Zach testing the 93a and 95a, comparing it to 103a stf.
The 93a powerslide at 6:50 is kinda insane.
Crooked grind tests starting at 9:55
Feeble grinds at 14:12
Bs tails at 16:45
Edit: I'm fully convinced about the 95a
As I said earlier in the thread, the 95a and 97a were really hard feeling. Keep in mind that he is skating a skatepark. Even though its a "rough" skatepark, he said its smoother than the street. And like most of the people in these test videos, he is used to STF 103a.
This video is long so I'll summarize.
He said...
The 95a crooks on ledge as well as the STF 103a, but the 93a gave a little bit of resistance.
The 95a and 93a feeble on a square rail as well as the STF 103a.
The 95a and 93a tailslide on a square rail as well as the STF 103a.
Then he did a test on a cruuuuuuuusty/rocky path where he did a bigspin switch hillbomb test...
93a "felt fine"
95a "definitely noticeably" worse. "didn't feel as good."
103a "almost ran out of speed" before doing the bigspin. Bumpy ride. "would not want to do that on purpose". And was suggesting his feet were vibrating.
He basically said he is switching to 95a, and there is no reason for him to skate his favorite wheel (STF 103a) anymore.
In terms of my personal observations... I still have yet to get ejected from my board by a rock on the 93a... they are pretty insane in that regard. The 95a (and especially the 97a) WITH a core/hub got ejected by rocks more than a F4 99a. Hopefully without the core they are more forgiving in that regard. It looked like that path he was skating was rocky, so they must be somewhat better without the core/hub, which is nice to know. Again though, there was a pretty huge chasm between 93a and 95a in my tests.
I'm curious if the 97a are going to be released? Here is a 103a skater saying he is going to switch to the 95a. The 97a would just tackle stuff worse than the 95a? The 97a seems like it would be a bit of a Catch 22 wheel? The 97a was sliiightly faster than the 95a (which was fast in its own regard) but that speed probably isn't worth the trade-off.
My two cents...
If you normally skate F4 99a, go with the 93a. These things basically make F4 97a obsolete for trick skating. I've never skated NFG 95s, but I can't imagine a world where those skate better than these 93a.
If you normally skate STF 103a (or another 101+ wheel), probably go with the 95a to start. But I would still recommend checking out the 93a because they are pretty mind-blowing and will unlock previously untennable spots (and make troublesome spots feel normal). I feel like even really hard wheel skaters should have the 93a in their quiver. If you are able to make 103a work where you live, you probably don't *need* the 93a.