DH in-line skates?

[edmiseta]

what are some good and cheap skates ($100-$300) that would b able to keep up with speedboarders?

[Hmann]

go home fruitbooter!!!!!!!

[Daniel M.]

dude, this is a skateboarding website. it's been stretched a little bit to let in skateboard hybrids. we pray it keeps out those stupid ripsticks and waveboards.

rollerblades? i'm sure there's another forum for it, why not ask there?

[TexasBomber]

Wrong web site,
Google, "dork sports"

[mc99david]

Wrong web site,
Google, "dork sports"

QFT!!!

why do we all take so much joy in making fun of those things. i even enjoy the occasional roller blade, and still enjoy making fun of it

[edmiseta]

because this website has proven itself (for the most part) reliable when it come to gravity sports and my friend was looking into getting into DH inline so i told him i'd ask the fish for him and they'd come up with something.

[mc99david]

oh... now its for a friend huh??? a likely story..

really. if i were you, id got to my nearest roller rink and as their. Those guys should know something

[Oligreen]

silly idea to ask a fish for information, they can't talk underwater.

[edmiseta]

oh... now its for a friend huh??? a likely story..

i never said it was for me. ok, ill tell him to do that.

silly idea to ask a fish for information, they can't talk underwater.

a fish cant, but THE fish can. THE fish can do anything.

[livefortoday2007]

i said it was for me. ok, ill tell myself to do that.

there now your words match your thoughts.

[sk8norcal]

i skated with local DH inliners before,

they use regular fitness skates with longer frame.

this guys claims the official record at 65mph with these StreeSki...

YouTube - Downhill Training #1

i also skated with Noel McColma on quad rollerskates from berkeley
I believe he can beat any skaterboarder in berkeley with ease,
he can outcorner inlines and stop on dime...

[Barf]

Ed, your friend won't have any luck at the local rink; they don't know jack and they don't have anything to sell him, either. Dude can likely find some super-cheap used skates at the Salvation Army or one of the other thrift stores.. the one at South Market & Wyndham had a big pile of 'em last time I was in there. If he's wanting to upgrade to a longer speedskate frame for 'em, or get advice about better skates, he should have a look at the skatelog forums.

HC, you might be right about that quad guy. I used bomb the local hill (Placer St) on them back around '91, and those things are a lot more capable than folks would guess.

[oldnbroken]

Goin' fast is goin' fast.
Why do you guys care, so much, what it's on?
Street Luges, Buttboards, Skateboards, Dirtsurfers, Inline Skates, Gravity bikes are all more fun than cleaning the garage!!!
Open your little minds. buncha sheep.
Gravity is good and any way ya roll can be a blast.

[mc99david]

oldnbroken: nothing meant really by it.. just fun to make fun of roller bladers, thats all. again, i even was one, and still do from time to time, and still it's fun to make fun of them. same with skiing and snowboarding.. i do both, and rip on which ever one i'm not doing.. its all good natured fun

[GrassDiver]

In-line skates are okay for an occasional diversion, but keeping up with DH skateboarders? What is your buddy's experience level on inline skates? Let me guess, he saw a video on youtube of some DH inline skaters killin it in the alps somewhere doin hockey stops at 40mph. Yeah sure, its a lot easier than longboarding - Not! The downhill inline skaters you see on youtube are either daredevils or gots years of experience on skates. Just tell him to get a board if he wants to hang with the longboarders, he will be wasting his money if his strategy is to inline skate with longboarders - he will probably just put them on the shelf to collect dust like the rest of us and convert over to boarding anyway (plus he won't have to keep answering questions about his sexual orientation).

[oldnbroken]

David,
Just bustin' balls too, trying to open the kids eyes.
I've had lots of back and forth in the hybrids section about Dirtsurfers, Carveboards, mountainboards for street, Tierney Rides, Freebords, streetluge, headfirst street luge and on and on.
I always kinda laugh to hear skate kids knocking various boards they never tried.
A lot of them might be surprised how much fun some of the oddball stuff is, but I guess peer pressure is still a reality.
Easier for me to be open to anything, I've got no skate history before a Carveboard.
Skating was a snowboarding replacement when I started.
I skied growing up, snowboarding came much later.
I'm not a fan of rollerblading but I think Dirtsurfers and gravity bikes are a blast.
Can't do the luge thing, my neck won't bend that far.

[mc99david]

i have got to try head first luge!!! that looks like a blast

[neuros]

Oldnbroken, you'd be suprised how little your neck needs to bend for the luge. similar to tucking, but less strenuous. And, as you're old, you'll fit in with 90% of the luge population! The sport needs a youthful revival imo

And I remember meeting and drinking/smoking with two totally wasted frenchy canadiens at munnsville who had been riding DH inlines all day. One of them was doing it for the first time! At munnsville! Mind you I passed them on a luge a few times but even with just "a few years of hockey" as experience this kid was rippping it up and not having a hard time at all. ridiculous.
i still think dh inliners look silly while they're doing it, but to each his own... I myself ain't the closeminded type, but it's the way david just put it. it can be fun to rip on someone all in good fun.
hey, i used to aggro inline! and now I do standup, luge, gbike.

Goin' fast is goin' fast.

Gravity is good and any way ya roll can be a blast.

quoted for thruth

[oldnbroken]

David,
Have you seen the films of the guys on these things?.............bad..assssss!

Neuros-Unfortunately, my neck is not any longer close to normal.
Three discs removed and four neck vertebrae fused and screwed together with a titanium plate and eight screws.
Only got two moving vertebrae left in the old neck.

[mc99david]

yeah i have, and i heard there was a guy doing it at mary two years ago. its something i would only want to do on closed roads.. but man it looks fun