Satori Movement is joining Sector 9 in the alternative-based urethane market, but it looks like Satori has raised the bar a little. These wheels combine a core made out of recycled plastic with a riding surface made out of 50% bio oils, and are guaranteed against flat spots. If you recall, Sector 9 doesn’t name the amount of soy-based urethane in their product. Satori doesn’t specifically say it uses soy, referring to vegetable oils instead, so maybe these wheels smell like french fries! You can find out when the wheels become available in February. Check out Satori Movement for more details. We’re running out of adjectives for environmentally friendly urethane compounds. I should trademark GreenThane, EnvirotThane, EarthoThane…
Biothane, meet Ecothane
1-19-2009 by Kilwag - 20 comments
Categories: Industry Crap, Skate
Tags: Green Technologies, Some Product
Categories: Industry Crap, Skate
Tags: Green Technologies, Some Product
1-19-2009 by Kilwag - 20 comments
Categories: Industry Crap, Skate
Tags: Green Technologies, Some Product
20 comments
biff tannen
You’re a flat spot
marek
JIVARO WHEELS!!!!
curtis
I was talking about my bones wheels. well I did flat spot the Oj’s as well but the spot wore away as the wheels got older. they were those green creature wheels. I got those wheels to replace the ones my bro tossed and they were the only non-tiny wheels at the shop. come to think of it I flatspotted those at Irrigon as well. bring your broom to that park for sure!!
I was told to hold the wheel (still on the truck) to a belt sander to get rid of the flatspot. I did not return my spf’s too bones because I knew they were comming out with a slimmer shape and I was not sure if I was gonna like that. I got another set right away (still doing great) and I hope to come across a belt sander.
skateboarding is my main guilty pleasure along with booze and groceries. so it’s important to me to have the most enviromentally friendly set up. that to me for the past few years has been finding lightly used boards. I’ll probably by some Ace trucks when my indys are toast, I’d like to find a bamboo board I like. and I’ll give these Satori’s a try, unless one of those portland wheel companys come out with a veggi based wheel with less than 100a duro
nweyesk8
I love the SPF, but I flatspot em regularly. Then again , I can’t think of a brand that I have never had flatsots with. The SPF’s are just faster and have more grip than most wheels, while riding cement parks, but I can still revert on them at will. no wheel is flatspot proof
Swamp
Flat-spotted the OJs? White or orange?
curtis
i skated with a guy in hood river last spring who had he same size board and loosness of trucks as me. the difference in our set-up’s was he had bones reds and 54mm SPF wheels. I was riding bones swiss and Oj’s. we swapped for a while, and his board was faster. to the point where on my way out of town I stopped at IPS skateshop and got a set. I drove to Irrigon and flat spotted a wheel in less than 1/2 hr.
if anyone rides those 64 mm powell bowl bomber wheels I have two up for trade (my brother accidentally threw 2 of the wheels away)
Will Jones
the only wheels that i like are Powell classics with SPF, never get flatspots, satori makes good wheels for street skating(better then shitfire) but if you want legit wheels, get something with SPF
colin
i hate to be “that guy” but i actually really like Spitfires and only because they are consistently “shitty”
nweyesk8
When they very first came out, they were killer. I guess almost 20 years and a lot of money just made them not give a damn anymore. I remember seeing a brand new set of spitfires that every time you rolled over a small pebble it would become imbedded in the wheel. It was ugly. I like to fuck with skate shops, just pick out about any set of spitfire’s in the case and ask to see them, then roll em on the counter and nearly every time at least one wheel rolls a little lopsided.
marek
speaking of spitfires… damn, i love the company, logo, team and everything spitfire related. except those really shitty wheels they make. they should stick to hoodies, shirts and occasional backpacks
nweyesk8
i think they mean no flat spots on em before you buy em, unlike those shitty chalk balls spitfire sells labeled as wheels
el otro MC
I have flatspotted both stf and spf wheels, bad luck with rocks. I still like those spf slimlines though. Type s wheels are good to. I think ill stick to what I know, wheel wise that is.
LP
i havent ever flatspotted stf/spf wheels.
skaterhusseindave
curtis
by guarantee, they probably mean you can get your money back or a new set of wheels if flat spot them.
“100% less flat spots” is quite a fantastic claim made by another company who makes flatspotable wheels, but I hear they are happy to compensate for any flatspots.
orezona
“guaranteed against flat spots”
riiiiiiiight…
There’s no such thing as “flat spot proof” wheels. Other than that, nice work on trying to be a little more eco-friendly.
Carroll13
…hippythane…granolathane..hempathane…
🙂
Jokes aside, good trend, even if everything isn’t perfect yet.
Mac
These guys make a lot of wheels, but not much taller than 55mm. I’d try these eco ones in a minute if they made them between 58 and 61mm. I think I’ll drop them a line. I like the idea.
BJJPDX/Tom
Kool. Every little step is good.
curtis
very cool. I was not that impressed by the selection nor the level of comitment to a true alternative by Sector 9. I don’t know much about Satori, and I am very happy with the two sets of wheels I am riding, but I am stoked to give these a try! I have faith that they can come up with a 100% bio oil formula.