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Pretty excited about this. I think the boot's design looks fantastic. What do you think?

Heres a long clip from my first outing with my new to me x1.

really happy with its performance... but it obviously caught a branch here lol.

Deciding between glue and 3d printing a new wing / protective shell ( but i cant find a stl for the part i need, I know it exists tho. And i am also in contact with hoverair to try to get parts.

Have a great day.

-Coach

They're just perfect y'all. Arrived 3 days ago and I've been hitting the empty parks at night, like a ghoul, ever since.

Finally gathered the confidence to skate with my phone in my hand. Not scared, but not competent either.

Any tips on how I could be smoother? I can't seem to be able to change direction while my feet are scissored, and I'm not at all confident turning in general. Tutorials on YouTube help but I wanna hear some personal experiences. Wish I could cross over and spin and do all that cool stuff but for now all I got is lemons.

🎧 Listened to The Eraser in this sesh (on the vid is the intro of Black Swan off the album for anyone curious, figured it was better than asphalt noises).

Love to gobble down whole albums when I'm occupied for more than 30 minutes. If anyone got any recommendations plz drop them!!

Cheers ppl

I bought a pair of Rollerblade Lightning 90s earlier this year. When I first tried them on I noticed they were pretty snug in the toe area of my right foot. My right foot is a bit bigger than my left, so I didn't think too much of it since these boots are a bit narrower than the Blanks I usually skate in. Well, imagine my surprise when a few weeks ago I pulled out the liners to let them dry out and realized I had been skating with two left foot liners! For my next session I put in my Nomad liners and it felt so much better. Has anyone else run into this issue?

My brand new argon kps pdu 110s feel very very different from the other BOA triskates i was using before.

My friend lent me his K2 trio LT boa 100 skates because i wanted to know if upgrading to 100s would be worth it. They were a size 10.5 and my new ones are a size 8. His got tighter than my old skates that were supposedly smaller (9).

The first thing i noticed was that the BOA system on my new ones felt better integrated. It didnt hurt my fingers to tighten and was placed in a way so that the cables would not get in the way. Additionally, they dont have the velcro strap most skates have. Just dial lace and top ratchet strap.

The trinity mounting system feels like one of the most german things on these. Its proprietary as hell, but it is beneficial enough that i am not mad about it.

Some other things that make it feel german: you dont need a shorter axle when you remove the heel brake, the boot has integrated arch support without the need for an insole.

They just feel premium and well though out. And for only $250 usd.

What do yall think?

I posted a vid a few weeks back of a trick combo I was learning. Here is a progression of that (plus a bit of flow). I don't fall anymore while doing this combo! 💪🏼

Also my first rockered setup/first new boots!

I went from:

- I think a fitness skate, size 40-41 (size I get for my shoes), flat frame, 4x76mm

To:

- hard boot, size 38-39 (size I learned I need for skates), natural rocker, 4x80mm

- hoping to get a 5x80 eventually but I do lots of crossover stuff so going to learn a bit more with 4 wheels first.

I love them!

What I'm noticing with the switch:

- wayyyy easier to do stuff on the outside edge, like 100x easier.

- takes less effort to do forward-backward transitions; I'm often over rotating/using more force than needed.

- manuals are much easier, esp toe - toe (you can hear my surprise in the video as I get into one easier than I'm used to!) Probably bc the boot's fit is more accurate.

- loss of balance on the heel/feeling like I'm going to fall backwards more often. I hope I'll get used to this with just a bit more practice.

- the amount of ankle support I have now is crazy comparatively. I put my old boots back on and was like "HA, this is actually f-ed up".

They fit like a glove and have built in arch support.

So far they are fantastic.

I got lucky with the sizing. Google said 8 would be too small since i am an 8.5 but these dont feel too tight.

The boa system gets tight as hell and it doesnt have the wack ass velcro strap a lot of other skates have.

If you have any questions please ask

Having always had big feet and apparently small frames on my skates, I never understood why people felt like they needed extra turn radius by rockering.

I just upgraded my size 13 K2 Midtowns from base frames (247mm, 80mm wheels) to the K2 R100 (311mm, 100mm max wheel size, currently added 90mm wheels). Holy shit what a wild, wild difference. It feels like I can no longer carve without really putting effort into lifting toes/heels, and even then....just wow.

Anyway, for you rockered people that still want stability (and now that my wheels actually go past my toe and heel for the first time in 25 years) - do any of you do a rockered first wheel and flat next 3? Gimme your recs on stable feeling rocker setups. I definitely feel a lot safer moving to rockered after feeling just how VASTLY different it is to have the right size frame.

Current position: 90mm wheels (100mm max size for frames) rockered all up to be lower to ground.

My setup was the FR1 Red Deluxe with the NN Dragon frame. I had done a lot of stairrides before I did this one and was fully confident I had the capabilities to ride it. Don’t try big tricks when you don’t feel sure you’ve got the technique fully mastered. 🤘

If anybody wants to watch all things roller, the games are going on. www.worldskate.org everything you ever wanted in roller!

https://worldskate.tv/ - watch

Enjoy!

While watching to see my stance/angles of my knees and skates is helpful, I also just love watching my falls back on repeat.

The Powerslide Sunrise Doop IS my primary skate, and it seems like I’m the only skater who loves the doops. I’ve been using them for about 4 years.

I’ve been wanting to get the new Urban 100, but there has been zero content and reviews for it. I understand that it’s a controversial boot and probably why there are no reviews.

Despite that, I’m praying there’s someone out there that can tell me if this was a significant improvement to the previous Doops. Let me know if anyone has tried it, thank you.

Went with the Twisters and halogen wheels.

So far, the "natural rocker" feels weird (almost feels like the middle wheels are loose or something, but they're not) but not terrible. Headed to go see what the new frames and wheels can do. I know it doesn't fit the flair but they feel like whole new skates 🤣😬