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    Default Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Hey guys, so im new to the fish and was wondering if the Slide As would still work for some dancing and cruising. i just finished build a 46" dancer type board and would like to be able to do slides yet still be able to dance and the earthwing wheels sure do look sick.

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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    They are a dedicated slide wheel.

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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Quote Originally Posted by Captain-Obvious View Post
    Hey guys, so im new to the fish and was wondering if the Slide As would still work for some dancing and cruising. i just finished build a 46" dancer type board and would like to be able to do slides yet still be able to dance and the earthwing wheels sure do look sick.

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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Quote Originally Posted by Captain-Obvious View Post
    Hey guys, so im new to the fish and was wondering if the Slide As would still work for some dancing and cruising. i just finished build a 46" dancer type board and would like to be able to do slides yet still be able to dance and the earthwing wheels sure do look sick.

    thanks everyone and 8)
    Let's look at this in a completely different light. Take your setup to a skatepark with smooth concrete or a parking structure with beautifully finished smooth glassy concrete and you could take dancing and sliding to a whole new level. It would be awesome Anyways this is theoretical good fun. For most of what you are looking to do look at Scott from Muir's answer. He his this right on the head. I still say dance/slide your local skatepark. F the guys in their tight pants
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Slide wheels are the roughest wheel i have ever ridden. Go with 65mm 86a fat frees if you want lot of slide but still come grip/ smoothness.
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Quote Originally Posted by sean94 View Post
    Slide wheels are the roughest wheel i have ever ridden. Go with 65mm 86a fat frees if you want lot of slide but still come grip/ smoothness.
    Yeah and they Slide A's are LOUD. Like rocket engines.

    Go with some sort of O-tang wheel. You won't regret it.

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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    wondering if the Slide As would still work for some dancing and cruising
    Very much NO. Slide-as have no grip pretty much. They are rough and slippery. They ARE the finest tech slide wheels I've ever ridden, but you'll have trouble with that on a dancer. Too small for cruising too. How about some Earthwing Blue Freeriders? They'll do the job nicely...
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Quote Originally Posted by irrationalist View Post
    yeah and they slide a's are loud. Like rocket engines.

    Go with some sort of o-tang wheel. You won't regret it.
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Alright, well thanks everyone for answering my q. and now I have decided to not get Slide As.

    So maybe Earthwing freeriders or Orange Bigzigs cause I think Orangatangs are a little out of my price range.


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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Big zigz, once again, as a slalom shaped wheel, suck for sliding. So no.
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    bigzigs are made for grip, go with the free riders
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    okay sounds cool. What freeride wheel is better the earthwing or abec 11?

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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    its prefrence, some people like earthwing and some people like abec11, just pick a wheel and try it out
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    Default Re: Earthwing Slide A Wheels good for just cruising?

    Quote Originally Posted by spoctopus View Post
    its prefrence, some people like earthwing and some people like abec11, just pick a wheel and try it out
    alright thanks!

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