It feels like skating is making a comeback back, I'm starting to see more and more skating content on TH-cam, I used to skate back when Vinny Minton, Brian Shima, Charles Dunkle etc were rolling, the VideoGroove era. Thanks for the video it's good to know what brands are around now.
All us old skaters are coming back. I used to skate in the 90's and always wanted to get back into it then covid came, perfect opportunity. Got a pair of Aeons and first day back I was doing perfect top souls, I didn't even have to re-learn landed all soul grinds first try, for the top souls took me like 3-5 tries before I perfected them. You really never lose it with inline, skateboardings another story.
Damn thant gave me motivated to start again. My first skates were Vinny Minton's when i was 11-12, then i got the first Xsjados and my skills took of.. but i hit my twenties, it just fizzled out
I picked up the pigeon blue Blanks because of your original video calling the SK's almost perfect. Loving them and one of the best skates I've skated. Thanks for the great content as always man!
We have some many good options these days, so many good skates and obviously we can't skate them all, it is really hard to chose. Thank you Ricardo I think you wrapped it up very nicely. Happy New Year! I wish everyone a better 2023.
I literally can’t and they keep reducing my options for any above 300 mono skates.valo and roces? Sorry no fifths in 15 like in the 90s… nope. No valos at 15… no mold excuses now either and usd is full of it to say so because my gawds in size 14 aren’t an imagination and they are the black and red carbon frees and the size 13 carbon doesn’t use molds but lasts and that is gone too since the black 2020… JERKS!
I'm just about to start skating and I'm getting the FR antony pottier's for xmas. Nice to know I picked a good skate with options, as I think I'd eventualy like to have a go at everything eventually
I’m surprised nobody’s talking about this, but the Blank soul has a genius design where the surface isn’t flat, but a bunch of random angles. Hard to explain, but it creates the effect of grinding on the fewest points of contact possible, making for a super smooth grind.
I just bought Gawds Tim Franken on Bladeville website. Good deal, good shipping, good parcel 👌👌👌👌 BTW i also love those skates which are no more than USD Seven. And then, thanks a lot Ricardo for helping this year a 40 yo french man to go back on wheels.
I have both mesmers skates , I haven’t skated DB’s yet , lol he JB feels great. Like zero complaints, I did heat mold the liners twice and installed a Supra insole cuz stock insoles are crap.
List of every skate mentioned: Razors SL Derek Henderson Mesmer John Bolino Fifth Element Aquamarine FR Antony Pottier USD Aeon 80 Roces M12 Malva US Sway Chris Farmer Them Pat Ridder Roces Dogma Bobi Spassov Iqon AG 10 Mesmer Dominic Bruce USD Shadow Eugen Enin III Gawds Team (Technecially not reviewed)
Question Ricardo to Ricardo: Which of your selection would you recommend for having the widest toe box? I switched my shoes to barefoot shoes (All of them) already more than a year ago, and now my Razors Shift are too reduced in the toe box for me to continue skating them. I want to update my setup based on this aspect. What is your recommendation Ricardo?
Great video! All around! Just one question. I a pretty big guy these days and I thought of getting back into aggressive inline along with skateboarding and BMX and MTB. Pretty much everything within the world of athletic artforms. Yet, I'm not sure what skate would be best for me to start off with getting back in. I'm 6,0, 240 lbs., plus I'm looking towards both comfort and stability. What skate would you recommend for me starting back?
This will be hard because I’m switching from aeons and I’m currently trying to decide whether to get the Bruce’s or the blanks haha. Great video and thanks for the info fam.
Ricardo this list may work for those one with large feet. THEM Rollerblade etc are too big for people on 8/9 Us really. Razors Shift is better than all of those for a tight fit.
Thanks for your feedback. I like the SLs over the SHIFTS, but yeah as i said, its a personal opinion..i also really like aeons but I have not been skating them often in 2022
Great list, fantastic explanations of your opinions on each skate. I am curious though about the RB Blank SKs, other than the feeling of tightness, why switch liners? I have heard a lot of skaters who have/do skate these and they say pretty much the same thing which is the right boot liner has some sort of odd stitch that began to scrap or dig into their foot. It was such an odd thing to hear so I was wondering if you encountered that issue as well.
Are the mesmers really that good?? Im interested in them. I have real narrow feet snd real high arches. I have a trouble with boots being too wide and swimmy. My length is good but not filling out the boot. They look like a razors shift. A smaller foot toe area a slimmer height.
Whats the difference of the Mesmer John Bolino and Dominic Bruce? It seems as if the cuff of the Bruce model is taller than the other one. Is that right?
Hey Ricardo thank you for the awesome content like always I had a question I've been riding REMZ for years I'm a big footed person (size U.S13)what in your opinion would be the best skates for someone in my position? Staying tuned 👍
hey Vince I would say more than the foot length, you gonna need to look at foot width, if you have a slim foot or a narrow foot..theres plenty of options..
A couple of questions from an American without a local shop to try stuff out! Your honorable mentions - my back to blading skates were Aeon 80s. My wife got into fitness skating and I wanted one pair to skate with her and do the park. But the big wheels scare me to learn on. Even though I skated 20 years ago, I never really learned to grind and want to. I thought about getting a more park oriented skate and thought about the FR UFR because I've got wide-ish feet. How do you feel it behaves as an aggressive skate? I already have bigger wheel covered, so I probably wouldn't do big wheel frames on the skate for a while. I'm looking for a skate that inspires confidence learning to grind with no one around me skating, so I'll be learning alone. I'm now thinking about Mesmer and that Roces model. I've heard Roces can be a touch narrow, so I've been a bit nervous to try. Would you say you have a pretty average width and height foot? Your videos have been great since I got back into skating. I love that you skate multiple disciples.
If you don't have a shop to try on sizes/brands, and the Aeon 80 fits you well then get the Aeon 60. I have the Team XXI, great skates, cheers from Down Under.
I just got the Roces 5th element Ilia Savosin model and I was also scared of it being too tight and screwng up my feet, I have pretty weird and wide feet myself and I gotta say, they're the only rollerblades that feel that good on my feet. Granted it has a pretty painful first few rides especially for the toes, but as long as you order your feet lenght, the liner will grow inside the shell as the shell on those runs larger. Hope that helps and if you can try some I definitly would
:) thanks Ross. I have respect for what Jon is doing with them. and its impossible to Deny how they have been growing and doing amazing things for our sport but if were here we also see prices going up..things changing etc....but hey..Them is not the only ones....The AEONS also went from a low cost skate to where it is right now.... lets see what happens in 2023..
Eu nao sei se é pq vc é muito fanboy dessas marcas, mas nenhum desses se compara com um Razors SL, talvez o Blank que eu nunca andei, o SL é um patins que deixa o a pessoa tao perto do chao que qualquer pessoa que patinar com um SL vai preferir mais que todos esses que vc mostrou.
The only reason the new 909 are more supportive is because they made them out of another stronger plastic. I know so bcus i got the new grey 908 and it was part of the propaganda. And i own THEM 908 and they are very supportive to me.
Glad to see rollerblade aint among the mix here as well. Cause after they screwed me over with their socalled "sean keane boot" witch i designed and was about to get put out as a new boot in my own brand. then ive been pretty damn mad, all through out the lockdown i worked on creating that boot and design to bring a boot that i would love to skate. i even have the prototype, but now i cant do a damn thing cause im in a lawsuit against them. Bastards
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It feels like skating is making a comeback back, I'm starting to see more and more skating content on TH-cam, I used to skate back when Vinny Minton, Brian Shima, Charles Dunkle etc were rolling, the VideoGroove era. Thanks for the video it's good to know what brands are around now.
All us old skaters are coming back. I used to skate in the 90's and always wanted to get back into it then covid came, perfect opportunity. Got a pair of Aeons and first day back I was doing perfect top souls, I didn't even have to re-learn landed all soul grinds first try, for the top souls took me like 3-5 tries before I perfected them. You really never lose it with inline, skateboardings another story.
Bro , you are a year to late, the hype has come down…. You just happen to be one of the new stragglers
@TheWise_1One 🤣, story of my life
Damn thant gave me motivated to start again. My first skates were Vinny Minton's when i was 11-12, then i got the first Xsjados and my skills took of.. but i hit my twenties, it just fizzled out
Yeah man we're right there with you. (36) now and my brother (37) is getting back into skating. Hope we don't die!
Im 40 year old and gonna get back into skating.
Same here...! 🙋♂️
Same I'm mid 30s it work out wearing usd skatea
Started again last summer @ 40. Got some old skaters back into it too. Awesome fun rolling back the years 👍
I picked up the pigeon blue Blanks because of your original video calling the SK's almost perfect. Loving them and one of the best skates I've skated. Thanks for the great content as always man!
Jus ordered my whole family skates for Xmas, couldn't have done it w/o your videos. Glad you're still going strong!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!! enjoy the good times
lots of love
Lino
We have some many good options these days, so many good skates and obviously we can't skate them all, it is really hard to chose. Thank you Ricardo I think you wrapped it up very nicely. Happy New Year! I wish everyone a better 2023.
THANK YOU!!!!! and I wish you and yours a merry xmas and a very happy new year
I literally can’t and they keep reducing my options for any above 300 mono skates.valo and roces? Sorry no fifths in 15 like in the 90s… nope. No valos at 15… no mold excuses now either and usd is full of it to say so because my gawds in size 14 aren’t an imagination and they are the black and red carbon frees and the size 13 carbon doesn’t use molds but lasts and that is gone too since the black 2020… JERKS!
Lino is talking skates.... I love those airmax 1 and rugby shirt combo. Airmax 1s are my faves.
I kept getting lost in the artwork behind you, had to keep shaking myself out of it to listen… Thankyou for great educational content as always.
K2 fatty pro!!!! Old school!
Razors flat. Oxygen, blue skates
I'm just about to start skating and I'm getting the FR antony pottier's for xmas. Nice to know I picked a good skate with options, as I think I'd eventualy like to have a go at everything eventually
I’m surprised nobody’s talking about this, but the Blank soul has a genius design where the surface isn’t flat, but a bunch of random angles. Hard to explain, but it creates the effect of grinding on the fewest points of contact possible, making for a super smooth grind.
The same os Razors Shift, they just copy
Love these end of the year top 5 skates
Thank you! I love making them
Ricardos such a wheel addict, even his bags got wheels! WOAH :O
hahahaha.
I just bought Gawds Tim Franken on Bladeville website. Good deal, good shipping, good parcel 👌👌👌👌
BTW i also love those skates which are no more than USD Seven.
And then, thanks a lot Ricardo for helping this year a 40 yo french man to go back on wheels.
The Blank boot looks so good. Is a very good looking skate, although it would be cool some colour accents.
it seems like they are working on that
I love all your videos. Keep up this awesome work homie. You have so many skates and the stories with them.🤘🏻❤🔥🤘🏻
Appreciate it!! ❤️🙏🏻
I have both mesmers skates , I haven’t skated DB’s yet , lol he JB feels great. Like zero complaints, I did heat mold the liners twice and installed a Supra insole cuz stock insoles are crap.
List of every skate mentioned:
Razors SL Derek Henderson
Mesmer John Bolino
Fifth Element Aquamarine
FR Antony Pottier
USD Aeon 80
Roces M12 Malva
US Sway Chris Farmer
Them Pat Ridder
Roces Dogma Bobi Spassov
Iqon AG 10
Mesmer Dominic Bruce
USD Shadow Eugen Enin III
Gawds Team (Technecially not reviewed)
thanks for putting this list together.
GAWDS team Review coming 2023
Great video yet again Ricardo! Have you had a chance to try the Faction Skates Company Tactical V1's yet? A great boot you should review
Great video! Thanks Ricardo!
