{"id":5171,"date":"2021-07-24T03:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T03:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/?post_type=vintageadverts&#038;p=5171"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:34:07","slug":"bearing-engineers","status":"publish","type":"vintageadverts","link":"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/vintageadverts\/bearing-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearing Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5173\" src=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-376x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-376x500.jpg 376w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers-207x275.jpg 207w, https:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/vintageadverts\/skateboarder-v2-n2-fall-1975\/bearing-engineers.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>You&#8217;re nothing without AFBMA steel balls! 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