NEWS

<p><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Leading skateboarders are backing SKF’s return to the market – as it launches a series of low-friction, reliable bearings that will allow a smooth, fast ride.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SKF bearings are making a dramatic return to a critical piece of rolling equipment: skateboards.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SKF’s bearings are typically used in high-end engineering applications – and will now help skaters to maintain a high performance. The bearings are engineered for high reliability, with internal grease helping to improve low-friction performance.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Our standard skateboard bearings offer the proven combination of speed and smoothness that every skater is looking for,” says Daniel Werme, Sales Manager for SKF’s skateboard business.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Top skaters Oskar “Oski” Rozenberg, Ishod Wair, Louie Lopez, Alexis Sablone, Beatrice Domond and Kader Sylla are backing the launch.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;“SKF makes bearings for jet engines – so you know their bearings for skateboard wheels are going to be premium,” said Wair.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The first product to be introduced this year is a standard box of eight skateboard bearings. As with all of SKF’s skateboard bearings, they are made in Italy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With additions to the product range happening throughout the year, the skaters themselves are excited by the prospect of such a prestigious, experienced supplier producing dedicated skateboard bearings.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“SKF has been making bearings for more than a century and it shows in the product,” says Sablone. “The bearings are really high quality: smooth and durable.”</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SKF has been producing<a href="https://www.wswbearings.com/products/catalogue.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"><strong>bearings</strong></span></a>since 1907. SKF’s bearings are used in a variety of demanding applications, including aircraft engines, wind turbines and high-performance cars – as well as skateboard wheels.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br/></p>