Just wondering. Don't most people want their skates to look smaller?
Wait why do skates have skins again?
Just wondering. Don't most people want their skates to look smaller?
Originally Posted by BMV
skins change the look not the size?
and yes, jamming your foot into the smallest size possible is the hip thing to do.
WAT
Rolled up another blunt, bought a Heineken
smaller skates look better, they are there for design purposes
"I reflected that man is the veriest slave of custom, and that many points in the routine of his existence are deemed essentially important, which are only so at all by his having rendered them habitual"
skins dont necessarily make skates look bigger, its pretty much about boot shell sizes. what a stupid question
"I reflected that man is the veriest slave of custom, and that many points in the routine of his existence are deemed essentially important, which are only so at all by his having rendered them habitual"
i used to trade RB skins with homies. usually ended up with me having a 9 shell and a 13 skin from a friend.
Dunno man, compare a same size M12 or Cult to a Valo or SSM with a skin.
How do you sell a Majestic 12 or Razor Flat skate two decades after they were first released? Put a jacket on it, and make a soul plate. Some skins do look pretty legit, but I've always preferred the naked boot.
SAUCY TONY THE SULTRY VANDAL
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Last edited by jakeordie; 27.10.2012 at 07:20.
Most skins simply don't make sense. TRS did it right and is still doing it right(the skin part at least :/ )
Valo and Nimh make a little sense but they doin it wrong.
Compare a toe cut size 7 Valo that fits like and 8 to to an actual size 8 M12. That is the point.
If the shell was cut lower then the skin would serve the purpose of forming to the top of your foot for ideal comfort.
Skins obviously make sense for carbons for the same reason.
Personally I love skates with skins just because of the comfort. None of them are really made to the quality the need to be at though.
Genuine thick leather needs to be used with stitching in the right areas. Not the weak areas. A thin layer of plastic needs to coat the toe and sides. This way you get the durability of a hardboot and the comfort of a soft boot.
At the same time I can understand preferring the strength and rigidity of hardboots.
Yeah your right
"I reflected that man is the veriest slave of custom, and that many points in the routine of his existence are deemed essentially important, which are only so at all by his having rendered them habitual"
They look pretty
Wat.
So when your skates hit eachother, or your homie's valos/ssm, you can be like "HITTING SKINS, SON!"
Word, but the quality of a m12 is much better than a standart valo
Next step, red soulplates, wheels and white instep strap
Because rollerbladers really are fucking faggots and stupid enough to suck the dick of the hottest gimmick
RB knew how to make a good quality skin. Not always the most aesthetically pleasing, but they always survived far better than any Valo or Nimh skin i've seen.
RB's were designed to have a skin on them. The original Valo, and Nimh/SSM skates have skins on as an afterthought. The Valo light is the first attempt they have made at making a shell that isn't just an open mold boot with a skin, but even that boot was engineered from the open mold Roces shell. The RB's had a shell that was not just a cut down per-existing shell, and thus, in my opinion, were better skates.
SAUCY TONY THE SULTRY VANDAL
this. I loved the old TRS, just wish I could fit a better soulplate to them. you could also do quite a bit of modding to the basic RB shell to make it work better for you, by cutting the sides to create more of a tray-like effect, toe/heel-cutting for a few mm extra space or modding the cuff to get the right feel for you. the skin was integral to the boot's feel, not just an add-on.
One of the things that set the skin apart as well was the use of rubbery plastic sections sewn into the skin in certain, commonly damage heavy places and the translucent plastic over the lacing. I skated the same set of Alphas for around 3 years, and by the end even though these patches had been worn down completely the skin was still fully intact. compare this to my Nimh v1's where the after 3 months the entire front of the skin had ripped at the toe seams and flapped around one boot, whilst the other was missing a large skin section over the cuff bolt. and then the shell base cracked lengthwise on one boot. yeah, wasnt too impressed with the quality on those skates.
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