Looking to upgrade your surfskate setup?
Here’s a list of the best surfskate wheels based on my experience.
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62mm Waterborne
Durometer: 80a
Contact Patch: 51mm
Lip Profile: Rounded
Core Placement: Centerset
The Living Water wheels are great if you want to do a mixture of carving and slashing. The stoneground contact patch and rounded lip make it one of the easiest surfskates wheels to powerslide.
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65mm Love Handles
Durometer: 77a or 80a
Contact Patch: 50mm
Lip Profile: Square
Core Placement: Offset
The Orangatang Love Handles are high rebound and roll fast. The sharp, square lips are great for deep carving and pumping without sliding out.
65mm Surfskate Love
Durometer: 78a, 81a, 83a
Contact Patch: 46mm
Lip Profile: Square
Core Placement: Offset
Surfskate Love created their wheel after testing many others on the market. It’s a fast wheel, optimizing for deep carving and pumping styles.
66mm Powell Snakes
Durometer: 75a
Contact Patch: 38mm
Lip Profile: Rounded
Core Placement: Centerset
The Powell Peralta Snakes is a great wheel if you want something fast with the ability to slide. Not recommended if you’re doing deep carving/pumping because of the rounded lip.
66mm Hot Spots
Durometer: 79a, 81a, 83a
Contact Patch: 49mm
Lip Profile: Square
Core Placement: Offset
Seismic’s Hot Spots are lightweight and quick. They’re known for putting out some of the most innovative urethane formulas.
69mm Carver Roundhouse
Durometer: 78a
Contact Patch: 52mm
Lip Profile: Square
Core Placement: Offset
Carver Skateboards offers its own set of wheels that have a concave profile for extra traction. Great for deep pumping with the ability to powerslide.
