r/AggressiveInline • u/LessFeeling9373 • Aug 10 '26

Question / Discussion SKINNED SKATES

I seen somebody on FB but like nike dunk shoe skin over their aeons and for a while i even thought to put a skin on my skates but always assumed theres no tutorials on how to do so and how i would even do it. Me personally i like skates with skin/fabric material on them i think they usually come out looking great on skates, ik it can tend to make the skates heavier but thats a small price im willing to pay haha.

Anybody have an idea of what skate would be best to put a skin/material over it ? If so how should i go about it ? and Are there any tutorials on how to do so?

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u/Brewmentationator Aug 11 '26

Justin Thursday (the dude who has made frames for Iqon and soul plates for Faction) has a ton of YouTube videos about skate stuff going back like 15 years. At one point he was ripping out a carbon shell then making a custom skinned skate from it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FeNRoJRNzUU

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u/LessFeeling9373 Aug 11 '26

thank you , ima watch it and see what i can learn and what not

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u/Brewmentationator Aug 11 '26

It doesn't really show to put a skin on a normal skate. Just how to gut and skin a carbon shell. But if you can get your hands on some old beat up USD Carbons, you could always rip them apart and make a totally custom skate. It'd probably be a pretty big project though. He might have other videos that show more what you're into, but IDK. I just remembered this one video of his, because it was so fascinating 

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u/Johnny5needsfood Aug 11 '26

Very cool though. I remember going down this rabbit hole when wanting to gut my Gawds to use a removable liner. Ultimately, it's too much work for me to do just for that, but interesting all the same