Cult Wheels Emperor 71mm White

I haven't tried a slide yet but I have a good feeling from carving that they'll be easy to kick out. They're grippy when you need it most and they're drop dead gorgeous! These wheels are also just on the right borderline that they iron the pavement out just enough to make for a smooth ride, I love them! The customer service was incredibly good too, super glad I went with Vandem!

My go to freeride and slide wheel

The wheels grip, weight and slideability are astounding. My only complaint is the core fills with dirt easily and the graphics on the side have all but gone. Minor things but 4 stars. Performance wise 5 if you clean em regularily

I tried to core the Emperors yesterday. It took me 4 hours on my most wheeleating spot and I only wore about ~3mm. Please stop making such long lasting wheels. I got really frustrated :D :D ;D LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR

I actually got out on the Emperor over the weekend and I really enjoyed them. Fresh they slid really well. Nice and predictably, slowed me down just the right amount. I would now consider using a fresh set for very narrow and technical tracks. Once broken in they get even better nice and slidey, but didn't loose the defined hookup. Whenever I needed to stop sliding and shoot an apex I never had any trouble hooking them back up and gripping a corner. For hands down freeriding they're actually super dope, don’t wreck your legs cause you're trying to slide race wheels, but you don’t have to worry about not being able to hook back up. I took em down a super fast run on perfect black tar and drifted them back and forth all the way down. They gripped super nice on the black tar but still had a very consistent and predictable slide. I feel like the Emperor really fills the void that was in the Cult lineup between super slidey free ride wheels, and squarelips. Good job Cult.