to anyone wondering, you can definitely do tricks on normal huge soft shark wheels too. they are fucking dope for cruising

The construction guy casually watching john 😂

the way you lined the sound of the board rolling and popping to the beat of the music was very enjoyable. Proper therapeutic shit that is.

My best friends name is John M. Hill. I bought a Revive Tech Deck of yours some years ago. The peticular deck had the lifeline across the board, but where the lines came up in the center formed an M. So I gave it to my buddy, he certainly thought it was awesome.

I actually like to think a 2mm diameter difference is really just 1mm radius change, which is, but sometimes that detail gets lost/confused. For instance, one is 1mm higher off the floor when sizing up like that.

the big gimmick of the wheel is the pebble avoidance. I was waiting to see you line up a row of pebbles and skate on to them with regular wheels (confirm they stop wheels) and then line them up again and skate over them with the shark wheels to see if they really do eliminate pebble problems.

he said 💅

John, thanks man. Currently going through a break up but your videos have been a light of positivity for me and have been inspiring my creative side as well thank you.

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you're so consistent and clean with your skateboarding. i would really love to see a video part of some sort from you, man. your talents need to shine.

I've been skating on and off since '98. When I first started out I rode 56mm 85A. I never had a problem with pebbles but, the softer wheels really affected my ability to gain and maintain speed. After I moved on to harder wheels the vibrations in my feet and adjusting to the pebbles was jarring but, the speed was amazing. Now I ride 52-54mm wheels and prefer 99-101A. The smaller wheels help a lot to prevent wheel bites but, are more susceptible to getting stopped by pebbles. I would definitely recommend softer, larger wheels for beginners if they don't have access to a skatepark or at least smooth surfaces to skate on.

Due it’s so awesome to see how far you’ve come over the years! I started watching watching you probably 7-8 years ago. I’ve been out of the skating community for a while now and coming back to see you with over a million subs is wild! So happy for you man. Been watching again for a few days and I’m feeling motivated to get back on the board!

Loving the pit sniff at 8:10

Love your style of skating. Very smooth! :)

To be fair , the wheels probably have less friction than you 101A's. Because the contact area where the wheel is hitting the ground is smaller

love how the music fits the ledge tricks!! feels amazing to watch 3:24

I really enjoyed watching your test. The timed sounds were a pleasure by itself. Love it.

Makes sense about having a smaller footprint to avoid stopping to pebbles. For instance, I do inline skate and I never ever got stopped by pebbles. In fact, I hear them pinging like a ricocheting bullet when I hit them. You need to test both wheels with a bunch of pebbles on the floor for a demo to be valid.

The camera angle w the steam roller and your hatch open had me confused. I thought those concrete forms and supports were new buildings going up. Perspective had me shook! Great vid, as usual!

I used Shark Wheels early on when I was in college on my longboard to get around campus. The campus was predominantly covered with sidewalks that had the pebbles cemented into it, making my regular wheels bog down within 15 feet and the ride was not smooth at all. When I switched to Shark Wheels, it was almost like riding on smooth pavement again. They were amazing for cutting out friction on strange surfaces like that, but I could not feel any difference when on smooth pavement.

The old school Hubba 38-48mm in 99A is how I learned blunts. I still skate 48-50mm 88-99a. Keep spreading the love and knowledge brother, thank you for being YOU.

Those grooves main purpose was to mitigate wobbles on fast longboard rides

LOVE YOU JOHN KEEP KILLING IT 🔥🫵‼️

I would have tripped out if I saw a dude skating those wheels back in the day when I skated a lot

I subbed cause of this edit. The music sync with the tricks was super clean 👌👌 Also your skills and consistency are crazy. Great video. Keep it up!

Family trip up to Garrett’s house! We wanna see it!

I really like how that bench/ledge look like. Must be awesome spot to have carry around in your cars trunk! 😊

Amazing work like always 👏🙌

Good to hear an opinion on these from someone who knows what they’re talking about. Good vid, thanks 🙏

Casual John Hill viewer here. I know this is skateboarding channel in which he claims to have quit skateboarding a few times but still uploads skateboarding content immediately after. I feel like he would excel in a podcast style content

Dropping shark wheel video during shark week. KZfaqr trending game on point

"Feel like I fell out, not popped out" Bro I could not be fucked to give a bother about that LOL I'm on the board, wheels are rollin... I'm taking it XD

i really like how u do ur editing. very nice content! i sound like an payed npc commenting XD

Always a good day you post

The idea for me, as a 1980s vert skater, that anyone would use a harder wheel than 92 or 95 on street is crazy. Anything over 95 is for ramp or park only.

