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Bones® REDS® Skateboard Bearings 8 pack

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Product Review (submitted on December 4, 2018):

I am a 42 year old skateboarder who just started skating again less than six months ago. I skateboarded back in the late 80s until the age of 15 but then never skated again. Recently, my son found a skateboard in a ditch and it did not roll very well so, i thought I would buy some bearings online to see if I could use it. I did my research and ended up purchasing Bones REDS.

Bones REDS bearings made a huge difference in skating the board (ends up it is a very cheap Kmart special with crappy trucks and razor tail). After realizing I had the passion to get back into skateboarding again from skating this crappy board but enjoying it, I purchased a Tony Hawk complete from Birdhouse since that was the last board I rode when I was 15 years old.

I rode the Tony Hawk complete for months until I noticed that I was having trouble getting up and down the ramps in the local skate park. I remembered that I still had the Bones Bearings in the crappy Kmart board. I removed the complete's generic bearings and replaced them with the Bones REDS and have not looked back.

Recently, I purchased an 8.5" Bamboo Complete that was on clearance for $70 on Black Friday but the bearings and wheels that came with the board really sucked for skating park. I put my Birdhouse wheels on the board and tried them with both the generic complete bearings and the Radeckal bearings that came from Bamboo but I found that the Bones REDS were still the fastest.

Now, I am getting ready to purchase my first 60mm Bones SPF wheels and Bones Super REDS. I was debating whether to go Bones Swiss but since I just spent $70 on myself during Black Friday, I figured that I could probably justify spending another $10 on Bones Super REDS bearings in addition to the wheels but I could not justify to my wife spending as much as I would have to on Bones Swiss yet, although I would love to own a pair of Swiss, even if they were old and I just had to clean them. Maybe next year!

Meanwhile, I am excited about upgrading my Bones REDS to Bones Super REDS along with the larger 60mm Bones SPF wheels. I cannot wait to see the speed I get when I hit the skate park with the faster wheels and bearings. Thank you for all you do, Skate One! Bones are the best! Nothing else comes close!