Description
Traffic Skateboards 55mm Wheels
• 55mm diameter
• Set of 4 wheels
• Graphic printed single sided
About Traffic Skateboards:
Traffic is a globally distributed skateboard company founded in 2004 by legendary East Coast skater Ricky Oyola. Traffic’s legacy remains one of the original east coast underground skate brands that is skater owned and operated.
Oyola is credited with popularizing the skate scene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oyola skates for Traffic skateboards (which he owns), Krux trucks and autobahn wheels. He has a pro model shoe on Vox footwear named after him, however since he left the team the shoe has been renamed the Vox Philly.
About Ricky Oyola:
Ricky Oyola; a powerful skater with a powerful personality. He has a vision at all times and he thrives on integrity, pride, execution, and stubbornness. He may also have the most iconic push in street skating history, as well as one of the most classically stylish ollies ever. Going fast with purpose is what people think of when they think of Ricky Oyola. He’s East Coast to the core and typically people on the East don’t give much of a rat’s ass if someone doesn’t like them or our point of view. There are countless skaters who are motivated despite the skate industry’s continued denial of talent here on the East. Ricky lived through the initial industry-denial of that talent and well…he and his friends pretty much blew the doors off that question of doubt when Eastern Exposure released. Ricky continued to lay down his vision of skating and cement his place in history by skating for and starting several iconic brands, and producing some of the most influential skate-coverage the world has laid eyes on. Ricky is a pro skater who has seen every facet that a skate career can offer, and we should all respect that. He’s a guy that has a wealth of skate-knowledge to bestow on the world, and also a great person to just sit back and talk shit with. Ricky truly is an inspiration for those of us who appreciate really good genuine skating that comes from true self expression. The kind of skating that embraces the battle against one’s own mind, and results in something awesome.
