The new Bear Precision Grizzlies are available now, and they have been a long time coming. Bear had team riders testing prototypes and making alterations for nearly two years before nailing down the ultimate product. Team riders Kyle Martin, Hugh Johnson, Andrew Chapman, Blake Startup, Adam Yates, Grizz, Mick Mcgoldrick, and Dillon Stephens all worked hand in hand with in house engineer Aaron Brown on design aspects.

NEW RAYNE PRODUCT

The 2011 re-release of the Long Treks Demonseed is HERE. Rayne Team Rider Paul Kent has been tweaking the design of the Demonseed over the past few years and to create the fastest, most efficient distance skating or commuting board ever made. This deck is an adaptation of the Rayne Demonseed but there are a slew of important changes to the design. The board is nimble, streamlined and lighter weight, this board will increase your pushing power while keeping you in control when things go down.

G-Form Knee Pads

As skaters, most of us are familiar with urethane for one main reason: it’s the stuff wheels are made of. Well, with the introduction of G-Form knee pads, we now have two reasons. G-Form knee pads are made with Poron XRD, a “smart” urethane that supposedly absorbs more than 90% of energy when impacted at" high strain rates". Strain rates? Okay, so the stuff is soft as gel when you pinch it with your fingers, but firms up dramatically if you smack it at high-speed. According to G-Form, the $39.99 knee pads are the first flexible exoskeleton rate-dependent impact pads worn outside of garments that stiffen upon impact all while remaining breathable.

Beach Mountain Land Paddles

Beach Mountain Land Paddles brings SUP to the streets. By utilizing a unique grip and paddle end, Beach Mountain has revolutionized the skateboard land paddle.

“Based on feedback from skaters and in part, Silverfish Longboarding discussion boards, we developed handle grips and paddles ends that ensure you never miss a stroke.” says David Box, Business Development at Beach Mountain. The second area of focus was making the paddles affordable and removing a barrier of entry into the sport.

the dominator

Cult Wheels is proud to present

the DOMINATOR

“Dominik Kowalski” is possibly the finest genius among all the minds that make up The Cult. He saw a need for a super-hard version of our Downhill wheel, perfect for supreme grip on smooth surfaces, ultra-high roll speed, and controllable slides of vast and epic proportions. Together they fused their collective knowledge into this – The Dominator. Perfect for Slalom, Downhill and Mind Expansion.

The Spooky, Kilima and Revolution are three decks from Lush Longboading that have developed "classic" status in the longboard world. Now, Lush has updated, improved and release three new decks "based on" the old classics. Check 'em out...

Three new boards from Lush

Lush have started to dribble out the first of their all new lineup, with two new speedboards and a drop-through cruiser - here's all the info.... the vandal is a medium-length topmount, built at the team's request for a super stiff race deck. This is effectively a replacement for the famous "Revolution" speedboard of old - but a totally new shape, adjustable wheelbase and all new wet layup construction which features a diagonal layer of bi-axial glass to keep things really stiff across the width of the deck. The result? Super responsive cornering, fast, strong, and most importatly - FUN.

Everyone gets the wobs. Whether it's the mild shimmy you just rode through or the sudden feeling of disaster just before a gremlin wrenches the deck out from under you, we've all dealt with it. Of course, the first thing for us all to learn is to keep weight on that front truck, but for those looking to know and understand more about how that gremlin does his dirty work, and how you can dial your board in to castrate the bastard.

Speed Wobble Hunting I decided to explore the wobble phenomenon from two perspectives, alternating between the scientific and the experiential, in hopes that between the two a better understanding of wobbles would emerge. I start my inquiry into the science behind wobbles by looking at the laws that govern the phenomena we’re experiencing. But the more I look into the physics of wobbles, the broader and more complicated the story gets. There’s the kinematic analysis of the geometry of motion, the harmonic motion of sine waves and the properties of self-exciting oscillation. Then on the mechanical side there are steering systems, dissected into the basic geometries and their performance characteristics. At first I wonder how much of this will actually relate back to my skateboarding speed wobbles, but the more I read, the more I’m amazed at how wobbles occur in everything, from vehicles and wings to electrical systems and the stock market. They’re the gremlin in the works of everything.