Tag: LocoSkates (Page 18 of 36)

We Tried Skating Anti-Rocker Again – (feat Leon Humphries)
from LocoSkates on 19 Jan 2022

‘Anti Rocker’ is the method of putting two smaller middle wheels on inline skates to make grind tricks easier. More popular with skaters back in the day, but is it time for a resurrection?

0:00 What is Anti-Rocker?
0:08 Intro
1:43 History of Anti
2:00 Why did everyone switch?
4:19 Predictions
5:22 Leon Back Roy On Flat
5:36 Switching to anti
5:41 First Impressions – Leon
6:20 Royale on Anti – Leon
7:10 Gaston and Jake First Impressions
8:00 Jake Royale
8:47 Leon Front Nugen
9:34 Leon Back Nugen
10:02 Gaston Back Nugen
10:27 Leon Top Torque Soul
10:41 Rolling on rough ground
11:01 Leon Back Torque
11:28 Leon Conclusion
11:37 Jake Conclusion
12:04 Outro

Mesmer Skates – Deep Dive
from LocoSkates on 10 Jan 2022

In conversation about the Mesmer Jon Bolino Throne skates.

Featuring Gaston Demoratti, Harry Abel and Jake Eley.

Buy / find out about the Mesmer Skates here: https://www.locoskates.com/collections/mesmer-skates

Jump to:

0:00 Intro
01:02 Mesmer Background
01:56 Aesthetic
03:02 Classic Throne History
04:25 Fit
05:10 SSM Souls?
07:05 Shell
07:31 Artwork
08:50 Shock absorber / dampener
09:55 Frames and Wheels
12:11 Availability
12:33 Sizing
15:02 Shell
15:16 Footbed /Shock absorber / Frame bolts
15:44 Stripping out the shock dampener / soulplate
16:34 THEM 909 mod?
18:12 About Locoskates
18:49 Don’t not subscribe

FR Pottier Street Skate – Full Review
from LocoSkates on 8 Jan 2022

A close look at the new FR Antony Pottier Street Skates. We analyse both how they skate and the spec/build of the skate.

0:00 Intro
00:49 Royales (Jake)
01:20 Frame options
02:20 Backslides (Jake)
02:46 Topsides (Jake)
03:34 Souls [nearside] (Jake)
04:22 Farv (Harry)
05:10 Misfit (Harry)
06:14 Unity (Harry)
07:05 Gaston’s thoughts
07:58 On the roll (Gaston)
08:40 Soul / Ally Oop Soul (Gaston)
09:21 Spec talk and breakdown – Start
09:50 Too Fast?
10:20 Liner
12:17 Price
13:35 Shell Sizing
15:00 Adapted to UFS
16:35 Price (again)
17:35 Frames
18:12 Antony Pottier (the person!)
19:27 Inside of Shell
20:11 Summary
20:54 Oh yeah – Underside of soul kit / wheel-wells

Featuring Jake Eley, Harry Abel and Gaston Demoratti from Locoskates.

Buy the FR Antony Pottier skates here: https://www.locoskates.com/collections/fr-skates-1

THEM Skates 909 review – Bigger souls, easier grinds?
from LocoSkates on 29 Dec 2021

We took the new Pat Ridder Them 909 skates for a test run.

**Correction: Wheels are actually 58mm (not 56mm as stated in the video)**

Freestyle Skater Tries Aggressive …With Extra Special Guest
from LocoSkates on 9 Dec 2021

Nicola Torelli is a great Freeskater, but he’s only dabbled with aggressive skates a handful of times. Nico tries his hand at aggressive skating with some guidance from one of the worlds best.

Nico is using the USD Aeon basic skate from LocoSkates. You can find out more about that skate here: https://www.locoskates.com/products/usd-aeon-60-basic-skates

Nick is using the USD Aeon Nick Lomax skate. more about that model here: https://www.locoskates.com/products/usd-aeon-60-lomax-pro-2021-grey-skates