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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Landyachtz VS Sector 9

The battle of a longboarders life is constantly choosing boards. With different companies to choose from such as Sector Nine, Landyachtz, Arbor, Element, Jet, Comet, Black Tie, and many more you have a wide variety of shapes and styles.

However our main focus today is Sector Nine and Landyachtz. These two board companies have been ranked 1st and second, and the results changing from site to site but these companies are always top 2. So today I've decided to do an overall factual review with some of my opinion to talk about these boards.

Sector Nine, is a high priced company with great quality boards. They are also known well for their wheels too. Their boards are usually manufactured from a high quality maple or bamboo. Bamboo for cruising or carving and maple for free ride and downhill. I myself ride a Super Shaka from Sector Nine, with Butterballs their well known wheels. I find Sector 9 to be a great company for freeride and downhill boards, but not so much for cruising.

Landyachtz has great cruisers such as the Bamboo Totem, but I don't really like many other boards except for the "Switch" series. You'll find if you buy a Landyachtz board it won't have great pop, if you're looking for boards like that go for the Bustin YoFace, or the only good cruising Landyachtz which is the ripple ridge. Besides that in my opinion they have a few good downhill boards, but alot of them de- laminate after 10 minutes of rain or even a few ghostride kickflips.

Landyachtz recently released there dinghy line making users more happy with many cool designs to choose from. I'm not saying I don't like Landyachtz, I myself have owned an Evo, Ripple Ridge, and Switch 40, and ridden some friends Top Speeds, I find them to be amazing decks, but some of the designs I don't like such as the Wolfshark's. Design doesn't really matter though. I find Landyachtz's drop-deck playforms rather unique. Not that it drops but how it's done. Such as on boards like the R5 or the Evo.

Overall I personally find the better company to be Landyachtz. Disagree? vote in this weeks poll!

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