• ENGINEERING: Most other skate bearings are made in China, and start life as electric motor bearings for use in household appliances like blenders, food processors, etc. They are made for light loads and very high revolutions (the exact opposite of skating applications).
• APPLICATION: Skate bearings have to able to withstand high impact loads and last in all kinds of environments. Forget about the ABEC ratings. They don’t mean much in the skateboard world.
• QUALITY: Our bearings are made in Europe to ISO 9001 and ISO TS 16949 automotive standards using a much harder and more durable grade of steel with all-steel cages. You can’t make good products from bad materials, no matter how hard you try.
• LUBRICATION: We also use durable waterproof grease not lightweight oil. This allows our bearings to have good lubrication during the critical running in period. Lightweight oils allow bearings to turn freely right out of the box, but the oil will also be easily spun out of the bearings after a short period of time. This means excessive wear, which means your bearings will not last very long.
• PACKAGING: We use the cheapest, simplest, re-usable packaging available (a zip lock bag). We’re not sure why everyone is spending so much money and effort on something that ends up in a landfill somewhere. What’s that point of that? We sure don’t know, and we choose not to participate. You’re paying for the bearings not the package.
• COMMITMENT: We skate on our own products. Every day. We’re not professional skaters, but most people who actually pay for bearings aren’t either. We’re about the highest quality equipment available. We wouldn’t sell these bearings if we didn’t think that they were excellent.
• EXCELLENCE: We’re not saying that these are the ONLY good bearings on the market, but for the price, you simply can’t beat them.
• SUPPORT: If you have a problem with your Curve bearings, please contact us. We’ll sort it out. We stand behind what we sell.