Description
Not every bearing is built for every skater. This one is built for one kind.
The kind who's already tried the good stuff and wants to know what's beyond it.
SKF has been engineering precision bearings for aerospace, automotive, and medical applications for over a century — industries where tolerance for failure is zero and tolerance for imprecision isn't much higher. The Ceramic bearing is what happens when that engineering standard gets applied without compromise to skateboarding.
The difference between steel and ceramic balls isn't marketing — it's physics. Ceramic is harder, smoother, and lighter than steel, which means less friction at the contact points, less heat buildup under sustained load, and a spin that doesn't degrade the way steel-on-steel does over time. The result is a bearing that rolls faster out of the package than most steel bearings do after break-in, and stays there longer.
The glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage, low-friction grease, and SKF's proprietary shield geometry are all carried over from the Standard — but here they're paired with silicon nitride ceramic balls that operate at a fundamentally different level. These aren't premium steel bearings. They're a different category.
Made in Italy. Priced accordingly.
Features:Silicon nitride ceramic balls High quality industrial steel races Glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage Low friction grease Special low friction shield setup Made in Italy
The kind who's already tried the good stuff and wants to know what's beyond it.
SKF has been engineering precision bearings for aerospace, automotive, and medical applications for over a century — industries where tolerance for failure is zero and tolerance for imprecision isn't much higher. The Ceramic bearing is what happens when that engineering standard gets applied without compromise to skateboarding.
The difference between steel and ceramic balls isn't marketing — it's physics. Ceramic is harder, smoother, and lighter than steel, which means less friction at the contact points, less heat buildup under sustained load, and a spin that doesn't degrade the way steel-on-steel does over time. The result is a bearing that rolls faster out of the package than most steel bearings do after break-in, and stays there longer.
The glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage, low-friction grease, and SKF's proprietary shield geometry are all carried over from the Standard — but here they're paired with silicon nitride ceramic balls that operate at a fundamentally different level. These aren't premium steel bearings. They're a different category.
Made in Italy. Priced accordingly.
Features:
Description
Not every bearing is built for every skater. This one is built for one kind.
The kind who's already tried the good stuff and wants to know what's beyond it.
SKF has been engineering precision bearings for aerospace, automotive, and medical applications for over a century — industries where tolerance for failure is zero and tolerance for imprecision isn't much higher. The Ceramic bearing is what happens when that engineering standard gets applied without compromise to skateboarding.
The difference between steel and ceramic balls isn't marketing — it's physics. Ceramic is harder, smoother, and lighter than steel, which means less friction at the contact points, less heat buildup under sustained load, and a spin that doesn't degrade the way steel-on-steel does over time. The result is a bearing that rolls faster out of the package than most steel bearings do after break-in, and stays there longer.
The glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage, low-friction grease, and SKF's proprietary shield geometry are all carried over from the Standard — but here they're paired with silicon nitride ceramic balls that operate at a fundamentally different level. These aren't premium steel bearings. They're a different category.
Made in Italy. Priced accordingly.
Features:Silicon nitride ceramic balls High quality industrial steel races Glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage Low friction grease Special low friction shield setup Made in Italy
The kind who's already tried the good stuff and wants to know what's beyond it.
SKF has been engineering precision bearings for aerospace, automotive, and medical applications for over a century — industries where tolerance for failure is zero and tolerance for imprecision isn't much higher. The Ceramic bearing is what happens when that engineering standard gets applied without compromise to skateboarding.
The difference between steel and ceramic balls isn't marketing — it's physics. Ceramic is harder, smoother, and lighter than steel, which means less friction at the contact points, less heat buildup under sustained load, and a spin that doesn't degrade the way steel-on-steel does over time. The result is a bearing that rolls faster out of the package than most steel bearings do after break-in, and stays there longer.
The glass fibre reinforced polyamide cage, low-friction grease, and SKF's proprietary shield geometry are all carried over from the Standard — but here they're paired with silicon nitride ceramic balls that operate at a fundamentally different level. These aren't premium steel bearings. They're a different category.
Made in Italy. Priced accordingly.
Features: