We upgraded the stock New Jacks to create a nice mid range priced skate named the Raptor F1 XS. This set up features the new GC F1 XS frames, Eulogy Jeff Dalnas (aMall team rider) Reptile pro 57mm 89a wheels, ABEC 5 bearings and GC 42mm nylon anti rockers.
The Ground Control F1 XS frames feature a good wide groove and have a nice solid feel to them. The Eulogy Dalnas pro wheels look great but function even better as Eulogy continues to prove that they have one of the best urethane formulas that can’t seem to be matched.
Rollerblade just released a bunch of skates with their crown jewel being Rob G.’s first pro skate! With clear shells and new ski boot style buckles and straps, the Rob G. Solo Estilo skate is definitely the one to pick up!
Rollerblade just released a bunch of their replacement Solo parts in new colors for those of you looking to keep your skates functioning well and looking good at the same time. The RB anti rockers can be used with any frames with 8mm axles.
Rollerblade offers up their second version of the new Solo Tribe skates in an all new black and charcoal color scheme with green highlights. Some nice looking blades for this winter/spring season!
The new RB New Jack aggressive skates look pretty darn good as RB changes up the name of their popular Downtown series.
The best news about these skates is that RB finally stopped riveting the grind inserts and decided to start using the mini allen bolts again. So YES you can finally bolt on and off replacement grind inserts and midsouls easily.
In case you haven’t checked out this RB skate series since the Downtown 1, they really have made some great improvements on the design. The New Jack boot is a great combination of hard and soft boot technology as RB eliminated a lot of the plastic on the inner boot to give you a better fit, increased comfort and more flex for grinds.
For those of you that don’t know Jayson Reduta & Rob Gurrero are San Jose natives and are the true OG’s of the scene. While the San Jo scene isn’t what it used to be, we still have a strong vibe out here and pretty much everyone that still has love for blading and gets out to do the damn thing. Jayson is currently finishing up an Art major and Ruff riding it up on his GSXR and in his spare time still gets down with the illest steeze. Rob G. of course is still killin’ it with amazing flow and is now hooked up with a full factory ride from Rollerblade.
Still doin it in San Jose. Rob G and I went out a few days to hit up the local parks to break in his new ROLLERLBADE skates. These skates are ill by the way if you like to roll park. He hooked me up with an old pair and I gotta say they’re very fast and smooth with large frames and wheels. Not the most stylish skate compared to the new ones out today in terms of having skins, but an OG like me still likes to see a bare hard boot shell. The soul material is awesome and slides no problem any waxed surface. Check it out yall.
ROLLERBLADING IS GETTING HUGE, LOOK AT FRANKY MORALES DOING THE SKATE INSIDE!! A PHONE MAN. INSIDE A PHONE!!!!!!! I HEARD THEY BOUGHT HIM A HOUSE AND RED BULL GAVE HIM ONE OF THOSE MINI COOPERS WITH THE OVERSIZED CAN ON THE TOP TO DRIVE AROUND (PASSING OUT REDBULLS AS A JOB) BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLICK ON THIS LINK - THEN CLICK 360 TOUR MAAAANNNNN
Rollerblade just dropped their new Downtown 5 skate which has some nice improvements over their previous DT4 model. We’ve got a bunch of different set ups including plenty of options for you to choose from on the Downtown 5 customs.
SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH SOME SAMPLES OF THE NEW ROLLERBLADES THAT EVERYONE’S BEEN YAPPING ABOUT. HERE’S SOME DETAILED PICTURES OF THESE ERRRR…. ‘REVOLUTIONARY’? SKATES. ANYWAYS FEAST YOUR EYES AND GET YOUR JOLLIES - WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEM?
AM TEAM RIDER JEFF DALNAS ONCE AGAIN LAYS DOWN AN EDIT WITH PHENOMENAL SKATING, GETTING ALL WILLY-NILLY IN THE PARK - CH-CH-CH-CHECK IT OUT:
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE HIM SKATING SOME NEW ROLLERBLADE® SKATES. WE JUST GOT A MYSTERY EMAIL FROM A “T.hYz3R@hotmale.com” CONTAINING THESE TOP SECRET PHOTOS OF THE NEW ROLLERBLADE® MODEL - WHAT CAN I SAY, I’M SPEACHLESS. IT’S LIKE, FINALLY, A COMPANY THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT SKATERS WANT!
This is me testing out the new Rollerblade Solo Skate which hits stores January 09′. After my first grind I fell in love, then immediately started filming not even 10 minutes after I strapped them on and put little grooves in the Soul Plates. During this session alot of tricks that I used to do back in 97′-98′ began to come back naturally. Switch Torque was the one I was most excited about. I did a switch torque then fakie 270 front torque line which was not shown because I didn’t like the way my right foot came off, but you will be seeing more of them in the future. True torque comeback? New info soon to come on the New Rollerblade Solo, my experience with them, and other torque news.
Jeff Dalnas, as a lot of you have probably noticed is constantly killing huge rails with ease - here he’s spraying down a 450 royal. peep the shirt, Jeff is AM official. Click the photo for a bigger pic, taken from the ROLLER NEWS FLICKR taken by Brian Matthew Lewis.
Also, here’s an edit of team Rollerblade, featuring Dalnas, Rob G, Julian Bah, even Tom Hyser throwing down a few tricks. I noticed that they were flying on Air Tranny jets which reminded me of the time Air Tran sold my seat out from under me and left me stranded in the Jacksonville air port for two days to sleep in the floor of the terminal and spend all day riding around in the parking shuttle bus trying to charge my phone in the ciggarette lighter socket with some rickety ass over priced charger I had to buy from some crappy “technology of the future” store in the airport. check it.
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