brndck

you can pretty much piece things together, customize things from the ground up.
where is your location? i'd check with either aggressive mall, inline warehouse, or if you're in socal, jon julio has Them Goods in santa ana, they stock his Valo brand skates, you can stop in and try em on. If you're in SD go to SDSF. If you're in the central valley, check out Bakerized in bakersfield.

Last weekend in SD, Beau Cottington put together the 2nd annual OG Bladers Reunion Jam. I shot a ton of photos, official edits should be out soon

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=8846ca32ab

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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1&l=8846ca32ab


and also Beau just dropped a new OG edit from the old guy crowd.

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Matej

Building your own skates or buying complete is just personal preference. To be honest, 'building' does not really change anything about the boot performance-wise, it generally just means you get to pick the colors of each part.
If you are already decided on which brand/model you want, all that can really make a noticeable difference will be the frames and liners.
It has also become quite popular to sell skates as boot-only, so you can use whatever frames and wheels you want. A lot of places also offer custom setups, where you get to pick what you want on the skates and they will put them together for you.
As far as frame and wheel combos, there are three main types: flat, anti-rocker, and freestyle. Flat is when all four wheels are the same size, anti-rocker is when you use regular size wheels on the outside and hard little wheels in the middle, while freestyle frames do not use middle wheels at all. In theory, flat is best for rolling over terrain and going fast while freestyle makes it easiest to grind ledges and such, and anti-rocker is somewhere in between.

Here are some good places to browse:
Aggressivemall
Roller Warehouse
eRolling.com

imotion s14

Doi yall still get called fruitbooters?

brndck

yes. by people who want to get punched in the face.

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Matej

Since this thread is back, we can start posting junk in it again.
I enjoy the way this fellow edits videos.

EthanR

I never new about this thread until now! Been skating since I was 16, 21 now. Haven't been skating quite as much lately however. Been using Remz for the last 3 or so years. Hi :3

imotion s14

I take that as an affirmative.

brndck

Yeah we were easy targets when we were 13, now that dudes have been rolling for 15-20 years and many of us are in our 30's, shit-talkers are likely to catch a beating. Case in point.

ONE Rollerblading Magazine - Lyle Shivak on the rampage

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zlux

Any skater still in here? Started agressive inline backup after like 9 years... Still have my old Salomon ST Vinny Minton's... tried a bunch of new skates (M12, Aeon 72's, Xsjado) and hated them all.

So back to my old Salomon's which I just put Kizer Arrow Frames and 72MM wheels and i'm rolling super fast... no h block but I never was good at H block tricks anyway. Even though they can take 80mm *wheels* lol. I love skating I just hate being the only blader in the skatepark.

brndck

east coast still has a pretty decent scene and there are plenty of regional facebook groups for meeting up and events and stuff.

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Sway500

I was so surprised to see this thread. I used to skate years ago when I was in middle school and freshman year of High School, then as I got closer to getting my car, I started playing with race cars. I have always thought about getting another pair of skates, but I know at 30yrs old, my body cant take the falls like it used to, and to be truthful, Im kinda of scared to take risks. I still have my old USD Thrones with Senate frames, and Jon Julio wheels. I must say, I do still wonder if I can slide on handrails.

brndck

post pix! theres quite a few facebook groups, including one called "blade trade outpost" where you can buy and sell gear, and theres some good deals on there too. I'm 34 and I DEFINITELY can't take falls like I used to, but I still try to get out there and at least roll around pretty often.

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Sway500

I'm going to have to try to find them. I still wouldn't mind having some USD Thrones with the 50/50 Juice System....OG stuff.