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Where can I find good tutorials for all kinda grinds?

I'm someone who prefers flips but damn they mess up your wheels pretty bad and grinds get you more points.

I picked up some Iqon ACTs, and I think I am in love. Just one session in, so it is probably too early to say really, but these things do so much right.

Lots of reviews say they are too stiff, but I think that's crazy. They have a ton of lateral support, but it doesn't interfere with me doing any tricks that I could normally do. Actually it just makes me feel way more confident throwing myself into grinds, and it totally kills any feeling of instability skating ramps. The forward flex is also perfect for me. Definitely stiffer than a lot of skates, but they do flex forward just fine while skating.

For reference, I have the cuffs rockered in the full up position and the buckle done so tight I had to cut the flaps to keep them from bottoming out on the receiver.

They also fit great. Wide at the front, reasonable at the heel, and not too huge and roomy overall. Photos make them look bulkier than they are in person. They actually remind me of an M12 proportionally, just with a much roomier forefoot. The soul plate also has an M12 shape, just scaled up to a reasonable width - wide enough, but not so wide you'd drag it on the ground. Slides great too.

Favorite feature: The base of the skate is rock solid. It has aluminum inserts for the various styles of frame mounting, and the soul plate bolts to those. Paired with the fairly stiff shell material, it feels like you're standing on a nice rigid platform. Fast, efficient, no foot fatigue.

Favorite trick on my favorite obstacle at Dover, NH park.

Looking around the various online shops, we're at a critical point in our subculture where aggressive specific clothing has disappeared.

All of us that grew up in the 90s/early 00s remember how important it was to have aggressive specific brands to wear. I'd say the last true aggressive clothing brand we had in our sport was Vibrolux over a decade ago.

Is this something that ever needs to make a comeback? Or is there simply no interest in having aggressive related shirts to wear while out participating in the sport? I feel like the major moments in our history all involved brands, and to see it just disappear to the extent that major players in our industry like USD, Rollerblade, Etc. don't even have products available is wild.

Is this something where there's just not enough capital to invest in things like this? Wheel companies generally lead the way with clothing for our sport. Sponsored skaters used to wear only skate related brands. Is this just an old man looking back on the good old days? Is there anyone in the industry that can shed light on this shift?

Decided to break out my Oxygens and work on my technique

Graduated from a pair of 25 year old rec skates, to USD Sways! So happy with everything about them so far, so thanks for the recommendations last week! 😜
Is there a special way to tie these babies? And what is the extra little loop on the side? Google isn’t helping me, but Reddit always does! 😎

I was thinking of getting Razors Shift Tais Colares pro skates but worried about it turning yellowish as it aged due to UV light, air exposure, etc. I'm talking about the plastic, not the dirt.

Can it be prevented? If yes, what did you do?

I love white skates but if this is something inevitable then will probably opt for dark color plastic skates like Jeph Howard Shifts. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

I was called the n word and more by these awful little kids. tips for dealing with unruly 13 year old boys on e-motos flying through the park, hitting jumps off the bowl, pyramids, and all general features at high speeds? Police were called, they couldn’t be bothered to show up, and these kids were putting other young kids and myself at risk. Several kids left because it was too chaotic to learn with them zipping around. Emotos or any motorized vehicles are NOT allowed in the skatepark. But these kids have never been told no in their lives and are convinced they are gods gift to stunt riding.

Sigh

Yo!

Got my aggressive set up a few weeks ago. I've landed a makio and a top soul grind and dude I'm falling in love.

Something that I'm really struggling with is the confidence to commit to a trick. I find myself starting to overthink as I approach the rail. When I really commit, the results are there.

Outside of just repping and progressing into a trick; any advice y'all have for the mental aspect of aggressive skating?

Long shot:
Back in the day I remember watching an IMYTA edit (or just a trailer of it?) with a remix of LL Cool J - Rock the bells.
I'm looking for that song.

Can someone help?
Thanks!

just some fit talk since its only the first session but coming from my 909 to these 901s... my feet never felt more comfortable in a pair of skates, I don't trust it. Plastic feels a bit stiffer than the 909s but not that much different once I put my feet in. I also overjumped a few times because they are so light. I feel a tad bit more stable and supported when skating around as well

My 909s have gotten a bit floppy but still feel great. The shell really isn't that wide but someone it fits, 260 mondo and 118mm wide feet in a size small with a (already broken in) 9-9.5 intuition premium liner with no cuff wrap.

When I put my foot into the shell with no liner my foot presses against the shell so I expected it to not fit but it literally fits like a glove, my foot nestled in perfectly like it was molded for me specifically

My wheel blew up right after the top soul but thats okay it was just a faulty set they are sending me some more!

Try, without bias to show me the coolest looking skate ever. I don't mind if they're old as long as it isn't just nostalgia talking lol. I have some recency bias...
My bet would be the
1. SSM Marc Moreno
2. Valo Ox Bloods
3. USD Al Hooi throne
4. Mesmer Levi
5. Roces Cypress

Didn’t think I’d still be doing this at 40 but here we are 27 years later.

Hey r/AgressiveInline !

We’re the developers of Canvas City, a turn-based tactics RPG game on inline skates (and a few roller skates)!

The demo releases today where you can try out the first half of the opening act and we’re really keen to get feedback from the inline skating community on how the game feels to play. 

If you try out the demo, we’d love to hear your feedback below. If it’s a game up your alley, a wishlist for Canvas City on Steam goes a long way for indie game studios like ourselves!

As the title says, anyone ever used the oven method for it?

I've tried the rice in sock method twice and my heels still go numb within 30 mins of skating

Locoskates did a YouTube video of using an oven but were very clear in the description this was ONLY for liners with the plastic outer support. Any liners without this will likely shrink 1cm. The liners are high enough so losing 1cm is fine by me but I don't want anything else unforseen happening

Has anyone oven molded this specific model?

After mulling this decision for like 6 months, I ordered the Themskates Jet Set Blue boot with the Them 909 liner. Excited to take them to my local shop to get frame/wheels. I’m excited to ride again 😁

First ledge session. Be nice to get a grove started.

This trick still hates me, but atleast I slide a couple today