Powell dragon formula tested by nine club.

[therealnod]

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why do you think these were marketed as Powell wheels and not Bones? Are they meant to be sold to an older crowd? Did Powell do wheels at all before? seemed like they always watned to keep Powell as the Board company and Bones as the wheel company, seems odd they decided to cannabalize now

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My opinion on Bones wheels was pretty low and would have been pretty hard to convince me to ever buy a set again.  I'm guessing that's why they released these under Powell.

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Apparently word on  the rough streets is that these wheels are marketed to the old cunts that remember Powell when it was cool. Old bastards have cash and are now a large percentage of the skate market. Old bones, sore muscles, fat wallets and nostalgia help sell soft wheels. These formulas will creep into the bones line up eventually.

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Imagine already being part of the dorkiest kind of skateboarder and then going Pinacle dweeb and being into Powell instead of Santa Cruz/oj/slimeballs

I checked out Powell precisely because I was a Santa Cruz kid and hadn't ridden Powell before. I'll probably get a cool kids setup so I can understand that it doesn't make a difference to me. I just need to figure out what the coolest thing is.

[roastbeef]

Just tried these (93a) out against filmer wheels 80a and regular spitfire 99a wheels.

Tried on smooth concrete and crusty streets. I slid on both surfaces easily and they sounded like normal barking wheels.
Filmer wheels, no vibrations, no slide.
Spitfire wheels, lots of vibrations, easy slides.
The Powell dragons had some vibrations and easy slides.

The dragons could easily be my new wheels for any terrain. I actually expected them to have less vibration but the vibration was still there. but they were also way quieter over the crusty streets compared to the spits. You could hear me a mile away on the spits. I did back to back comparisons on three different boards. These will easily open some spots for you that were too rough to skate before on regular hard wheels.

my rating: 4 out of 5 stars. If there was no vibration, it would have gotten 5 stars.

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[WideFeet]

I rode the Dragon today. My friend set some up and we went out in the street and started powersliding. I felt like they slid better than my 99a Spitfire’s. It’s a trip.

[Banned from the room]

Powell Peralta. its hard to see but yes bones was labeled this was back in the

[Banned from the room]

according to Powell, these wheels are great if you "live anywhere that gets weather".

any trick anywhere? do switch bs flip &&. ill be back next week

[doctorkickflip]

Powell Peralta. its hard to see but yes bones was labeled this was back in the

sorry to interrupt your bath

[144p]

I was gifted a set of these wheels to try, normally I bounce between 97 and 99 F4’s.
Skated some serious crust and they over performed, really fun in those back alleys and made some stuff skateable that maybe wouldn’t have been before. They slid ok but on wallrides we’re a little grippy. On ledges they gripped more than they slid which is a bummer. I did some slappies and felt little resistance. My board felt kind of soggy though and my pop was a bit off.
I’m not normally a crust skater though so to make these my daily would be a stretch. They feel more cruiser wheel than standard too which I’m not a fan of.
I prefer the f4 97 in summation.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

I was gifted a set of these wheels to try, normally I bounce between 97 and 99 F4’s.
Skated some serious crust and they over performed, really fun in those back alleys and made some stuff skateable that maybe wouldn’t have been before. They slid ok but on wallrides we’re a little grippy. On ledges they gripped more than they slid which is a bummer. I did some slappies and felt little resistance. My board felt kind of soggy though and my pop was a bit off.
I’m not normally a crust skater though so to make these my daily would be a stretch. They feel more cruiser wheel than standard too which I’m not a fan of.
I prefer the f4 97 in summation.

A totally reasonable review? On MY slap? I don’t think so, get outta here buddy

[banksandledges]

I was gifted a set of these wheels to try, normally I bounce between 97 and 99 F4’s.
Skated some serious crust and they over performed, really fun in those back alleys and made some stuff skateable that maybe wouldn’t have been before. They slid ok but on wallrides we’re a little grippy. On ledges they gripped more than they slid which is a bummer. I did some slappies and felt little resistance. My board felt kind of soggy though and my pop was a bit off.
I’m not normally a crust skater though so to make these my daily would be a stretch. They feel more cruiser wheel than standard too which I’m not a fan of.
I prefer the f4 97 in summation.

