"Sam Hitz and me would fight for a pair of Zombu wheels, 50s. They'd get 'em at the skateshop and he'd jump on his bicycle and I'd run, and the first dude there would get the last set of Zombu wheels. He got 'em, and I had to ride 45s."
Darren recalls the struggles of finding bigger wheels for vert in the 1990s. Vert Is Dead fully endorses footraces for deciding things and larger wheels.
Here's what a Zorlac Zombu wheel looks like:
The photo is by Chris "Rhino" Rooney.
For the quote: Thrasher - March 2009 Volume 29 Number 3
The Skateboard Mag - September 2009 Issue 66
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