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[[File:adjustable_quad_skates.png|300px|thumb|right|Unknown brand. Was a gift]]  
[[File:adjustable_quad_skates.png|300px|thumb|right|Unknown brand. Was a gift]]  
[[File:Mongoose abec5 inline skates for 99cad.png|300px|thumb|right|Mongoose ABEC5 inline skates for $99 cad]]  
[[File:Mongoose abec5 inline skates for 99cad.png|300px|thumb|right|Mongoose ABEC5 inline skates for $99 cad in 2003]]  
[[File:k2_fit_84mm_inline_skates.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|K2 inline skates in 2011 for $130 Cad]]
[[File:k2_fit_84mm_inline_skates.jpeg|300px|thumb|right|K2 inline skates in 2011 for $130 Cad]]


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[[File:seba_laces.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Seba waxed laces (limited edition)]]
[[File:seba_laces.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Seba waxed laces (limited edition)]]


About me:
* Got my first skates when I was 7 or 8 years old. They were adjustable quads. I never gravitated much to them.
* Got my first skates when I was 7 or 8 years old. They were adjustable quads. I never gravitated much to them.
* At 12, I turned to street skating skateboarding for the next 4 years
* At 12, I turned to street skating skateboarding for the next 4 years
* In 2003, I bought a pair of mongoose soft boot inline skates for $99 Cad on Walmart. (Looking back, they were horrible. There's video of this)
* In 2003, I bought a pair of mongoose soft boot inline skates for $99 Cad on Walmart. (Looking back, they were horrible. There's video of this)
* 2011, I bought a pair of K2 with 84 mm wheels and picked up [[inline skating]] more seriously at a fitness and recreational level and skating on a regular basis ever since.
* 2011, I bought a pair of K2 with 84 mm wheels and picked up [[inline skating]] more seriously at a fitness and recreational level and skating on a regular basis ever since.
* 05/18/2017 bought the [[Seba Hight Light carbon]] with a flat frame, plastic cuff and 80 mm wheels
* 05/18/2017 bought the Seba Hight Light carbon with a flat frame, plastic cuff and 80 mm wheels
* 21:27 June 08 2020 bought the [[Seba Igor S carbon]] with a flat frame, carbon cuff and tri-skate 3 x 100 mm wheels.
* 21:27 June 08 2020 bought the Seba Igor S carbon with a flat frame, carbon cuff and tri-skate 3 x 100 mm wheels.
* ''SUV off road skates is the next purchase''.
* ''SUV off road skates is the next purchase''.


'''If you are looking for stuff about SEBA and or FR skates, feel free to contact me'''
''If you are looking for stuff about SEBA and or FR skates, feel free to contact me.''
 
== Skill level ==
At Inline/quad/ice skating? (eg. [[Skill_levels|Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced]])
 
* '''Aggressive''': (unknown)
* '''Intermediate''': [[Slalom]]
* '''Advanced''': City/urban, speed, freestyle
 
* '''Quad skating''': (unknown)
* '''Ice skating''': Intermediate (not longer practiced)
 
== Skating style ==
Long distance, speed, endurance, basic tricks, ''speed human mosquito swatter''
 
== Environment ==
Preferred [[inline skating]] environment by order of preference:
 
# Asphalt trails
# Hockey concrete rinks
# Skate parks


== Equipment used ==
== Equipment used ==
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=== Wheels used ===  
=== Wheels used ===  
'''Best wheels so far Seba (non luminous) and gyro at 85a and undercover at 88a'''.  
'''Best wheels so far Seba (non luminous), gyro at 85a and undercover at 88a'''.  


The worst wheels so far were from K2 brand.
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best:


* K2 active 80 mm / 80a
# Seba 80 mm / 85a. Gyro FSK 80 mm / 86a. Undercover bullet 100 mm / 88a
* K2 performance 80 mm / 82a
# Seba Luminous 80 mm / 85a
* Seba White 84 mm / 84a
# Seba White 84 mm / 84a
* Seba Street invaders 80 mm / 84a
# Seba Street invaders 80 mm / 84a and Seba Slide Puyee florescent 80 mm / 90a
* Seba Luminous 80 mm / 85a
# Seba Hyper G concrete 80 mm / 85a
* Seba 80 mm / 85a
# China LED luminous 80/100 mm 90a ''(which in reality are more like 82/83a due to the polyurethane quality'')
* Seba Slide Puyee florescent 80 mm / 90a
# K2 performance 80 mm / 82a
* Seba Hyper G concrete 80 mm / 85a
# K2 active 80 mm / 80a
* Gyro FSK 80 mm / 86a
* Undercover 100 mm / 88a
* China LED luminous 80/100 mm 90a ''(which in reality are more like 82/83a due to the polyurethane quality'')


=== Bearings used ===
=== Bearings used ===
'''Fastest bearings so far are the Swiss ceramics and Twincam ILQ-X mr2'''.  
'''Fastest tested bearings so far are the Swiss ceramics and Twincam ILQ-X mr2'''.  


Worst bearings were the Mongoose ABEC5 then K2 ABEC5, then Twincam ILQ7 classic and then Wicked ABEC7
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best:


* Mongoose 608 ABEC5 (ZZ)
# Twincam 608 ILQ-X mr2 (RS), Cats 608 Red (RS) and Swiss 608 ceramics (hybrid) (RS)
* K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ)
# Twincam 608 ILQ9 Pro (RS) and Twincam 608 ILQ11 SCRS  
* Twincam 608 ILQ7 classic (ZZ)
# Wicked 608 ABEC9 (RS)
* Twincam 608 ILQ9 Pro (RS)
# Wicked 608 ABEC7 (RS)
* Twincam 608 ILQ11 SCRS  
# Twincam 608 ILQ7 classic (ZZ)
* Twincam 608 ILQ-X mr2 (RS)
# K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ)
* Wicked 608 ABEC7 (RS)
# Mongoose 608 ABEC5 (ZZ)
* Wicked 608 ABEC9 (RS)
# K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ)
* Swiss 608 ceramics (hybrid) (RS)  


== Frames used ==
== Frames used ==
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  length = 232mm
  length = 232mm
  Mounting = 150mm, 165mm and 180mm
  Mounting = 150mm, 165mm and 180mm
  Aluminium 6000 series frame, cnc machined
  Aluminium 7000 series frame, cnc machined




== Apps used ==
== Apps used ==
* [[Hauk]]
* [[Hauk]] for live [[gps]] tracking
* [[Opentracks]]
* [[Opentracks]] for [[gps]] recording


== Links ==
== Links ==

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