Carbon 2 Review

[Muppet4Eternity]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5wetImBSMY

Skating starts at about 2:20.

[gen2roller]

1st?

i want carbonz

[zale]

I don't think that carbons are best skates for you (and most of beginners) because it doesn't force you to bend your knees which is a extremely huge problem (just look at your topsouls).

[Espen]

The ao topsoul on the p-box impressed me.

[:bran^don:]

I can't watch videos. i was hoping this was a text review. :( i just randomly, like no shit five minutes ago, had an urge to get carbons.

[NickL]

Do more top porns. that first one looked pretty solid and easily done, so do it on different obstacles like those blue rails. Good stuff though.

[Muppet4Eternity]

I can't watch videos. i was hoping this was a text review. :( i just randomly, like no shit five minutes ago, had an urge to get carbons.



Ok, so I figured I'm bored and might as well do a big long review. I'll try and break it down into each specific.

Fit: I have a 10 in Carbon 2's. These fit me pretty much perfectly, my toes are just about touching the end. Hopefully once they break in a little more they won't quite be touching. My last skates were an 11 USD Carbon, which was a little too big, and before that I have skated 11 Remz and 9-10 Razors SL shells with 11 Trust liners. They're a little bit narrower than the USD Carbons, but this is probably just down to the fact they're a size smaller.

Comfort: As fat as comfort goes, these are absolutely amazing. The padding is a fair bit thicker now, but only around the cuff area. Lower down, it's the same as the old carbons. The tongue is quite hard, but still very comfortable, and does not twist or fall down at all, despite only being attached at the bottom. I do my skates up as tight as I can, and they were still perfectly comfortable, and my feet did not go numb. The only issue I have is that when I do the buckle very tight, it feels slightly raw, but this seems to happen to me on pretty much every pair of skates I have had.

Flexibility: The skates is quite stiff, although not quite as stiff as the USD Carbons. The Carbon now hardly comes up past the cuff bolt, but this doesn't seem to make much difference. There is a lot, probably a little too much, front/back flex, and when done up tight, almost no lateral, although there is quite a lot when not as tight. One thing I found interesting is that you don't need to adjust the buckle much to take it from very loose to very tight. However, despite this, I have been able to do topsides for the first time in over a year, with absolutely no problems. They just make them feel right and easy.

How they affect your skating: Most people tend to agree that skates influence your ability, and decisions, to do tricks, at least to a certain extent. I have found all previous skates to be limiting compared to these. I know most of the USD team have said that they feel like being in shoes, or they make your switch tricks feel natural etc. I don't agree with this, but I will put it this way. My Carbon 2's let me do what I want. When skating them, there wasn't a single trick that popped into my head as something I might be able to do that I didn't land. Bambi said they were the only skate he had ever skated where Back Savannahs feel right. This is completely true. I've never been able to back savannah before, and with my Carbon 2's on I found them easy, just like doing it on shoes on a curb etc. My friend said it would be sick if someone did this trick he'd never seen anyone do before. I'd never tried it before. I did it first time. It was easy. But I would never have been confident trying it in any other skates. I can't really explain this well enough, but the skates just let your skating be your skating. They don't hold you back in any way.

Souls: Right now I'm skating them with my old souls from my USD Carbons, because I'm too lazy to groove them for a while, and also because I didn't want them to feel too new all at once. I'll probably put the white souls on them once they're fully broken in, or maybe once my current souls completely wear out. Black souls look a lot better on the black ones in real life than they do in pictures. The souls are pretty huge, both on the positives and negatives, but not too big. There's a good balance, especially once you've worn them down doing cess slides a bit (I prefer small souls). The backslides are nice blah blah blah.

Buckle: The buckles is a spring buckle. The strap is new, its sort of wider, and the edges are more bevelled. It's a bit of a pain to tighten up, but once you've got the hang of it, it's not that bad. It looks nice and durable, and generally pretty good. As I mentioned, it's not that far from really tight to really loose.

Overall, these are the best skates I have ever owned. They will save rollerblading. If you are looking at buying new skates, don't get anything but these. If you can't afford them, save up until you can. These are absolutely amazing.

Pics
http://l31.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-ash1/hs732.ash1/162657_1510275239010_1298226697_31150885_5807218_n .jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1354.snc4/162657_1510275279011_1298226697_31150886_3776121_n .jpg
Side views
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs732.ash1/162657_1510275319012_1298226697_31150887_7337984_n .jpg
I see extra material... but I don't feel it.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1334.snc4/162657_1510275359013_1298226697_31150888_5148125_n .jpg
Cushty ass padding.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1334.snc4/162657_1510275399014_1298226697_31150889_1850136_n .jpg
Attempted buckle close up.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs069.snc6/167949_1510276439040_1298226697_31150893_3226418_n .jpg
Rear view. Carbon stops where the neoprene is.

Notice my awesome facial expressions :lol:

Been there, done that.

[Muppet4Eternity]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLZ7cyBsCg&feature=channel_video_title

[Espen]

Fuck you for not saying thanks, I fucking gave you a compliment

[Muppet4Eternity]

Fuck you for not saying thanks, I fucking gave you a compliment

What can I say man... I got sidetracked by Bran^don.
Didn't expect that trick to go well, AO topsouls aren't really my thing. Maybe I'll do them a bit more now.

[Switch_Bcn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLZ7cyBsCg&feature=channel_video_title

Haha, Wells bus depot! Fond memories of that place. Do you know Dre and Jakob then?

[*ROYALwithCHEESE*]

reviewing carbons is like reviewing jessica albas ass......fucking pointless..

[:bran^don:]

Fuck man. you may have just swayed me to cop a pair of these'

edit* sold out in size 9 at amall. kind of want valo lights so we will have to see what happens. good review. i would make sexy talk but you look 10-12 years old

[wujcik]

justin bieber rollerblades?

[Muppet4Eternity]

Haha, Wells bus depot! Fond memories of that place. Do you know Dre and Jakob then?

Iafors? Not really, they don't really come down Glastonbury way that often. I think they tend to go up to Hengrove or Midsomer Norton or wherever people skate now.

[greenpiefilling]

black boots teal cuff, white souls and frames.... kewl setup, ao top soul also impressed, get low on your tricks tho

[spaniard]

Nice! Well nice aots too! I Conference facebook'd it, hope ya don't mind! www.facebook.com/theconference.org

[Muppet4Eternity]

Nice! Well nice aots too! I Conference facebook'd it, hope ya don't mind! www.facebook.com/theconference.org

Feels good.
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/200225_1644035622936_1298226697_31362842_6261344_n .jpg

[blake kelly]

I cant stand my carbons anymore my ankles hurt walking around my apartment.

[CL347BV]

Tell your parents I like their Q7. I like those a lot.

[CerealGuy]

Been there, done that.

Why is Justin Bieber holding Karbun 2s?

[Muppet4Eternity]

Tell your parents I like their Q7. I like those a lot.

Not mine, it's Lewis's parents- the guy at the end.

[CL347BV]

Fair enough

I like the Q7 a lot, just not enough to spend 60 grand on one.

[gen2roller]

My mom just bought a 2011 q5, so jelly