Powerblading

Flacko

Flacko

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powerblading is new to agressiverollerblading instead of having grind spots, and tiny wheels they put 4 large rubbery wheels that can go much faster, are easier to use on rougher surfaces and absorb much more vibrations. its pretty much the arials of rollerblading, i think it looks pretty sweet anyways heres some vids and anyone who knows anything about this +k for any size 8, 8 1/2 setups you can find under 300$

Kevin Quintin, Profil winter 2011/2012 from SEBASKATES on Vimeo.



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KIZER advance POWERBLADING-Modified powerblock by David Mounigan from YOURS prod. on Vimeo.

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KIZER 2011 - BCN from TheConferenceTV on Vimeo.

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this looks sick to be honest

i like the idea even more because i hate how slow my aggressive blades are.

anybody know how to make them faster? I have the razors genesys 7.3 with featherlite 2 frames and the standard wheels/bearings and i just feel like they're slow as shit...
 
i have the same problem, i know you can just buy powrblade frames and helles for about 120$ at roller wherehouse, but its time for me to get a whole new setup and a compleate would be a better deal
 
hmmmmm

i've heard some things about the bearings making a huge difference, but until i have proof i'm not dropping 40 bucks for a super nice set of bearings haha

i also don't really have the roads for it i guess, the streets around my town are soo shitty..
 
40$ bearings aren't going to help. Clean your current ones with an organic solvent then lubricate with a very thin oil and they'll roll just as nice as 40$ ones.
 
naa bearings make hardly any diffrence as long as you have like a pair of abec 7 i wouldnt spend more than 20$, its all about the wheel size , and theres less resistance on rough surfaces with big wheels too bad this shits so pricy
 
So they want to use big recreational skate wheels. Sounds like raising your center of gravity and making it feel awkward. Cool for them, but I am not amused.
 
i'm partially torn. this is a regression. we started on 4 large wheels, went to four smaller wheels, then just two, then four small again, now we're back at 4 large. if i was going to do this, i'd just skate 4 56mm wheels. thats plenty fast. I still go fast on just two wheels, and I have severely worn eulogies in fluid 4's. Or at the very least, just get two larger wheels and do that.

plus nobody is doing anything you can't do on 2 wheel or flat setups with H blocks. I hate to use it as an example, but all he did in the first edit was some grabs and riding pretty much. and you can't do h block grinds. maybe it can be done but why grind on your expensive wheels? unless you want to do royals or backslides with your feet horizontal i guess, which is what i've been seeing.

I don't know, i'll pass on this one i guess. let people do what they want. it does look fun though
 
i see where your coming from, none of these people in the edits are pro, especially the first one i didn't watch much of any of these, once better riders get a hold of these shits gona throw down, i feel that the blades i have now just dont provide enough speed in tight spots, and enough vibration/impact reduction. right now blading is mainly grinds and i think this is a more balanced solution, anyways you can just switch out frames whenever.
 
yeah why don't these guys just fit two larger wheels to a pair of freestyle frames, or to a pair with anti-rockers?

wouldn't that do the same thing but still allow for h-block grinds

although in the last edit he did a custom h-block type deal and it worked

plastic bag you seem to be the aggressive blading expert on here, how can i make my skates go faster? i've got razor genesy 7.3's, featherlite 2 frames, and i think just standard bearings/wheels...
 
i'd recomend just buy some new bearings and maybe wheels, im no expert on inline but i usd to skate board so i'd go to your local skate shop and buy bone swiss REDS bearings. they're only ike 15 bucks or something like that and they used to work really well for me.
 
you might just have to skate faster. do what zoidberg said to do to your bearings, and get the max wheel size for your frames. as far as gear goes thats all you can do. more wheels helps keep your speed.

otherwise it's all on you, pump and give hard pushes if you really need speed. when going down slopes, make suer you efficiently transfer your energy, don't get off a slope and slam into the ground witha large vertical component, try and keep it horizontal, or parallell with the surface if it's not flat. I guess ceramic bearings might help, i've yet to try. i've heard thats the only way to make a difference, no higher abec ratings or whatever, if you want a difference you have to switch to ceramic.

and pro or not, there's plenty of skaters who aren't on powerblade frames with flow. richie eisler skates really fast and he's on fluid 4's and i'd assume his own undercover wheels. probably ceramic bearings too but whatever.

RICHIE EISLER - HIGH SCORES 2011 from TheConferenceTV on Vimeo.

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i guess technically yeah, but i think that depends on the road surface. so what it probably comes down to is the sum of a lot of little changes has an appreciable affect. wheel size, duro, i guess shape, bearings, # of wheels, and whatever else i said that i can't remember cause i've been doing organic chem for the past 4 hours.
 
only thing is, skating really fast and then falling... kiss your skin goodbye. especially on your hands, i need gloves or something.
 
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