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The BONES brand was created in the early 1980s by GEORGE A. POWELL, when skateboarding was not as successful as it is today. At that time, quality skateboard bearings were hard to come by. GEORGE A. POWELL had created a few years earlier the Powell-Peralta company, with one of the most popular skateboarders of the time, STACY PERALTA. The Powell-Peralta brand was specialized in the manufacture of products intended for skateboarding. It is still, today, a reference in the world of skateboarding.
Concerning the BONES brand, as mentioned before, it was created by GEORGE A. POWELL. It is a brand known in three different fields:
These 3 brands and Powell-Peralta are now part of the Skate One Corporation group.
There are several types of skateboards, each designed for a specific skateboarding style or discipline. The most common are the following:
BONES skateboard bearings are made in Switzerland. It should be noted that all brands of Trucks use 608 bearings, i.e. bearings compatible with 8mm axles. GEORGE A. POWELL and the manufacturer have optimized the bearings for skateboarding use. The standard metal ball retainer is replaced by a high speed precision molded plastic retainer. This new retainer can be removed by skateboarders to allow for better cleaning of the bearing. They also adjusted tolerances and clearances to allow the bearings to handle more of the combined lateral and vertical loads imposed by this practice. The bearings offered by BONES are mainly :
The BONES brand has been a leader in the field of skateboard bearings for many years. Their products are of excellent quality and also have the advantage of having been used by some of the greatest skateboarders in history, which makes them reliable and trustworthy. In addition, their bearings are very easy to maintain. All of these factors make BONES bearings an excellent choice for any skater.