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Choosing the right skateboard wheels is crucial to getting the best performance possible out of your board. There are many different types of wheels to choose from on the market, and the key to choosing the right wheels is to consider the way you ride.

Wheels for skateboards come in different shapes, sizes and various levels of hardness and softness. Along with hardness or "shore durometer," size and shape affect how your skateboard performs under different conditions.

The larger the size of your skateboard wheels, the faster they will roll. Larger sizes are those between 54 to 85 mm, and even bigger for special types of skating. If you’re into vertical ramp skating, you’ll need large wheels in the range of 55 to 65 mm to achieve the high speeds this type of skating involves. Slalom racing, long boarding and downhill skateboarding also require very large size wheels. Downhill skateboarders may choose wheels up to 65 to even 100 mm.

Smaller size wheels in the range of 48–54mm are appropriate for modern street skating. Since these wheels are smaller, they keep the skateboard close to the ground. They are easier to propel to accelerate, but also involve lower top speeds. Combined with a lower center of gravity, these features make smaller skateboard wheels ideal for performing tricks.

Once you know what size skateboard wheels are right for your type of riding, you need to decide on hardness or softness. In general, vert skating requires softer wheels. Slalom skating, long boarding and downhill skateboarding also require soft wheels that have a good grip and maximum top speeds. Hard wheels are usually the best for street skating.

If you mainly use your skateboard for cruising on the street, soft wheels may be your best choice. They allow for a smoother ride over cracks, bumps and pebbles typical of most pavement surfaces.

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The term ‘Mexican wonder’ is taken to mean different things, as used in different contexts. In the golfing context (nowadays), it is term used as a reference to one of the most notable women golfers of our time, one Lorena Ochoa. Indeed, in many sites where golf profiles are presented, the term ‘Mexican wonder’ is used quite interchangeably with Lorena’s name.

According to the considerable information available on her, Lorena was born in 1981 in Mexico. She started playing golf early: at the age of five, and went on to turn professional at 21 in the year 2002.

Surprisingly, the Mexican wonder is not particularly tall: standing as she does at about 5’6.’’ But she is one person who seems to have golf right in her blood. Since turning professional, Lorena has had more than 30 wins. 27 of these were in the LPGA tour, with the remaining 3 being on the Futures Tour. She also won the British Women’s Open tournament in 2008, and the Championship tournament known as Kraft Nabisco in 2008.

Seeing that Golf is one game that one can play till quite an advanced age, we can only ‘wait to see’ where the Mexican wonder goes over the years. But Lorena is definitely a force to recon with, even as at now.

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