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Kryptonics were the baddest, fastest wheels that were out there in the 80s for your skateboard.I never got any when I was a kid because they were expensive.I still look and drool at them on eBay!

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Do You Remember Kryptonics?

Do You Remember Kryptonics?

  • Anonymous user
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    I had an A series (square lip, no bearing support) set of 70mm blue Kryptonics on my 29" G&S Fibreflex slalom deck with original split axle Gullwing trucks (green rubber bushings and a special baseplate to stop the axle bolt breaking). At the same time, I also had a B series (rounded lip, inbuilt washer as the outside bearing support) set of 70mm red Kryptonics on my 10" x 30" Alva fishtail deck with Tracker trucks that I had added early urethane bushing to. Occasionally, I swapped out the Kryptonics for either the 65mm white YoYos that I had coned the back face with my dad's lathe or the yellow Alva wheels, depending on my plans for the day. On an icy canal tow path in January 1989, skating to work, the Alva slid into the deepest part of a lock and was never seen again, taking the Trackers and red Kryptonics with it. Also skated the Malibu Dogbowl and Hysen Green, Nottingham, along with the South Bank and Meanwhile 2, both in London, and the 18 foot bowl in Kettering Now I have a 10.5 x 30.5" fishtail Rip N Dip deck (closest shape to the Alva I could get) with 75mm red reissue Kryptonics on 7" Osprey RKP trucks with Venom angled risers, custom Venom bushings, Bones tailbone and rails and an 80s nose protector. I also have a 28" x 8" £20 cruiser setup that I have just added 60mm red reissue Kryptonics to. The 65mm reds arrive shortly. Yeah, I remember Kryptonics but I can also see them from here. Best memory? Grabbing hold of an old style London bus and having it take me at 20+mph through Holloway in London to get to my university lectures on time without paying. Only possible on 70mm reds.
  • Anonymous user
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    I had lime green 65's tracker trucks and a benji board.. Mad dog bowl London!
  • Anonymous user
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    south bank ,only had a cheap board acs truks and red kryptonics.seeing paul sully doing tricks there,good old days.
  • Anonymous user
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    e and m deck lazer8s trucks,bones wheels ,sims racing bearings.plus can you remember skyhooks,malibu dog bowl nottingham,skate store sat morn ,mansfield market ,boarding under the car park ramp .bring it on
  • Anonymous user
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    i have tracker trucks with red kryps and a fibre flex deck and jedd deck with lazer trucks and alva wheels
  • Anonymous user
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    I have the red 70mm with ACS 651's on a local Cornish made fibreglass deck. Great days indeed!
  • Anonymous user
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    Just had to be 70mm greens with ACS500 trucks and a G&S Fibreflex deck. If only!
  • Anonymous user
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    Oh yeah, Lime Green 65mm Kryps. These were only for bowl riding, too hard for anything else. The reds were for street, soft and sticky. Still got mine with original gullwing trucks and a 5-ply Santa Cruz deck from '77... think it may be worth something now.
  • Anonymous user
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    man,when thge skateboard era came in,only those with kryptonic wheels were the ones who were ruling the streets.They were 100 times superior than the rest!!
  • Anonymous user
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    I had a set of green C65's. They were the hardest compound. Was disappointed as hell that they were only fast on the smoothest of surfaces though.

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