the mold. Almost all other wheels are lathed on the running surface to ensure a perfect roundness relative to the bearing seat which can be a bit off. So, the thread you see has NOTHING to do with grip, it's the other way around. You need to skate off these 'threads'.

I had a set of blue bearing covers in 1989 in the UK they were sort of common for a little while Always graphics out.

Nothings a coincidence Moe, every scenario holds an infinite amount of possibilities. Anything is possible!

back in the day (early90s) my homie used to grind his wheels down all small and wed all get him to grind our wheels, dunno why we loved it so much, u hit a pebble and go flying..

what camera are yall recording with nowadays? Looks like a huge upgrade from the original days.

Seeing Glo with the big pants and the small wheels just seemed like it was meant to be.

Glo is a time traveler from the late 90s. His whole style plus he loves the tiny wheels and looks natural in Osiris. Admit it, bruh!

Mogely it was fun hanging out with you in vegas. Signed from the future.

I roller skate and skateboard so it's cool to see this in roller skateing we cut down certain wheels like fiberglass,fo-mac,wood cutting down roller skate wheels is cool it drops a lot of weight and on a slicker wheels like fiberglass it makes them feel a bit more stable

Get well soon McNugget. You are one of my Favorite Skater to watch.

I really miss big pants, small wheels on a nicely shaped board, love it 😋

Speaking about quantum mechanics and time travel that's right up links alley!!

10:20 Why did I like that backside flip so much? lol 😆

We used to skate our wheels down to that size because we didn’t have any money to buy new ones.. it even became a thing back in the nineties to skate em really small. 😅

I wonder given those small wheels not lockin in, what about if you put a bit of a spot to lock in on the trucks somewhere? like if the wheels are smaller, the trucks at the end could "jog" down the extra distance, giving them a lip to lock in on.

the tricks were immaculate this video

I had an old set of geoff rowley rictas that I used for years and they was about 2mm bigger than the bearing when I retired them

haha they do look like marshmallows ! i was literally just thinking that when you held em up for the camera !

Love to the mcnug 🤟 get better soon bro

Yooooo lol I remember back like in 98 maybe 99 as a joke we all rode on just bearings one day at desert west skatepark in Phoenix AZ 😅 😂 🤣... I even took the tires off my sisters old BMX and we had a krew of like 4 or 5 bikes riding just on rims ...🤣🤣🤣😎 I'm telling you those coaster breaks wear amazing at night . Straight showers of sparks ✨ 👌🏽

no coincidences my friend. it all happens in a trippy way like it was supposed to moe

Gabe is a varial flip personified

I can hear this video without even watching it and I will not be torturing my ears with the sound of those wheels. 😂

These remind me of dirtbike chain rollers. In fact i believe some chain rollers have the same size bearings as skateboard wheels ive thought a few times about trying chain rollers on a skateboard.

I had a pair of 54mm and shredded them for about 5 years and now they’re around 40mm 0r less and you can feel the waves in the cement it’s still fun to cruise around but don’t bomb a hill with them tho you’ll hit a crack like I did ow 😓

Saw you guys had braille first try shoes at zumiez the other day. Rad

The steez level of this vidoe is at a all time high 🙏🏾

Funny enough I skated wheels that small for so long. I was convinced they felt better than the new set of Ricta crystals I had at the house. But the wheels I had that small came from wear and tear I didn’t grind them down.

to answer two questions I alternate the graphics and my front trucks are always a little more loose

I’m not sure but those lines are probably from the late that he used not air bubbles cause bones wheels would really try to keep bubbles out of there wheels to maintain quality

My back truck bushing is blown out so I ride my trucks all weird because the back is lose and the front is relatively loose

We need a Braille nightly, explicit Braille where the guy's get to fully be themselves, warts and all.

My dude Elijah I got introduced while he was working at dominos as the manager he saw me and my friend who worked there at the time skating out front and he comes out and grabs his out his car and whips out sum like those bad boys and they we’re actually great I loved them felt like a lowrider😂😂

This was one of my dreams as a kid having small wheels and I finally see it at 22

Glo actually looks like he’s skating better with these ! ( with some of the tricks)

seeing Glo without his big poofy jacket he looks cold lol!

As a person who is late to things often, I feel for that guy in the beginning. Loll

Sounds like we caught you guys coming out of the K-hole in the beginning of the video! LMADO!🤣🤣

16:30 Finally! Those wheels were made to ease those type of variations on ledges.

that outro was fire

There are no coincidences Mogley, ever... And if you're thinking what I feel you might be thinking then I say DO IT Now is your opportunity

That board looks like some sort of 64 impala lowrider. like the el Camino of skateboards with them wheels hahah You gotta try small wheels with high risers

Basically skating on just bearings

We used to ride wheels that size in the 90’s, barely enough rubber to cover the bearings and every tiny peeble jacked you up

i love how Mo talks. I could listen to him for hours

I would love to see Braille go to a different country to skate

Little wheels = quicker pop! We started by using freestyle wheels cuz they were smaller but eventually they started making them smaller. You guys should get some that are shaped right. We still locked in crooked grinds with them. We ran em on popsicle boards tho. When boards were that small nose shape that's more like 1989.

im always late to work also every job i dont miss a day lmao

Can’t imagine those in the streets but they seem sick for a smooth park.

There's this dude that skates around the Space Whale in Reno with wheels almost that small just from wear lol He freakin' shreds them too!

i love you arronnnnnnn

I think it would accelerate faster but also lose speed faster. Also combined with less grip, less clearance and less pebble resistance. I don't think it would be to noticeable with the acceleration/deceleration... 13:05 With the power slides I bet the weight is far more concentrated on a small surface so the hardness of the wheels comes into play. Like super hard wheels would probably slide like ice and soft wheels would probably get flat spots or explode :P

Lol we in summer n glo still sitting there cold af lol...(I know this because how he is crossing his arms from personal experience and observation, he's keeping his forearms near his belly for the body heat)

You guys should make downhill longboards!

We skated our brand new wheels down to that lol riding the streets everyday

I thought yall got boardy cakes lol Glo fr on that BPSW tip tho

Bearing cases is what we call those on the real I've had a few get close to that before I could afford to get some new ones... And yeah my back truck is a little tighter and I like my front truck a little looser

As someone who skated these kind of wheels In the 90s, these kinds of wheels are called “Matt’s old wheels”.

MO: if you are debating coincidences, be sure to go watch the movie I Heart Huckabees. Hope you enjoy