The Complete Guide to Bones Bearings | Tactics

Bones Bearings was the first brand to custom design their bearing with Skateboarding in mind. George Powell wanted to make a bearing that could handle the abuse of skateboarding and partnered with a bearing manufacturer in Switzerland where they fine-tuned the design into what today is known as the Bones Swiss Bearings. The Bones Swiss revolutionized skateboard bearings and have since dominated the skate bearing market. Here’s a quick overview of all of the different bearings that Bones has to offer.

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Hjinx And New Beginnings With Videographer Tristan Warren – JENKEM

Tristan is a young videographer from California who started gaining recognition from his independent video “Hijinx Unlimited”. It featured a talented new skate crew and a bunch of old school Hijinx that ended up being so controversial that he eventually took the video offline. Jenkem met up with him to see how his new company, Medieval Skateboards, is shaping up and grabbed an inside look into his world.

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Side Hustle: Eui Joo Denim by Julian Lewis

In this new series, Side Hustles, Platfrm explores passion projects, avocations, and other extracurricular pursuits. First up, we have Julian Lewis, who you may be familiar with for his big handrail skating from video parts in Foundation’s Splender, and is one of the Rockstar Energy VQS qualifiers. Skateboarding aside, Julian has grown an admiration for clothing styles and how they complement a person while on their board. Drawing inspiration from vintage clothing, Julian creates handmade and sown clothing under his Korean birth name, Eui Joo and has slowly progressed to become a niche purveyor of denim items. Check out how Julian hand-makes it all in his corner space in a studio to the clientele that seeks him out for alterations and how pants play a crucial aspect in his skateboarding.

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