Hi! New skater here, I'm definitely curious about the shark wheels for rough terrain. Currently my preferences run: Cruising/off-roading: Spitfire 80HD or Bones ATV Street/Freestyle: Nano-Cubics 97a Pool/Transition: Pool Shark 84b I think I generally prefer a softer wheel cause I love to lean and pump. I can't do any flip tricks yet so take this with a grain of salt. I just started learning 180s and varials and the Pool Shark wheels help me slide around and do bigfoot tacks, but i wipe out when I try to push my board in a banked turn. I want to learn how to powerslide so I can bomb hills!

I've done the homework. I skate mostly crusty street spots. Powell dragon wheels 52 or 54mm 93dur. Ricta cloud 52 or 54 92. They still slide and significantly smooth out a crusty run-up

Great review John. I'm a big fan of 53mm - 54mm.. I usually buy 54 knowing that they'll be 53mm in no time at all, it also helps get a little more juice out of a set. As for size differences, If I have worn down to 50mm and then put on some 55mm I notice an instant improvement in pop height but also notice a higher likelihood of ghost pop when my legs are tired or I am not feeling it. I'd say 52mm is better for more consistency, balance and if feeling lazy on the legs, while 54 gives a little extra pop/speed, but there is a chance of less consistency, especially for beginners, those who have tired legs or brains, or those who can't get out to skate regularly enough to maintain a super refined technique or who have health problems that limit skate session time.

clip those digits boy they're past due

Back in the late 80s, those wheels were popular. I knew someone who had them.

I ride an electric board everyday as my car. Wheels are 90mm 78A. In the e-board world there are Cloudwheels which are a hybrid: downhill wheel meets all terrain tire like a scooter. But I really like "skateboard" wheels on my eboard. They keep contact with the ground. Just today I rolled over roughly 1000 rocks and pebbles in an 8 mile journey. These wheels would be perfect for me. I could still feel the ground like flat downhill type wheels but roll over rocks especially at slow speeds. So cool.

Bones clears are the coolest wheels I've ever seen. I have a set but don't want to use em.

You know you’ve been in the game a long time when you can’t remember if you already made a video for a concept(that little bit at the end) 😂 Good stuff John, I remember watching you skate these when they were first released back in the day. Oh, & Whenever someone complains about a 55mm wheel being too much of a size difference for them, you could always just say ‘I don’t notice because my deck is too big’.

Omggg that music sync that edit is soooo smooooth

I have moved to Bones X99 and X97. I think they are the best wheels I have skated in 6 years. I skate between a 54 and 56mm for street boards, I like the bigger wheels for locking in grinds. I skate up to a 64mm for the bowl. I started skating in the 80s so it just feels right for a bowl board.

Burbank cvs dock or what used to be known as savon dock. Crazy you are skating there. When I lived in California that was the meet up spot for local kids. Good times

city worker in the background feelin the vibe

construction worker was a paid actor

Been wanting to try these.

What’s a good brand flat ledge,or flat grind bar? Tryna skate again

the little nuances add up. lol I always scale all my set ups accordingly. 8.25 - 8.5 board I usually skate 52mm wheels or up to 55mm sometimes on a 8.5. skate a bigger board! if your riding 54mm wheels at least set up a 8.5 or 8.6 a lot of things involving wheels size have to do with proportions, a 54mm wheel on a 8.75 feels nice. just saying lol for instance anything above a 9.00, 60mm wheels feel amazing, nothing like a fat 9+ deck with some big "9" in trucks and and some 60mm Bones or Spitfires. oh gets me hyped lol

Since you are retiring from skateboarding do you think you will need to be in LA or somewhere else?

Back in the 80's they used to have almost the same wheels out, but they were called tubes, or toobs. They were really wide and probably 62 diameter or so. They didn't catch on at all, but weird and interesting back then. I never rode them personally, but knew a guy that had them for a minute and I rode his board once. They were smooth, but too wide for my taste

Good video 🤘🏽

have you messed with the x99 bones wheels? Really nice slide despite being a bit softer and faster than F4 99a. So great for asphalt and your knee joint 😂

Are the tricks after 1:48 edited to subtly line up with the music? I dig it.

They also make a difference when you're going long distances, I used to skate the boardwalk with them and they would roll forever, just also pump when moving

Heck yeah! Love my shark wheels 🤘

Never leave us, John. 😁

i dont get the priciple of those wheels other than they have maybe a third less surface on the road. how do they cancel pebble stopping? and i think its just in your head that you can feel- 1-4 mm difference in your wheels radius...

When these things started showing up on longboards it was already wild, but I never expected to see them on street decks

Just curious which bearings you put with the wheels?

