How It's Made: Speed Skates

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[@donaldleroy6502]

I appreciate being able to revisit these great shows, back in the day when I had cable I would watch these all the time

[@nodaysback8390]

After going through 3 pairs of off-the-shelf heat moldable racing boots for my inline skates, no matter how many times I warmed them and up reshaped the particular areas, I could never completely rid them of one or more *painful* pressure points in each of the boots. By design, there isn't very much padding in a racing boot, just very stiff carbon fiber. So, after two or three hours of skating and getting squeezed or poked in the same spot on a bone a few thousand times, you can believe it that those pressure spots begin to hurt! And skating 4 or 5 times a week, they stay sore... Then a Pro at a marathon event told me I needed customs because my ankle bones are pretty big and my feet are pretty wide and have a sensitive pinky toe bone. I told him customs are expensive. He said how much did you spend on those three pair of boots that hurt your feet? I said hmmm, you have a point... loll So, he set me up with a boot maker who didn't wrap my feet with strips of plaster cloth, instead he put each foot into its own box, slightly larger than a shoe box. Then he mixed some powder with water and filled each box with my foot in it with the mixture, which then set-up like Jello into soft rubber after a few minutes. Then he sliced through it along the top of my foot so I could lift my foot out. He then filled that negative of my foot with liquid plaster and later stripped the rubber away and had an exact plaster mold of each foot and made the boots around them. After I broke them in and made a couple of minor heat molding tweaks, they fit like gloves! and I've been skating pain free in them for about six years!

[@impossiblemission4ce]

What a lovely anecdote!

[@corvidconfidential8826]

That powder is alginate btw, incase you were curious or wanted to use it for stuff at home. Pretty interesting material, I would use it in my mask making business if it weren't a one-time use item though.

[@IvanGonzalez-nl7pr]

I wonder if the workers doing these examples think to themselves “oh boy, I’m gonna be on how it’s made!”

[@editpes]

Nah, "oh boy, I'm gonna doing it slowly for the camera"

[@geratinav]

WHAT ARE THOSE TOES

[@s3ri0usly.und34d]

They nasty 😭😭

[@epiclybeautiful]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@berniedelacruz4105]

People with foot fetish: 🤢

[@Texas_Swift]

This was a lot more interesting than I thought it was going to be. I had no idea so much work went into making them.

[@Lyf4rMusic]

Same ! Firstly, I didn't know they were soo custom-made and how many layers have to be used !

[@TheHOBBIES20]

Very interesting

[@jaykoerner]

@@Lyf4rMusic can be custom made, Most use the same sizing as normal shoes, to be clear the amount of hand work isn't too dis-similar to custom footwear in general

[@houstoner]

I used to speed skate competitively when they had five wheels on them. I miss it. I remember getting my first custom boots, they felt amazing. Still never helped me beat Chad Hendrick during practice sessions, but I sure as hell kept up with him. Wish I had applied myself more in my youth as I probably would have stood next to him at the Olympics.

[@laurentiusmichaelgeorge1118]

Damn man why didn't you go on to be a pro?

[@simontemplar8719]

I met Chad at a 10k Classic event in Atlanta. I thought he was taller. I miss speedskating too, sir. Wish i had a trainer through it all. Didn't realize the diet aspect of training was so calorie driven, until i got older.

[@beastart5118]

Hell yeah bro, Chad was a beast, I'm only 16, but a national champion speed skater, still watch Chad's races in 2022

[@darthdonkulous1810]

Fuckin' Chad!

[@realtalk675]

Yeah right

[@geratinav]

"The resin impregnates the carbon fiber" What sick fanfic is this?

[@jacobsworld374]

?

[@LilOutlaw03]

Lmao it's like "goddamn it who put their fanfics in the script again?"

[@iLikePistachios]

mine.

[@tsnmproductions]

(4:00) So satisfying to watch

[@Hchris101]

0:35 i would have appreciated a warning ⚠️

[@Deletedaccoujt]

I do figure skating. Why am I so invested in this?!

[@atown7714]

Thanks for the upload @sciencechannel

[@StainOfLuxury]

4:03 I’m sorry the resin does *what* to the *who?!*

[@justinsiebel9705]

That’s awesome, I’ve never seen vacuum bag resin infusion so we’ll. Does the plastic bag stick to the resin? When is that removed/trimmed?

[@b.c.9358]

Some types of resin and plastic won't polymerize together and can be removed easily. For example, smooth abs plastic and urethanes will not bond together.

[@houston356]

I definitely didn’t ask for this, didn’t even know what they were but I got it.

[@SaccoBelmonte]

This is the only video that shows how the shell is made.

[@chillchinna4164]

Got damn those were some grippers.

[@zeedon]

That guy getting the skates, is an absolute unit.

[@claudesmoot1880]

One of the biggest skate shops in the country is, Asphalt Beach in Nashville TN.

[@andromedach]

The price on these must be fantastic

[@soulkitchen1979]

20 grand?

[@filda2005]

@@soulkitchen1979 mine pair was $3k with custom 3x110+1x100 frame

[@soulkitchen1979]

@@filda2005 ok. Is this how much the pros would pay or olympic athletes?

[@Mark467]

@@soulkitchen1979 A good pair of custom boots - minus the frame, wheels, or blades - can go for under $1000 USD.