I got a set as well.  A lot of the same to report, main negative was the pop feels slightly soggy/delayed.  Other than that I found them to slide as well, if not better, for nose/tailslides and lipslides.  What I'm trying to figure out is did the OG Powell wheels (Rat Bones etc) from the late 80's slide as well?  I remember doing powerslides on them but was too little and new to skating to do any real tricks with them. 

[Banned from the room]

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I was gifted a set of these wheels to try, normally I bounce between 97 and 99 F4’s.
Skated some serious crust and they over performed, really fun in those back alleys and made some stuff skateable that maybe wouldn’t have been before. They slid ok but on wallrides we’re a little grippy. On ledges they gripped more than they slid which is a bummer. I did some slappies and felt little resistance. My board felt kind of soggy though and my pop was a bit off.
I’m not normally a crust skater though so to make these my daily would be a stretch. They feel more cruiser wheel than standard too which I’m not a fan of.
I prefer the f4 97 in summation.

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I got a set as well.  A lot of the same to report, main negative was the pop feels slightly soggy/delayed.  Other than that I found them to slide as well, if not better, for nose/tailslides and lipslides.  What I'm trying to figure out is did the OG Powell wheels (Rat Bones etc) from the late 80's slide as well?  I remember doing powerslides on them but was too little and new to skating to do any real tricks with them.

at 97a i slid pretty good. i think it was my weight and the size of the whhel. Big wheel more speed. We would get driven up to NH and Maine to bomb hills by my friends father. Bomb next to his car. Then go canoeing. It was arround when Checkered Pig snowboards dropped. I remember them taking about that new brand. There was only one halfpipe at Sunday River. The LIt Halfpipe. I LAUNCHED the end into the woods switch lol on my first run. I survived obv.

anyway we had 4 wheel slide contest. Bones t bones slid the best at 97. Alva Hardones. Slid like perfect. Bullet 66s. Id sacrifice a nut for a set of 97a bullet 66s rn. Get a Fred Smith III deck and some new indy 4 reissues. Skate nothing but barriers and hills forever and ever.

[igrindtwinkies]

I got a set as well.  A lot of the same to report, main negative was the pop feels slightly soggy/delayed.

I noticed this as well, I figured it was related to the size of wheel I was using(56mm).  I think tomorrow I am going to switch back to F4's, but I will probably keep these in the quiver for when I really want to hit some street spots.  Seriously, alot of the ground here is red rock pavement and is very hard to skate, but it's pretty much unlocked when I skate these.

[rawbertson.]

sounds like a worse version of what OJ has been doing for ages

[SwitchBigspinflipBoneless]

Anyone know where to get these in the UK? Can't find anything that isn't £70+ shipping from America

[HiResDes]

Oh damn a wheel tested by people who don't have a bad thing to say about anyone/anything? Seems legit.

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[roastbeef]

Anyone know where to get these in the UK? Can't find anything that isn't £70+ shipping from America

they seem to be selling out pretty fast in most shops.

[RichardBarkley]

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Anyone know where to get these in the UK? Can't find anything that isn't £70+ shipping from America

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they seem to be selling out pretty fast in most shops.

Not quite UK but closer

https://www.titus-shop.com/en/powell-peralta-wheel-dragons-93a-v1-standard-offwhite-0135710/

Out of interest do you have to pay any interest on items imported from Europe?

So if you bought them wheels from German would you have a charge ?

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Anyone know where to get these in the UK? Can't find anything that isn't £70+ shipping from America

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they seem to be selling out pretty fast in most shops.

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Not quite UK but closer

https://www.titus-shop.com/en/powell-peralta-wheel-dragons-93a-v1-standard-offwhite-0135710/

Out of interest do you have to pay any interest on items imported from Europe?

So if you bought them wheels from German would you have a charge ?

Cheers man,  sold out already unfortunately.

I went through checkout out of curiosity and shipping to England has been bumped up to £25, same as shipping to Thailand.  Rest of EU is about 5-9 euro.  Brexit eh. 