I love the M12s .. just didn’t skate them as much as previous year … ❤️
Every skate setup serves its own purpose, so having two sisters on spot 1,I can really only agree!
thanks For comprehending Leslie :)
Great overview!
Question Ricardo to Ricardo: Which of your selection would you recommend for having the widest toe box? I switched my shoes to barefoot shoes (All of them) already more than a year ago, and now my Razors Shift are too reduced in the toe box for me to continue skating them. I want to update my setup based on this aspect. What is your recommendation Ricardo?
Great video! All around! Just one question. I a pretty big guy these days and I thought of getting back into aggressive inline along with skateboarding and BMX and MTB. Pretty much everything within the world of athletic artforms. Yet, I'm not sure what skate would be best for me to start off with getting back in. I'm 6,0, 240 lbs., plus I'm looking towards both comfort and stability. What skate would you recommend for me starting back?
This will be hard because I’m switching from aeons and I’m currently trying to decide whether to get the Bruce’s or the blanks haha. Great video and thanks for the info fam.
go for the blanks, you won't regret it
Pretty simple. Anti-rocker -> MESMER / flat -> BLANKS ;)
Ricardo this list may work for those one with large feet. THEM Rollerblade etc are too big for people on 8/9 Us really. Razors Shift is better than all of those for a tight fit.
Thanks for your feedback.
I like the SLs over the SHIFTS, but yeah as i said, its a personal opinion..i also really like aeons but I have not been skating them often in 2022
@@RicardoLino i tried the SL but its too roomy for my feet. thanks for your video Ricardo
Great list, fantastic explanations of your opinions on each skate. I am curious though about the RB Blank SKs, other than the feeling of tightness, why switch liners? I have heard a lot of skaters who have/do skate these and they say pretty much the same thing which is the right boot liner has some sort of odd stitch that began to scrap or dig into their foot. It was such an odd thing to hear so I was wondering if you encountered that issue as well.
Hi Gizmo, to be fully honest I haven't found that problem.
I skate the BLANK liner on other hard boot free skate often and never felt it...
@@RicardoLino Thank you for the insight and clarification! Stay at it! Looking forward to the content.
Are the mesmers really that good?? Im interested in them. I have real narrow feet snd real high arches. I have a trouble with boots being too wide and swimmy. My length is good but not filling out the boot. They look like a razors shift. A smaller foot toe area a slimmer height.
So glad I got back into skating again
Whats the difference of the Mesmer John Bolino and Dominic Bruce? It seems as if the cuff of the Bruce model is taller than the other one. Is that right?
So good, thanks for the vid. Currently torn between Mesmer/Blank/Roces. Are you a US10 in the M12 and a US9 in Mesmer?
Lino, comenta no seu canal em português sobre o patins Traxart Rock It!!!
Happy new year Ricardo lino I love you so much
Thank you Fedson.
I hope you have AMAZING Hollidays and an event better 2023
lots of love
Lino
@@RicardoLino God bless you Ricardo
Good stuff Ricardo ❤
Just want to say that you doing great job bro 👍👊
Which frame is on the white skate in front of his body (from the thumbnail of this video)? Thank you in advance!
I haven't skated in over 10 years, and I'm 8 months into ACL surgery recovery. Any specific suggestions out of the top 5 to get back into it?
Another great video ✌🏽
Thank you again
What would be a good anti rocker frame for the sk blanks??
I would love to see THEM keep making the 908. Have it at that lower price point. With their marketing it would sell like crazy. 908Os
can you try trs inline skating, aggressive ?
Hey Ricardo thank you for the awesome content like always I had a question I've been riding REMZ for years I'm a big footed person (size U.S13)what in your opinion would be the best skates for someone in my position? Staying tuned 👍
hey Vince I would say more than the foot length, you gonna need to look at foot width, if you have a slim foot or a narrow foot..theres plenty of options..
A couple of questions from an American without a local shop to try stuff out!
Your honorable mentions - my back to blading skates were Aeon 80s. My wife got into fitness skating and I wanted one pair to skate with her and do the park. But the big wheels scare me to learn on. Even though I skated 20 years ago, I never really learned to grind and want to.
