Bones Bearings Super Reds (16 pcs.) Inline Skate Bearing

Bones Bearings is a company founded by one of the most influential skateboarders in history, George Powell. Back when he started, there wasn’t really much of quality equipment for skateboarding on the US market. When George lost his job, he decided to focus on his hobby and make it his main source of income. He quickly started to innovate, introducing better urethane wheels, stronger built decks and trucks. Soon, George teamed up with another skateboarding legend, Stacy Peralta and together they’ve founded Powell Peralta brand.

After gaining a foothold and making himself a name in skateboarding industry, George turned his eye to bearings, as he felt that none of the options available on the market was good enough for skateboarding – even if the quality was there, they were still too slow. He started hunting for a factory that can make better bearings and this search led him to Switzerland, where he found a small company making custom bearings. Working with them, he created Bones brand and made some revolutionary changes to skate bearing design: plastic ball retainer instead of stamped metal one, only one side closed and finally, adjusted the clearances and tolerances to make them better suited to side and vertical loads. In addition, the brand developed their own lubricant formula, the Bones Speed Cream.

Bones Swiss made bearings quickly became industry’s gold standard, but their price was and still is, significant. This is why George struck a partnership with a factory in China and made Bones REDS bearings, which offer unmatched quality at affordable price. Using Swiss bearings specification and design, he and his Chinese partners came amazingly close to quality offered by original product at less than half the price. These aren’t simply machine/electric motor bearings made in China and branded with Bones logo, something a lot of companies would opt for, they are proper custom design the brand is famous for.

Bones bearings are so good that they quickly got picked up by athletes in other sports. Inline skating, rollerskating and scooter scenes embraced them and nowadays, they are one of the top picks for fans of these sports.