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3 thoughts on “UFO – Unlimited Freighting Objects

  1. UFO’s were the first urethane skate wheel I had ever seen that did not have a flat back, but instead had convex backs AND fronts. This design prevented the wheels from hanging up on the coping, and the front concave allowed for edge wheelies on coping. I believe that everyone else copied the UFO convex design, from Bones and G&S Yo-Yo’s to Kryptonics. UFO’s were not that cool looking at first, because they were very wide, kinda soft and wore out quickly like Kryptonic Reds (designed for asphalt/downhill). I had bright green UFO’s on one of my early boards, and they were radical in their design. The fist UFO’s, as I recall, were very wide, like 4″, and then UFO made a smaller wheel in blue. If you are old enough to remember, SIMS Pure Juice, Road Riders, OJ’s, Targas (the worst wheels), and Powerflex wheels ALL had flat backs…. until UFO’s came around.

    1. Lisa Sinclair on December 11, 2023 - Reply

      Chances are I packed your bearings before they shipped out lol. I grew up across the street from the address in the ad and spent many hours assembling wheels 🙂

  2. Lisa Sinclair on December 11, 2023 - Reply

    Yes the ad is true. I grew up across the street from the address in the ad and spent many hours assembling wheels before we shipped them out. They were the most unique wheels out there at the time. Tony Hawk grew up in Carlsbad at the same time. My mom was a police officer in Carlsbad and always busted him for skateboarding when he was just a kid lol. Great memories….

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