Product Reviews

Bones 

“The Greek” SPF 56mm Wheels

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S.P.F. stands for Skate Park Formula (for those of you who don’t know) and Bones pretty much make the best wheels on the market––they truly never flat spot. These wheels are a little large for my taste and a little softer than I usually roll, but free wheels are free wheels. These wheels also have a different shape to them than all of the other Bones models. They are straight cut to prevent coning, though I have never seen any of their other wheels lose shape. For those of you don’t know who “The Greek” is, you’d better recognize. Jimmy Marcus is his real name and he has been a staple in the San Diego concrete scene pretty much forever. Bones gets mad street cred for giving this guy a model––it is definitely well deserved. Jimmy also rides for The Label and holds it down in any park tranny contest with the best of them. He also rides padless, I might add.  I don’t know if you’ll find these wheels in any of the local shops, so you might have to get them online. – David Amador

Reef 

Leather Fanning Sandal

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Ever want a bottle opener but don’t carry around keys for a keychain––or anything, for that matter––that would necessitate having a bottle opener? Well, lighters work, but after a while it seems easier to just ask around for one. No longer must anyone suffer through attempting to open their drink to no avail thanks to the guys over at Reef. The Leather Fanning is a super stylish sandal that allows you to walk around in bliss, and when you are thirsty for that bottled fermented deliciousness, all you’ve gotta do is look to your trusty bottle openers, located on the sole of each foot. Pretty cool stuff, although I will say a lot of the people I have talked to feel a little weird about opening up a refreshing brew with your dirty shoe. Fuck it, you only live once right? This sandal makes for worry-free opening beer as well as a stealthy location so the “elders” of society don’t make concerned faces when you are banging your bottle of beer on random objects around the campfire. Good show. – Adam Dorobiala

Chaser PLUS

Chaser PLUS Hangover Pills

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“Freedom from Hangovers,” or, what I like to call: “Shit that makes your puke black.” There’s a fine line between drunk and blotto—the latter includes vomiting. And most of the time, especially when your bar tab is over $30 in beer, you won’t know where that line is, but you will go to blotto-land. I can tell you this: there are far better remedies for hangovers than Chaser PLUS, but maybe none as accessible––you can buy it at some gas stations, even Walgreens. I awoke six hours after “The Bout at Burt’s” with a sloshy headache, uncommon for me (I rarely drink to excess—there are greener ways to get your rocks off) and some achiness. Drinking a glass of water and taking P.K.’s probably spared me the worst of it. The best “hangover cure” for me was the six more hours of sleep after the first. That, dear reader, was free.– JP 

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