I thought about getting a more park oriented skate and thought about the FR UFR because I've got wide-ish feet. How do you feel it behaves as an aggressive skate? I already have bigger wheel covered, so I probably wouldn't do big wheel frames on the skate for a while.
I'm looking for a skate that inspires confidence learning to grind with no one around me skating, so I'll be learning alone.
I'm now thinking about Mesmer and that Roces model. I've heard Roces can be a touch narrow, so I've been a bit nervous to try. Would you say you have a pretty average width and height foot?
Your videos have been great since I got back into skating. I love that you skate multiple disciples.
If you don't have a shop to try on sizes/brands, and the Aeon 80 fits you well then get the Aeon 60.
I have the Team XXI, great skates, cheers from Down Under.
I just got the Roces 5th element Ilia Savosin model and I was also scared of it being too tight and screwng up my feet, I have pretty weird and wide feet myself and I gotta say, they're the only rollerblades that feel that good on my feet.
Granted it has a pretty painful first few rides especially for the toes, but as long as you order your feet lenght, the liner will grow inside the shell as the shell on those runs larger.
Hope that helps and if you can try some I definitly would
What size Fluid 4 you rocking on the Mesmers?
shortest super fluid 4 :) - S = 246 mm
Hit the nail on the head with them skates.
:) thanks Ross.
I have respect for what Jon is doing with them. and its impossible to Deny how they have been growing and doing amazing things for our sport but if were here we also see prices going up..things changing etc....but hey..Them is not the only ones....The AEONS also went from a low cost skate to where it is right now.... lets see what happens in 2023..
The background so good
Anyone know what frames those are on the white Them skates in the thumbnail? I need a pair asap
I’m really loving my gawd team skates I just got 😁
I was a huge fan of the USD VII, similar mold..so I'm excited for these GAWDS
@@RicardoLino would this open up space for that company that delivered skins for the USD VIIs to once again operate?
first to like and commmeeenntttt ..ricardo we love you
Thank you Kevo. really appreciate it.
Lots of love
Lino
I have a pair of THEM909s
Hey Ricardo whats the best skate in 2024
yess lets goo mesmer!!!!
Damn gawds team skate missed out keen to see how they do
ill have a review ready in early 2023.. :)
Eu nao sei se é pq vc é muito fanboy dessas marcas, mas nenhum desses se compara com um Razors SL, talvez o Blank que eu nunca andei, o SL é um patins que deixa o a pessoa tao perto do chao que qualquer pessoa que patinar com um SL vai preferir mais que todos esses que vc mostrou.
No GAWDS? How come you didnt try any throughout 2022?
Rollerblades have come a long way since the 90s. Shame the sport isn't popular anymore.
The PC era killed it imo
The only reason the new 909 are more supportive is because they made them out of another stronger plastic. I know so bcus i got the new grey 908 and it was part of the propaganda. And i own THEM 908 and they are very supportive to me.
i like 3 one
greatt
Thank you! :)
I’m going to assume everyone coming here is in their 40s 😂😂. LETS GOOOOOO!!
Glad to see rollerblade aint among the mix here as well. Cause after they screwed me over with their socalled "sean keane boot" witch i designed and was about to get put out as a new boot in my own brand. then ive been pretty damn mad, all through out the lockdown i worked on creating that boot and design to bring a boot that i would love to skate. i even have the prototype, but now i cant do a damn thing cause im in a lawsuit against them. Bastards
Missed faction skates. Probably because you can’t get them?
2023 for sure.. BIG CLARK FAN and I'm Sure ill enjoy whatever he worked on ;)
He tried. Sadly we were sold out!
I’m fighting to make his 2023 list! ;-)
Here to find out which skate sounds the best on landing, like “boofffffff”
you won't be able to listen....CLOUDS...
When you got second hand mesmers before watching 😏
Damn the last boots I had were latimer usds... then someone stole them.
That intro tho…
900th like
Gawds skates 🙄
🫡
Wow u r rich!. peace!
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