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what shape for an old man skating bowls?
i don’t do flip tricks or skate rough terrain anymore, just like to pump around medium size bowls, so wheels last forever, i loved my rainskates 57mm 98a, round cuts but they’re beat
TBH if I was just skating bowls I'd probably go with bones 100s or SPF rather than formula 4s. Bones stick better to slippery concrete.
I was recently skating 101 radial slims / Bones STF V1s over the past two weeks and switched to SPF.
Noticeable increase in speed and hardness feel, no question about it. Grip-wise they're great. Going back to either of the other two felt slow and sluggish in bowls.
If you like the softer/grippier ffeel since you ride 98a - any STF or F4 in 99a will do you fine (I'd give the nod to the bones V5 99a, they feel a tad harder than 99a spits).