Skates With Black Wheels

by Freeline Sports Inc

Product Description

Freeline Skates. Completely unique. If you can use a ripstik, then you can learn to freeline. If you can skateboard, then you can freeline. Achieve high levels of traction and carve smooth "S" turns while riding downhill or switch to an undulating motion to quickly and efficiently propel on flat ground and/or uphill. This skate is easy to pack and carry and super user friendly when you master the basic move. PRODUCT FEATURES: 2 independent aluminum skates Traditional skateboard grip-tape 72M custom grade polyurethane wheels ABEC 5 bearings All black wheels BLACKWHEELS , FREELINE SKATES WITH BLACK WHEELS , freeline skates , skating

Product Details

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• ASIN: B004D5C614
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,710 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #6 in Sports & Outdoors > Action Sports > Skateboarding > Skateboard Parts > Decks

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun eventually, September 6, 2008

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Dange Limos "Dange" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

I bought these after being disappointed with the small amount of speed I got from my ripstik. After watching the instructional video on Youtube, and seeing a great deal of fun tricks being done, I wanted to get Freelines.

The first day I bought them, I couldn't help but follow the instructional video's advice of holding onto a sturdy hand-rail and moving myself back and forth with my arms. Seriously, I couldn't leave that rail until after four or five hours of practice (my time on the rail was split across a few days).

I had two main challenges as a beginner, the first was learning to forcefully twist my feet to steer, and the second was using this twisting to steer both feet independently. This takes practice.

When I first started moving along a sidewalk, a large problem shows itself: the presence of cracks, twigs, and rocks. It doesn't take much to stop you if you're putting along at beginner speeds, and that means you're suddenly off of your skates. Don't worry too much, because if you slip and fall, you just let gravity take your foot straight down and it's on the ground, safe and sturdy.

After a couple weeks, I became comfortable enough to use it as a method of transportation. My speed feels like a slow run. Maybe 5 to 8 mph. Speeds are hard to hold on rough asphalt, but I'm sure I've gotten past 10 mph.

These skates were built for going down hills, where skaters report going well over 30 mph. All of my riding has been on flat surfaces; I just haven't had time to go out to a hill.

I'm not sure if it's entirely caused by these skates, but I believe I should mention that my knees feel a little worse for wear.

Using these skates takes leg muscle, control, and practice, but for now they seem worth the effort.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wheels are black; not as pictured, April 6, 2007

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rurouniere (HI, USA) - See all my reviews

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probably the only thing that disappointed me was the wheels. i thought i was gonna get the transparent wheels like on the picture, but it came with black wheels. all black. with "freeline" wording on it. Not that much a biggie, sure, but i was just disappointed. i guess you can say that those wheels as pictured are "upgrades" and not "stock."
great packaging though, and came super fast!

in a nutshell, it's awesome! getting used to this thing took me about 3 days, half hour each day. but learning the moves took effort and dedication. i gotta admit, it's really challenging, but it's super fun! the fun really does outweigh the challenge of learning to maneuver this thing.
it's something that i've never tried before...ever!
this may sound like a cliche commercial phrase but, i'm glad to have found and purchased freeline skates. =D

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything I expected., July 29, 2008

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Anthony Cano "wishiwascool" - See all my reviews
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These things are damn fun. Don't expect to get on them and ride them right away but don't expect to put in hours of practice to learn how to do so. Instructional video helped a little but they can't teach you how these things are gonna feel once you step onto them.

Some advice: The first thing you're gonna want to do once you get these is put new wheels and bearings on them because the stock ones are absolute crap. The wheels aren't totally necessary but the bearings hardly spin. New bearings will totally help your momentum and reduce the amount of effort you need to use to simply go. I put on bones reds bearings because their inexpensive (about 12 dollars) and well reviewed and the improvement was incredible. More money will buy even better bearing but mine seem to work great for me now. My next set will almost definitely be more expensive ones to see if I can get even more improvement.

As far as wheels are concerned, better ones will increase grip/traction and probably help you balance better since all the weight from your leg is centered over the base of the wheels. Despite what Ryan Farrelly says in the instructional video, THE FREELINE STOCK WHEELS ARE NOT 72MM WHEELS. In fact 72mm wheels won't even spin on these things because of the shape of the mold. How you can have misinformation about a product you invented in your own instructional video is beyond me but they managed. The set wheels I bought (make that second* set of wheels I bought) are 65mm and even those seem slightly wider than the stock ones but they work great. Don't waste your money buying wheels through Freeline either, they're overpriced and mediocre. Any skate shop will have a selection of way better 65mm wheels for around 29 dollars and in more interesting colors than the plane jane primary colors.

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