[@RelentlessOhiox]

@@Mark467 Can attest. Had a nice pair in the late 90s when skating was still big as a kid. They were about $300 and lasted a good few years.

[@mr.orsonwelles135]

SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO A NAIL SALON

[@buskontention3872]

😆 I saw the foot and immediately looked to see if someone commented on it.

[@terristroh3965]

Hobbit feet

[@fionagibson7529]

@@terristroh3965 Don’t you insult my boy Bilbo like that!

[@androidgeneral6900]

Nice!!!

[@elyornosirov2745]

Great

[@GENECARP]

The blade holders looked like they could easily be off , he used only his eye to set epoxy..

[@southparklion]

Can they adjust on the blade side? 🤔

[@chocolatecoveredgummybears]

wtf, i wanted to see how they attached and made the inline wheels haha

[@raistlinvanspronsentravel]

As a former speed skating athlete, I've attached/detached many blades. The connection points have a screw bit where we either use regular screws or Allan screws to attach our bladse

[@NATOnova]

Is there an episode for regular in line skates?

[@RSimusic]

"Speed dating? I'd be better off speed skating"

[@NelsonClick]

What a laborious work of precision art. Can't just run down to Wal-Mart to get a new pair.

[@archkull]

Why would you want to

[@ScottHillson]

This video creates more questions than it answers. Why does the mold sit in a store room? Was the storage room organized by a hoarder?

[@mitchelltrio]

Thank you! I was questioning those molds sitting there, too.

[@ValentinLEUNG]

Thanks for making this content available

[@johncameron4194]

Interesting

[@meawreg]

I had both type of skates. I'm surprised I'm still alive.

[@y2kona]

4:02 it WHATS

[@diwakarmishra8596]

Thanks for a beautiful post. .. Diwakar Kumar from West Bengal/BHARAT ;

[@chocolatecoveredgummybears]

4:00 my mind has been blown. wtf lmao

[@kimbratton9620]

Well done! ✔

[@alisherchanse8704]

Make a video about Anishona

[@BARBIE....24]

💜✨

[@khing_py]

Nicee

[@hasinangina5405]

How much please

[@twotoned2774]

Someone has to be serious about skating to get custom-made skates.

[@raistlinvanspronsentravel]

Olympic athletes, high-performance skaters. I have a pair of custom-made speed skates from my competitive years

[@brendakrieger7000]

Looks tedious🛼🛼

[@russchadwell]

Uh, where did those initial staples go? Aren't they still in there? OUCH!!

[@roxannarenteria4931]

So you're saying they have a foot closet? 🤔

[@braeburnhilliard8340]

I wish it would have shown how the wheel brackets and wheels are made and how they're attached to the skate boot.

[@dereksimmons5877]

Those are each entirely different and equally complex. I wish they went into even more detail about the boot itself

[@oatmealman1586]

I think the companies on this show avoid showing viewers the very important parts like that to prevent someone from copying their design.

[@virgilwalker683]

it only shows the making of the boot, not the actually assembly of the skate or rollers it self.

[@filda2005]

lol

[@playbackphantasy]

Sicccccccccck!!!!!

[@rjwh67220]

How much would a pair of these cost? I bet they ain’t cheap!

[@melissavalensia3479]

Looking at thumbnail at first i thought this video is about how to make speed skate cake....

[@officialmobiltrilers9805]

Expected 💓

[@SCRT]

Can we all appreciate that he uploads consistently? 💕

[@Blackoutfor10days]

No 😂

[@Termite_Studios]

They*

[@anggorodestu2698]

how about the case of broken boot? is it because the carbon is fake?

[@hasinangina5405]

Please l need skating speed boots

[@faris.Djunaidi]

Because of this video, I just knew that speed skating sport does exist 😅

[@bluecometdaiamon]

4:02 this sounds really bad man

[@hasinangina5405]

I need size 47

[@pandemonium732]

whos the voice of how its made???????

[@1AlexanderCole]

Brooks Moore

[@kittyhawkgirl109]

Put those grippers away

[@ERKNEES2]

ALL WHEEL DRIVE

[@TheGreatAtario]

Poor guy's never going to be able to fix his hammer toes or his fancy skates won't fit anymore

[@hamentaschen]

"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."

[@janela424]

Is there no room for socks or are they wearing these barefoot?

[@billjohn2000]

Um if your using memory foam it remember the tape smh sad days

[@RobMonty248]

This is great but also skipped a lot. heh...

[@jeffreycortes4389]

They are speed skates

[@Gl1tchyTV]

PUT THOSE GRIPPERS AWAY

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[@elmermildred5624]

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[@therealmarcher]

Impregnates?????

[@intergalacticspaghetti5213]

bruh

[@ori0n810]

"The resin impregnates the carbon fiber" Wth

[@kanishka.b8550]

Incomplete 😐

[@chrismartinez8603]

These gotta be expensive..

[@archkull]

Eugh feet are so disgusting

[@badbrooko]

Didn’t roller blading die in the nineties 😂

[@sonofsamNY]

If we was meant to have wheels or blades on our feet, God would have made us that way...🤨

[@gagiva7]

Shit, just show half only

[@lavernejones1973]

Jesus is Alive