Landyachtz Boss Hawgs (Shred or Dead)

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This article is going to be a part of a new segment called "Shred or Dead" Which will be posted every Sunday,it will be a review column of a variety of products, Enjoy!

I recently picked myself up a set of Boss Hawgs, a wheel made by Landyachtz which comes in 3 Options:
70mm 76a (Blue)
70mm 78a (Red)
70mm 80a (Grey)

I bought a set of the red ones. (In all actuality I didn't by them I got them in the Landyachtz Mystery Box before they were released!) Anyways, I just got into riding them after winter faded away. The first thing I noticed about these wheels was the texture, they feel soft, you can almost feel the form change by pushing on it. It has mild resistance to my finger, but it is still noticeable. I set these wheels up on my classic setup (Grizzly 852's with a Sector 9 Super Shaka) and got down to business.

These wheels seem as if they would be more of a grippy wheel with them being 78a and all but they're quite the opposite. They have an FSU core making them great for free riding with a rounded lip, even Landyachtz website tells you they're for "Ultimate Smooth Slides." I thought they were working great, they left some pretty thick thane lines, and I could do some pretty cool slides. If I could compare them to any wheel it would likely be the Orangutan Durian series, they slide well at all speeds and they've lasted me a good 3 months of going out 3 times a week.

Now I'm aware free-riding isn't the only thing that matters, out in the area I live there are some pretty nice hills, with my top speed reaching about 80 km/h with Landyachtz Mini Monster Hawgs. With these wheels I achieved almost the same speed, at 76 km/h.

The only thing I can't recommend these wheels for is cruising, they are rather large and if you wanted to cruise just buy something like Cult Mini's not these.

Final Thoughts:
In my opinion they're well worth the $48 dollars. The slides were great, so was the downhill, the lower durometer didn't affect speed wobbles or anything like that and the rounded edge really made sliding a breeze.

Slide: 8/10
Downhill: 7/10
Cruise: 5/10
Overall: 8/10

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Shark Wheels. The Wheels That Bite... Literally.

I Personally bought these wheels fresh off of Kickstarter a website where you help growing entrepreneurs achieve there so called goal of making the world a better place. Now the second i got these wheels they felt rather odd. The outer part of the wheel was tearing and they felt like a cheap plastic. I decided to give them a shot anyway, I rode these wheels down a local hill at around 45kmh. A relatively slow speed for some. But coming up to slide at the end these wheels wouldn't shred any thane and decided to stop dead in there tracks, launching me 5 feet off my board onto the ground. I went back to take a look at them only to find that after a mere day of riding them i had already "Puked,Cored,Melted" the inner core of my wheel.

 So I do what any of us would do I call the company not only do they tell me I can't return them because i rode them for an hour, but that the wheels weren't designed for slides. If you had watched the original video for this product you would have seen a mid teen pulling 180 slides straight down the hill no problem. I continued t ride these wheels and more problems sprung up including the plastic that melted getting into the threads on my trucks, and the wheels became more square the more I rode. I was beginning to sound my like a 1970 Harley Davidson motorcycle then a teen on a skateboard. 

My Overall conclusion is that these wheels bite and seem like something you'd get from Walmart for 20$

I would rate them;

Sliding- 1

Downhill Speed- 4

Freestyle- 1

Looks- 8

Durability- 1

These wheels were too much hype, and no use. There's no good purpose for these wheels and never will be. Stay tuned for next weeks edition on Top 10 Christmas Gifts