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  • Stepping back into skates after an 11 year absence...

    Well, it has been 11 years since I was forced to stop skating after a shattered ankle. Now that I am head deep into skiboarding, I wanted to go back to the sport that showed me love over everything else (except for drums I fuckin' love playing drums). After talking to a few friends who are still in the sport, I am confused on the skates that exist today. When I rode, it was my K2 Fatty Pros and me vs the world. And for a while, I won. Strapped to those Fattys over 5 years a transition of wheels, from Hyper for the first 2 years, FR for the next 2 1/2 years, and then Realm wheels in the end leading up to shattering my ankle, a 7 month break, a return for 6 months, and then realizing my ankle couldn't handle it anymore. I still have skates laying around that I donned for two hours this summer, but I would like to step into the new school. Advice, thoughts, ideas, suggestions, slanderage, etc...?
    I'm a snollerblader.

    Go big or go home.

    "Just keep on doin' it if you love it. If you don't, scram!" - Angel Soto, SFA, 1996



  • #2
    Biggest advice is get together with other people. Find some locals who do it, its always more fun as a group. If ypute looking for skates, that's as much personal preference as skiboards are, I love my Xsjados, but I know some people who find they don't hold your foot well enough.big there's a local shop to you, id advise actually trying on the different brands, but remember, if you fall in love with one skate, but the liner isn't great, you can gwt other liners for it.
    2012 Rockered Condors/Spruce Pro Sport///Revolt Cities/Snowjam Extreme2's

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    • #3
      haha yea i havent skated since the fattys were out....i think i had something called argons too there were baby blue.

      i wish i could skate again i jus dont think my body can handle it anymore

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      • #4
        Yeah, I have to see if my ankle can handle it for real. No one skates around here anymore. The last one who did was Art "McTwist" Jennings, and he hasn't in years either. No skate shops around here sells skates either. It's kind of a lost cause these days around here. I just want to get back into it because skiboarding opened that door for me again. I miss it. It was my love throughout high school.
        I'm a snollerblader.

        Go big or go home.

        "Just keep on doin' it if you love it. If you don't, scram!" - Angel Soto, SFA, 1996


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        • #5
          Originally posted by fourdown View Post
          Yeah, I have to see if my ankle can handle it for real. No one skates around here anymore. The last one who did was Art "McTwist" Jennings, and he hasn't in years either. No skate shops around here sells skates either. It's kind of a lost cause these days around here. I just want to get back into it because skiboarding opened that door for me again. I miss it. It was my love throughout high school.
          me too man, i skated NYC from age 14-18 all the time, alot of the times with some local pros who we would see in the skate movies. especially at the brooklyn banks.

          havent seen anyone skating since, would be fun tho

          be careful man, things break alot easier as we get older, trust me im typing this with 2 fractured feet from skiboarding

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          • #6
            I love my xsjados, but they dont have much ankle support. Try USD, Nimh or Razors. I had a pair of the Fattys also, then took 8 years off and now im back and have found the new stuff to be a lot better. I hear a lot of good stuff about the Nimh brand from the Denial team riders, the guy on the Razors team I know likes his Aragon 3s a lot.

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            • #7
              Given your ankle, I suggest a Razors SL boot (Aragon 3, Icons 2, Aragon 2) or Valos.

              www.sfc-usa.com

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              • #8
                What size do you wear? I'm looking at selling some Salomon Campbell II's in good shape with xsjado frames, size 13. They are probably 5 years old but still in good shape, have good ankle support, wide body soul plates, and if i recall right a shock absorbing insole. They probably need new wheels. Paid a pretty good chunk of cash for them new, would probably be looking for around $120 + shipping. If you're interested I will get pictures up next time I go home.
                I do it because I can.
                I can because I want to.
                I want to because you said I couldn't.

                "The butterflies in my stomach have flown up through my throat and learned to love the open air." - World/Inferno

                Spruce Sherpas with Prime Pros
                '08 KTPs

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                • #9
                  Wow, they still make Razors and Salamons? I was never a big fan of those though. Only thing I ever rore on were my K2s, and a few times tried my friend's Rocers and another friend's Oxygens. Yeah dude, that's where I did all my riding. would be weird if we rode in teh city together. I rode a lot with Ryan Jacklone, Dave Ortega, and the dudes on FR and Hyper.
                  I'm a snollerblader.

                  Go big or go home.

                  "Just keep on doin' it if you love it. If you don't, scram!" - Angel Soto, SFA, 1996


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                  • #10
                    Salomon actually stopped a few years ago. These were some of the last skates they put out, but I enjoyed them. Just don't skate enough to justify keeping them around.
                    I do it because I can.
                    I can because I want to.
                    I want to because you said I couldn't.

                    "The butterflies in my stomach have flown up through my throat and learned to love the open air." - World/Inferno

                    Spruce Sherpas with Prime Pros
                    '08 KTPs

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                    • #11
                      How much do skates go for these days, on average? I found a place that sells ooooold school hyper and kryptonics wheels, haha.
                      I'm a snollerblader.

                      Go big or go home.

                      "Just keep on doin' it if you love it. If you don't, scram!" - Angel Soto, SFA, 1996


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                      • #12
                        When I was looking it was about 200 for a decent setup
                        Revel8 ALPdors
                        Gold Revel8 Receptors
                        Kneissl Flexon Pro Boots

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by fourdown View Post
                          Wow, they still make Razors and Salamons? I was never a big fan of those though. Only thing I ever rore on were my K2s, and a few times tried my friend's Rocers and another friend's Oxygens. Yeah dude, that's where I did all my riding. would be weird if we rode in teh city together. I rode a lot with Ryan Jacklone, Dave Ortega, and the dudes on FR and Hyper.
                          ive def skated with those guys back then...thats funny

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                          • #14
                            Haha, f'in small world bro. Skating with Ryan is what got me to start doing misty flips in the first place.
                            I'm a snollerblader.

                            Go big or go home.

                            "Just keep on doin' it if you love it. If you don't, scram!" - Angel Soto, SFA, 1996


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                            • #15
                              As you know pavment and skate park material dont have a forgiving slide on a lateral motion with wheels. but snow on skiboards does. so with the ankel I would advise not looking a gift horse in the mouth when it come to skiboarding and the second chance you talked to me about. use the off season to stay stong and heal. you are not getting any younger.. just my 2 cents...... oh and if you can do a misty 7 you should enter the pro event and just do it off the small side. if you have tech on rails and a nice trick over the kicker you should do well. And it would give you a yah or nah on your own skills without killing yourself.
                              live it, love it,rip it!!

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