[versacekid420]

from someone that will find a reason to hate on literally anything at all and will not ride anything other that spitfires, my friend got a set and they are really nice. only thing I wish were different is that he'd gotten a bigger size

[Goodcurbs]

from someone that will find a reason to hate on literally anything at all and will not ride anything other that spitfires, my friend got a set and they are really nice. only thing I wish were different is that he'd gotten a bigger size

The 56 are conicals. A lot of people been wanting these in bigger sizes. Dragon blood is a lot harder to find than children's blood used in formula 4s.

[roba]

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from someone that will find a reason to hate on literally anything at all and will not ride anything other that spitfires, my friend got a set and they are really nice. only thing I wish were different is that he'd gotten a bigger size

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The 56 are conicals. A lot of people been wanting these in bigger sizes. Dragon blood is a lot harder to find than children's blood used in formula 4s.

i'm 99% sure that you actually believe this

[rawbertson.]

well the fact they are sold out across the planet has to mean something... right?
or did that 9 club ad just push everyone over the edge 

[SatanicPanic]

Just got a pair because I mostly skate the asphalt parking lot and curbs near my house- pretty stoked. They’re faster on asphalt (slower on cement). They slide fine. Honestly should have occurred to me a long time ago that always riding 101s wasn’t great for my joints

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from someone that will find a reason to hate on literally anything at all and will not ride anything other that spitfires, my friend got a set and they are really nice. only thing I wish were different is that he'd gotten a bigger size

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The 56 are conicals. A lot of people been wanting these in bigger sizes. Dragon blood is a lot harder to find than children's blood used in formula 4s.

that childrens blood fuckin works

[gsosa]

All these posts about them being sold out and shit made me just impulse buy them off of Parade World.

[BartHarleyJarvis]

All these posts about them being sold out and shit made me just impulse buy them off of Parade World.

Let us know how you like em. I'm still running my preproduction jawns with the hub, but I'm considering grabbing a set if there are labor day sales. The 52mm shape looks like a Spitfire classic shape which works for me.

[reckless toboggan]

I rode the Dragon today. My friend set some up and we went out in the street and started powersliding. I felt like they slid better than my 99a Spitfire’s. It’s a trip.

On the custy crust we have here, I had the exact same experience.

They roll almost like filmer wheels, and they slide like 99a's or better.

This is my new street wheel fosho.

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I should have ordered but whatever. Ill find someone who dont like um and trade for some old spits. I got mad wheels that are fine. I skate bricks every day

I ordered some shoes and some green bushings from orchard

But yeah i got 58mm wheels. I can roll pretty good. Soft wheels when the salt hits the ground.   

[sacking rails]

i want to try these but i cant in good conscience purchase something from powell

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All these posts about them being sold out and shit made me just impulse buy them off of Parade World.

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Let us know how you like em. I'm still running my preproduction jawns with the hub, but I'm considering grabbing a set if there are labor day sales. The 52mm shape looks like a Spitfire classic shape which works for me.

Finally skated them today. I was so anxious to see how they would ride. After the first few pushes I loved how smooth they were, very similar to key frames (which is the wheel I originally wanted to replace with these). The moment I threw a small bs powerslide and saw they slid pretty much like F4 99s I was blown away. I skated huge distances today, and it was so easy and required way less effort thanks to these wheels.

Now Ive only skated them for a day so cant really give a full review but I really cant believe how good these wheels are.

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I was mainly looking for a wheel that can work as a cruiser/filmer wheel that can actually slide. I dont really feel like Ill be using these as a on my regular board that much but Im stoked that Ill actually be able to skate "normally" when Im on my filmer board.

[OldieButFrenchie]

count me as another satisfied customer. I bought a set of 56 and I really liked them.
I wouldn't say they opened up new spots for me cause I always ride big wheels, 56 or 58.
But they do roll smoother and slide good. Did not notice any difference for tail or noseslides.
So I'll definitely buy another set when this one is done.
I tried them on street and in a park, they did well in both settings. But street is where they shine compared to other wheels.