Spitfire formula four

[Sedition]

...(nollie tre fling attempts notwithstanding)...

The ultimate ghost pop trick. People who actually pop these are doing them...wrong.

[rikki]

I don't know, it somehow kinda seems like my feet become sore quicker with wide, conical wheels. They feel kinda heavier and clunkier and I feel like gravity affects me more than with slimmer wheels. Am I just mad?

And bring back the f*cking Radial Slim already, please.

[Mbrimson88]

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Holy fuck, you guys. You’re NOT helping my madness right now. For some inane, obtuse, and debilitating reason, I got the equally inane idea that I should try 52mm wheels again this afternoon. I’ve been down this road many times before, and it only ends in despair, disappointment, and frustration. “But no! This time I’ll try something other than a 52mm Classic! That will work, right?!!” Then I log on here and see all this banter about 52mm Full Connies. Great. Just great.  Fuck all y’all right now!

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Gotta say I still like Classics a lot too, but more so when they have worn down a few mm from bigger sizes, eg 56 down to 53 is perfect for me.

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I have found regular (non full) radials in your preferred size starts out like a worn down classic of a bigger size, in case you want that feeling from the get go.

Yeah I definitely have a good number of various sized Radial shaped wheels around.

They are the nice middle ground between Classics and everything else and I can put them on and not have to do anything at all to them and they skate just fine, usually 53, 54, 55, 56 mm sizes, but I also have a set each of the 57, special 57.7 which are really just 58 somewhere here too, just in case someone wants a bigger wider wheel that is not a really full shape.


More often than not I am mixing and matching between old returned wheels I reshape - Conical Full 54 mm in particular - which come up really well with more rounded edges in about the 52 to 53 mm size, but if I did have only new wheels, I think Radial would be the shape right from go in 53 to 54 mm for everything.

That's my wheel shape madness.

[Banned from the room]

Spitfire getting into the denim game 

Spit and like Venture Thrasher and Orchard are really all I've worn for soft goods since my 20s.
Anything that said East on it I was buying it back then. My all-time favorite was a hammer and sickle Volcom shirt. I wore it for like a decade.
I got my vintage Think shirt and a Big East wheels shirt still.

Spit I feel is the Top shit. No sweatshirt in skatebloarding has been made this year that can top that Olive Swirl. I'm definitely copping one.

I feel like I have to. The joy I've received from my two recent 97a purchases can't be put into words really. I need a new Thrasher X Venture beanie. Mine should be retired soon.

I have had Hopps stuff not long ago. I like that stuff. Id rock FTP and Adored shirts if I see um.
Id be really stoked for a black zip up FTP hoodie. That would kill. I can't wait to see who they X with in the future. What a great looking brand.

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...(nollie tre fling attempts notwithstanding)...

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The ultimate ghost pop trick. People who actually pop these are doing them...wrong.

i haven’t gotten a good one in like a decade, and i go a looooong time without thinking about them. but my last attempts were so heinous….

[Obijuan91]

are the f4 classics always so yellow fresh out of the packaging? Got som semi fresh handmi downs a while back and the logo was damn near still intact but the wheel was already so yellow

[Paco Supreme]

I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

[Banned from the room]

are the f4 classics always so yellow fresh out of the packaging? Got som semi fresh handmi downs a while back and the logo was damn near still intact but the wheel was already so yellow

Idk if it's because they are 97 but both of my recent sets are still white as rice.
One of my older 99a wheels stayed whit up until recently. They're.issing like 8mmm too.
I think it just varies case to case

[Banned from the room]

I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

I'm happy with my 97s but im so down to try um

[smg1138]

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are the f4 classics always so yellow fresh out of the packaging? Got som semi fresh handmi downs a while back and the logo was damn near still intact but the wheel was already so yellow

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Idk if it's because they are 97 but both of my recent sets are still white as rice.
One of my older 99a wheels stayed whit up until recently. They're.issing like 8mmm too.
I think it just varies case to case

I always felt like the harder Spitfire F4's had more of a yellow tint than the softer ones. Not sure if I'm just imaging that though.

[Mbrimson88]

I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

I hadn't seen anything, but I am often not in the right place at the right time either, as far as these things.

Rad if they do bring out a few other options, because I think there is a market for them.

[onkalo]

95a f4 classic fulls would be dope

[Banned from the room]

I just realized that the OG classic is the old Ground Round wheel from i think 89?

[Daydream]

I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

def interested to see how a 93d spitfire is and in comparison to dragons

[rikki]

I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

Source? Nothing about this on any Spitfire channel, nor did I find anything about this upon searching the innerwebz.

[Paco Supreme]

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I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

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Source? Nothing about this on any Spitfire channel, nor did I find anything about this upon searching the innerwebz.

It says right there, I saw all around good guy @144p post up a sample set, on Instagram. Kept it vague in case he wasn’t meant to do so yet.

[Obijuan91]

I feel I seen the other shapes hold up their color but the classics always seem nasty ass yellow. Would like a bigger size maybe stay more white like a 54mm? Cuz I know the harder duro is supposed to stay whiter tho

[Mbrimson88]

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I don’t know if many of you guys follow 144p here on Instagram.

But some lower duro F4s have been popping up, 93d in a radial shape. Sounds interesting for a crust beater

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Source? Nothing about this on any Spitfire channel, nor did I find anything about this upon searching the innerwebz.

