Are yotangs as slidy as people say they are? I dont want to die...

**Redd777** · 03-06-2010 12:04 AM

Based on the hype it sounds like if i start a carve at 10mph they will just throw out. I still want to carve somewhat hard but throw out slides here and there. How well can people carve on them? Thanks guys..

**Viebster** · 03-06-2010 12:13 AM

No.........

**Swarm200** · 03-06-2010 12:14 AM

My friend rides yellows, if you want to be like kyle chin and throw f^cking hge slides maybe but if not get sum purples the rule.

**jaytoo** · 03-06-2010 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by Viebster

No.........

QFT.

I can almost guarantee that you will not slide by accident, even with these wheels. I ride yellow durians on my dropthrough carver - it grips. It slides when I want to.

I still can't slide switch, as hard as I try.

Answer your question?

**Redd777** · 03-06-2010 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Viebster

No.........

Originally Posted by Swarm200

My friend rides yellows, if you want to be like kyle chin and throw f^cking hge slides maybe but if not get sum purples the rule.

Originally Posted by jaytoo@gmail.com

QFT.

I can almost guarantee that you will not slide by accident, even with these wheels. I ride yellow durians on my dropthrough carver - it grips. It slides when I want to.

I still can't slide switch, as hard as I try.

Answer your question?

Yup yup, thanks a lot. Wasnt sure..searched but couldnt find exactly what i was looking for. So im thinking the yellows over the purps unless anyone have anything to say. Thanks!

**wardlarson** · 03-06-2010 12:47 AM

get the purples.

**permaculture** · 03-06-2010 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by Redd777

So im thinking the yellows over the purps unless anyone have anything to say. Thanks!

I have both yellow and purple in 70mm. Both yellow and purple ride well on rough surfaces, due to their wide contact patches.

There's no reason to avoid the yellow 86a wheels, they grip just fine.

**Redd777** · 03-06-2010 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by permaculture

I have both yellow and purple in 70mm. Both yellow and purple ride well on rough surfaces, due to their wide contact patches.

There's no reason to avoid the yellow 86a wheels, they grip just fine.

Thanks for the personal experiences haha, those are always good. Any major difference between the purps and yellows? Besides obvious ones of course

**Blix** · 03-06-2010 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by Redd777

Thanks for the personal experiences haha, those are always good. Any major difference between the purps and yellows? Besides obvious ones of course

They ride pretty much the same, but the 86a's have a more icy slide, great wheels.

**Terrorsathan** · 03-06-2010 07:05 AM

I found the yellows to break free when I didn't want them to... but when you want to slide they're pretty nuts

**Viebster** · 03-06-2010 10:13 AM

What i do is if I am carving and i start to feel them wanting to break out, i'll just throw a little check slide, so i'm ready for it.

**MJKam11** · 03-06-2010 10:18 AM

I have purples and when I turn I feel them begging for me to get my weight off my back foot so they can slide out. If you want to go fast and then start carving, don't buy them, don't even buy the purps. If you want to carve and slide get something that can do both (4 presidents for example, even flywheels).

**Petary791** · 03-06-2010 10:24 AM

It's all in the hips.

**gr4nt** · 03-06-2010 10:36 AM

get what matches your board (; jk
i want some 86 durians tho

**evesdropping** · 03-08-2010 03:08 AM

My purple ones wore out too quick, but other than that were awesome. I replaced them with yellow and they are wearing much slower. They grip better than I expected, not much less than the purple, and they slide smoother.

I will probably replace this set with yellow again when they wear out

**isk** · 03-08-2010 03:41 AM

depends on the surface of your roads.

smooth: no
rough: maybe

i find these dont slide out unpredictably. my worn 78a gumballs...THOSE slid all over the place when i didnt want to slide. pumping was impossible.

**Liamt** · 03-11-2010 01:24 PM

I actually was messing around on my buddys flex 4 vanny (terrible deck for sliding) with the yellow durians on it and I found them extremely predictable and controllable. at 20-25 ish i was doing standys where I would've scrubbed off almost all of my speed before I even realized they had broken traction-so smooth, I'd recomend them over the 83s as they hardly grip any less and slide much more smoothly IMO

**SheepGoToHeaven** · 03-11-2010 01:53 PM

Otangs = grippiest slide wheels ever.

**EhTeam420** · 03-11-2010 02:02 PM

i have put my 86a stimulus wheels on everything from a shlongboard to my friends Evo...

you won't die
they aren't like riding on ice
they dont just randomly kick out

they slide like butter whenever YOU want them to, that's for sure

this is coming from a 280ish pound, 6'1" tall rider...

**Irrationalist** · 03-11-2010 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by SheepGoToHeaven

Otangs = grippiest slide wheels ever.

qft

I can slide/carve at speed comfortably with both. If you don't carve sharp you will be fine. You can carve rather hard if its not sharp or sudden.