Freeline Skates
Oct 27, 2009
- 2 independent aluminum skates
- Traditional skateboard grip-tape
- 72M custom grade polyurethane wheels
- ABEC 5 bearings
Product Description
The Freeline Skates are ridden skateboard / snowboard-like, Riders can achieve high levels of traction and carve smooth “S” turns while riding downhill and dance like a fish on the flats and uphill, The Freeline Skates are extremely portable making them the smallest and lightest form of transportation… More >>
BUY NOW: ($149.99) Freeline Skates
Jamieson M. Costello
October 27th, 2009 at 4:19 am #
Worth the money and well worth the time put into learning them. The instructional video helped but nothing can really teach you better than just falling a couple times. Stepping right off as opposed to falling on your face is a nice change of pace though
Roller Hockey Equipment.net Rating: 5 / 5
Carla F. Zapparoli
October 27th, 2009 at 6:26 am #
I bought these skates for my son and he took about three days to learn them, and he loved them so much, I just couldn’t take them off his feet later. But he spent about $60 with new bearings and wheels, because the ones that came with it were mediocre, he said. He bought swiss bones bearings and 65mm wheels for longboard. Besides that, I found them a little pricy, too.
Roller Hockey Equipment.net Rating: 5 / 5
M. Nguyen
October 27th, 2009 at 6:34 am #
I ordered a pair for myself. At first it looks easy but when i tried it out , it was so hard. I think if i had enough patient i would mastered it. Anyways, be prepared. It is not as easy as it look. It took me around 1 week to get the hang of it but i couldn’t keep the momentum and couldn’t turn. I just realize that this is only use on the street. If you try to ride on sidewalk or something, it’s hard because of the cracks. Especially when you move from sidewalk to side walk, you should watch out for the bump. I prefer sticking to the old roller skates 1 since i feel more secure and can easily move from sidewalk to sidewalk. Good luck to all those who attempt to master it.
Roller Hockey Equipment.net Rating: 4 / 5
J. Kolmar
October 27th, 2009 at 9:16 am #
The first thing I have to say is that if you’ve ever ridden a Snakeboard, then it won’t take you very long to get the hang of these, the foot/body movement is really close.
I think the best thing about these skates is that (believe it or not) you can balance yourself better since your front foot won’t dictate what happens to your back foot, like on a skate/snakeboard… You just need plenty of patience in learning how to Freeline, and the payoff is WELL worth it.
To the above posts: for uphill skating, you REALLY have to throw your upper body into the footwork to get some good momentum…
For the clear wheels and other cool add-ons, go here:
http://freelineskates.co.kr/en/component/page,shop.browse/category_id,1/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/
Also, I really recommend wearing at least elbow pads and wrist guards with these…
Roller Hockey Equipment.net Rating: 5 / 5
gilcosson
October 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am #
When I saw the freeline skates I had to try them. There was a tough learning curve the first month.. I could barely stand on them. Now I am carving hills with the best of them.
Almost 49 and rocking freelines
Roller Hockey Equipment.net Rating: 5 / 5