Winterforce snow tire; Nexen Tire


Nexen Tire is a tire manufacturer, headquartered in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, and Seoul, both in South Korea. Its major domestic competitors are Hankook Tire and Kumho Tires. The company’s name is reflected in the company slogan, “Next Century Tire.”

Products

Premiere, N2000, N3000, N5000, and more than 30 other passenger car and light truck tires.


Studded winter tires; Hydroplaning


Hydroplaning and hydroplane may refer to:

  • Hydroplaning (tires), a loss of steering or braking control when a layer of water prevents direct contact between road vehicle or aircraft tires and the road or runway surface
  • Planing (sailing), a method by which the hull of a boat skims over the surface of the water rather than plowing through it
    • Any watercraft that is specifically designed to plane, including:

      • Hydroplane, a fast motorized boat used in racing
      • Hydrofoil, a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull
  • Seaplane, an aircraft designed to land on water
  • Diving plane, a submarine control surface used to help control depth, analogous to the elevators on the tail of an aircraft
  • Hydroblading, a figure skating move sometimes referred to as hydroplaning