Either, Or: Do Pro Skateboarders Prefer Bearings with Shields On or Off?

Ask any skateboarder and they’ll tell you that they have plenty of personal tweaks for their setup. Sometimes it’s just a bit of personalization or even a change that’ll give them a potential performance advantage. Taking the shields off of skate bearings is one of those personal preferences. Some believe riding with the shields off gives you a speed advantage, others purely do it for the sound. So in this Either, Or we asked pros Ryan Decenzo, Jordyn Barratt, Steve Alba, and more to find out if they prefer their bearings shielded or not.