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It says right there, I saw all around good guy @144p post up a sample set, on Instagram. Kept it vague in case he wasn’t meant to do so yet.

A while back now Andrew Reynolds posted in his story, 95 duro F4 wheels to try.  Never heard anything more from that but someone screenshot it and it is back somewhere in here too.

They are definitely out there and people, pro or shop guys alike usually get some to try and give feedback so they can adjust or fine tune them before anything actually comes out.


This was the post:

https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=82118.msg4018694;topicseen#msg4018694

Sidenote: I saw this reynolds story a few weeks ago and just thought of it now. I wonder if Spitfire is brewing a response.

I feel I seen the other shapes hold up their color but the classics always seem nasty ass yellow. Would like a bigger size maybe stay more white like a 54mm? Cuz I know the harder duro is supposed to stay whiter tho

I think it is just down to age of wheels, more than certain batches, even though that does seem to have some part to play in it too, looking back at some wheels I have, but more than anything, urethane cures / colours when under uv light, so in a shop cabinet or just out in the sun for longer means that they will be more yellow than some other wheels too.

Keeping wheels out of direct light, or in a dark place means they tend to keep their pale colour longer, but looking at some different wheels, more recent sets that have come out appear a lot lighter in colour, compared to some of the earlier wheels, even from a year or so ago, from new.

The more additives, the more likely they will stay lighter, more pure urethane, more likely they will yellow or colour up too.

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anyone notice black (i'd assume same for any other color too) F4s to be a tad softer and grippier than the natural colored ones?

[moonordie]

anyone notice black (i'd assume same for any other color too) F4s to be a tad softer and grippier than the natural colored ones?

Actually I felt the exact opposite.

[Síota]

My old man knee's are waiting for them 95a F4's!

[Xen]

anyone notice black (i'd assume same for any other color too) F4s to be a tad softer and grippier than the natural colored ones?

Yes; after a while my 99a blk conicals ended up feeling really dead compared to regular spit 99s.

[Banned from the room]

I feel I seen the other shapes hold up their color but the classics always seem nasty ass yellow. Would like a bigger size maybe stay more white like a 54mm? Cuz I know the harder duro is supposed to stay whiter tho

idk. i just took a look. my 101s are by far the brownest. the 99s are all over the place. i just noticed i rode all but the most recent retiree to almost exactly the same size. when i can touch thumb and middle finger around the wheel its a wrap. looks to be about 50-48mm. i fricking burn about 5-8mm a year it looks like.

i found out that when you put away the 97a wheel after riding them a bit they slide better the second time around. i say this because i watched a lot of wheel reviews before buying and they was always shocked about the slide on the second opinion test. " i dont remember them sliding that nice.... theyre sliding better than the 99a example?!?!?"

i had to take the chance. and im very stoked. im going to the park tomorrow. its going to be near 60 and its the first of the month. DAMN i made too many purchases this past month. I got 5 shows coming up and the records dropping as soon as we find distro. ITS ALL HAPPENING IN 24!!!

i am curious to see what spit comes up with in 93a. the dragons had issues on moist ground. if they can avoid that and they slide a bit then im in for sure. i love soft so long as they can be controlled. i dont even slide that much now i think of it. only when evasive action is needed. im usually thinkimg damn i need should have done that faster. one more try.

i took the 97a down the Gallows Hill paved paths. I did the 50%er right next to the park from the Witches' Crack with the loose trucks conversion it was pretty sweet. then i did the lil boomerang curve right next to it. i got a little whobble. mmmm. got the feeling you get sometimes when you hit the bottom right. mmmm. like you might loop out and the imaginary white water is about to catch up with you. best shit on earth

[rikki]

Am I the only one who actually really likes the way Spits turn potato yellow? I don't have a problem with ultra-white wheels but I prefer them gnarly yellowed. All things must pass and age should be proudly shown.

[moonordie]

Am I the only one who actually really likes the way Spits turn potato yellow? I don't have a problem with ultra-white wheels but I prefer them gnarly yellowed. All things must pass and age should be proudly shown.

I'm on the same boat as you.

[Síota]

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Am I the only one who actually really likes the way Spits turn potato yellow? I don't have a problem with ultra-white wheels but I prefer them gnarly yellowed. All things must pass and age should be proudly shown.

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I'm on the same boat as you.

Same, bright white wheels look like toy store shit or something

[Jogging José]

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Am I the only one who actually really likes the way Spits turn potato yellow? I don't have a problem with ultra-white wheels but I prefer them gnarly yellowed. All things must pass and age should be proudly shown.

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I'm on the same boat as you.

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Same, bright white wheels look like toy store shit or something

Same, I hate bright white wheels with a passion. I guess it comes from my disdain for bright white pickguards on electric guitars. Potato Spits remind me of my well worn vintage guitars…

[144p]

I've tested a few sets of the 93a f4, very similar feel to the dragon wheels.
So far ive had conical full 54/56 and radial 56. I like them a lot, great for the streets.
They're calling them Soft Sliders, no idea when they might release.

[Can he read]

I've tested a few sets of the 93a f4, very similar feel to the dragon wheels.
So far ive had conical full 54/56 and radial 56. I like them a lot, great for the streets.
They're calling them Soft Sliders, no idea when they might release.

Hopefully they haven’t settled on that name 😬

[144p]

I recommended crust burners but no response.