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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)]] | ||
* 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 | * 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 | * 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.'' | |||
== 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) | '''Best wheels so far Seba (non luminous), gyro at 85a and undercover at 88a'''. | ||
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best: | |||
# Seba 80 mm / 85a. Gyro FSK 80 mm / 86a. Undercover bullet 100 mm / 88a | |||
# Seba Luminous 80 mm / 85a | |||
# Seba White 84 mm / 84a | |||
# Seba Street invaders 80 mm / 84a and Seba Slide Puyee florescent 80 mm / 90a | |||
# Seba Hyper G concrete 80 mm / 85a | |||
# China LED luminous 80/100 mm 90a ''(which in reality are more like 82/83a due to the polyurethane quality'') | |||
# K2 performance 80 mm / 82a | |||
# K2 active 80 mm / 80a | |||
=== 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'''. | ||
By order of performance and preference being 1 the best: | |||
# Twincam 608 ILQ-X mr2 (RS), Cats 608 Red (RS) and Swiss 608 ceramics (hybrid) (RS) | |||
# Twincam 608 ILQ9 Pro (RS) and Twincam 608 ILQ11 SCRS | |||
# Wicked 608 ABEC9 (RS) | |||
# Wicked 608 ABEC7 (RS) | |||
# Twincam 608 ILQ7 classic (ZZ) | |||
# K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ) | |||
# Mongoose 608 ABEC5 (ZZ) | |||
# K2 608 ILQ5 (ZZ) | |||
== Frames used == | == Frames used == | ||
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length = 232mm | length = 232mm | ||
Mounting = 150mm, 165mm and 180mm | Mounting = 150mm, 165mm and 180mm | ||
Aluminium | Aluminium 7000 series frame, cnc machined | ||
== Apps used == | == Apps used == | ||
* [[Hauk]] | * [[Hauk]] for live [[gps]] tracking | ||
* [[Opentracks]] | * [[Opentracks]] for [[gps]] recording | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||