Wheels? We should talk about those finger nails!

I remember the first shark wheels for cruisers, never seen these. The channel carved out would reduce friction along with duro rating i would think.

i love how you synchronized the music with the tricks

I have the Chris Joslin bones. They’re 103A just fyi. My last 2 pairs of bones were 103A. Love them

He is a great dad ❤❤❤ we love you buddy and proud off what you become over the years whatching you inspired me to write a children’s book to

Cool video John

Could help to have rubber door stops to keep the ledge from sliding

I’m trynna figure out what size clippers he uses for the eyebrows. Maybe 1mm??

in downhill skateboarding we would have competitions and the weather would always change day to day, if it was raining we would have rain wheels that we cut three or so grooves into so the water could pass through like tread on a tire. I wonder if in the rain the shark wheels would still grip instead of feeling like you're skateboarding on ice? would be cool to know!

You should do a follow up video where you actually go through a "pebble" obstacle course.

Could you do a review of Andy Anderson's board?

These look like they would be better in the rain, and living in Alaska is rainy, so definitely interested in that

53 is usually what i end up with. and an 8 or 8.25 deck. been thinking to start skating and trying out a 8.5.

Honestly have been slowly downsizing through the years. I believe I learned how to Kickflip on 56mm 89 duro and now ~13 years later I rock spitfire formula four’s 54mm 99a as I mostly skate street

flat ledge?! id just say bench lol😊. your skating looks so smooth and great 👍

You should try a slappy grind with those wheels

They used to have the edges of the wheels with those sinusoidal waves as well and it made the wheels appear as if they were squared off. I wonder if the trued up the edges because there was some shimmy or if they did it because it was turning people away that didn't understand it. The old ones at least had an identity but maybe too uncanny for some people

How hot is it in California rn??? Because i know it's supposed to be hot, but in Croatia it's 36°C and you can't even walk outside, how do you skate?

What’s funny is when I skate I typically have 52/53 and yeah there’s no difference in a 52-56 imo … however in bmx I went from 175mm cranks to 170mm cranks and the 5mm difference is extremely noticeable due to pedaling and responsiveness …

When comparing wheels you should definitely include the nano cubics. I don't known this for sure but because of the wider shape they should weigh more and the difference in size should be either amplified or negated depending on what you compare them to. What I'm saying is mass affects flick I guess.

tricks synced to the music was really pleasant

dude, I've always wanted to skateboard, teach me!

Wheel size doesn't bother me too much, I usually skate 52mm or 54mm. Hardness of the wheels never bugged me either. However, deck size does bug me. I prefer 7.75 which used to be considered on the larger side back when most people skated 7.5. I also hate a smaller tail than the nose. I prefer them to be the same size and I hate how hard it is to find decks like this.

I have one setup with 56mm SML coffee cruiser wheels that are like 80a or something, and one setup with 55mm Formula Four 99a wheels. Bigger wheels are so much more enjoyable to ride for me.

Ocd kickin in the kf bs tail

I skate Force wheels 53mm. I like how narrow Force wheels are.

Spitfire 93s are all you ever need. (Not sponsored)

have you applied for SLS or xGames? I reckon you would kill it

I always thought the rationale of these wheels just wouldn't work for street size/duro. The design, in theory, allows them to give more grip in wet patches which is useful for downhill, of course. Unfortunately, scaling down the wheel width for a street size and the fact it's now the hardest duro the company can provide means you don't have a usable amount of tread on the shark wheel to actually interact with wet patches, nor would it provide more/less grip than a regular street wheel, since it's no longer a soft wheel. I think the main advantage you could expect from this is the weight reduction, assuming you replace the same size wheel, which is so negligible though.

2mm larger wheels only equal a 1mm height difference to the board. 👍🏻

I feel instantly happier when the notification of a john hill's video pops on.

For those curious, 2mm is literally 1/5th of a CENTIMETER. Whoever claims they notice a “huge difference” in anything under like a 5mm change or 1/2cm. If you remember 1cm is equal to 10mm it’s simple to keep track of. I only know this from bmx parts like the Stem and Bars and Cranks and shit that are all in different mm measurements.

Maybe I’m behind the curve but i had no clue about durometer lol good info

its like tire treads to flush out pebbles xD

It is really like actually insane to me how good John is at skating and can land almost every flat ground trick first try I wish I could be that good 👏🗣️🤓

Do pebbles get stuck in the groves

Can I make an advertisement for these? I want to test them out in the rain they look perfect!

How do you ride 101!? That's crazy. I feel like my whole board will rattle apart! lol.