Jon you gotta get some powell thane. Snakes are some of the best slide wheels on the market because of how controlled and readable the transition from grip to slip is. They start to sort of hiss when you're deep in a carve close to breaking traction and then you just kick them out and they are sideways. You'll slide a lot further and easier which is great because you can spend more time to focus focus on technique and less time worried about how fast you're going into the slide. Don't be fooled by the 75a duro. These slide easily like they are 85a lol but absorb road vibration because they are 75a and "soft". Glove down they can feel icy at first but stay on top of your board and they'll be extremely controlled. Word of warning tho, snakes are great up to about 85 - 90F outside temp and then become almost too slidey. In that case I like to switch to the byrons which are in the SSF pro formula that have a bit more stopping power but the same controlled release - or the Kevin Rimer greens in SSF pro. Purples are basically jumbo snakes it's the same formula but have more edge grip for taking corners. Once you're comfy at low speeds on snakes and have good technique you can try the same thing on other wheels that grip more and require more speed to slide as smoothly. I've skated powell thane probably for the last 7 years at least after trying most freeride wheels on the market.
Wow - awesome and thank you for the incredible details. I had a set, but gave them away to my buddy because in truth I didn’t really know how to best use them. Temperature does make sense, but didn’t know when-so again-🙏 I’ll order some more. Have not tried Byron’s so will order some. Been trying so many wheels and wore out my first 3 already Banana milkshakes, Sector 9 Butterballs, and Cuei Perforamnce thane.
Truthfully-both Flow and performance thane are good. Actually felt like performance was laying thicker thane. Felt control in both and would say road ground in both are equal, but then again-noob view. Barely just getting started to understand wheels.
@@nickamaritthey were cranked down, as I remember. Been running into that sound a little more even on my Rocket board? Wondering if it’s bearings, spacers? On a separate issue - flat spotted the wheels next session. Working on vid now. Believe I weighed too much to my left rear.
@@cantskate5535 It could be the issue with using imperial spacers on Cuei's, which use metric cores. Flat spotting comes from sliding with the wheel(s) at 90-degrees with direction of travel for a long-enough duration (how long is needed depends on many factors).
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Jon you gotta get some powell thane. Snakes are some of the best slide wheels on the market because of how controlled and readable the transition from grip to slip is. They start to sort of hiss when you're deep in a carve close to breaking traction and then you just kick them out and they are sideways. You'll slide a lot further and easier which is great because you can spend more time to focus focus on technique and less time worried about how fast you're going into the slide. Don't be fooled by the 75a duro. These slide easily like they are 85a lol but absorb road vibration because they are 75a and "soft".
Glove down they can feel icy at first but stay on top of your board and they'll be extremely controlled.
Word of warning tho, snakes are great up to about 85 - 90F outside temp and then become almost too slidey. In that case I like to switch to the byrons which are in the SSF pro formula that have a bit more stopping power but the same controlled release - or the Kevin Rimer greens in SSF pro. Purples are basically jumbo snakes it's the same formula but have more edge grip for taking corners.
Once you're comfy at low speeds on snakes and have good technique you can try the same thing on other wheels that grip more and require more speed to slide as smoothly. I've skated powell thane probably for the last 7 years at least after trying most freeride wheels on the market.
Wow - awesome and thank you for the incredible details.
I had a set, but gave them away to my buddy because in truth I didn’t really know how to best use them. Temperature does make sense, but didn’t know when-so again-🙏 I’ll order some more.
Have not tried Byron’s so will order some. Been trying so many wheels and wore out my first 3 already Banana milkshakes, Sector 9 Butterballs, and Cuei Perforamnce thane.
Snakes are good but every set I’ve owned (4) has chunked pretty bad
How do you feel about the Flow thane from Cuei?
Truthfully-both Flow and performance thane are good. Actually felt like performance was laying thicker thane. Felt control in both and would say road ground in both are equal, but then again-noob view. Barely just getting started to understand wheels.
@@cantskate5535 Can your wheels still jiggle even if cranked down tight?
@@nickamaritthey were cranked down, as I remember. Been running into that sound a little more even on my Rocket board? Wondering if it’s bearings, spacers? On a separate issue - flat spotted the wheels next session. Working on vid now. Believe I weighed too much to my left rear.
@@cantskate5535 It could be the issue with using imperial spacers on Cuei's, which use metric cores.
Flat spotting comes from sliding with the wheel(s) at 90-degrees with direction of travel for a long-enough duration (how long is needed depends on many factors).
@@nickamarit thank you. Now making sense on metric cores. Will adjust properly.
Makes sense on 90 degree; another item for me to pay attention to.