Rollerblades vs FREESKATES!

[@jmkride]

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[@WardStroud]

Having now been to the sacred hallowed halls of JMK I can say unequivocally these guys are genuinely good souls and threw open the doors to a couple of out-of-town visitors! They generously shared their exuberance of Free Skates and the community surrounding them. I can cross this off my bucket list of places and people I wanted to meet. Matt and Jeff (and the rest of the staff there) were super welcoming and friendly but I was especially impressed by Pearl appropriately named because this talented young man is a gem of a guy. Everyone was super super cool! I highly recommend if your in the area of San Diego stop by and visit the gang at JMK! On a side note just happened to be Thursday skate at the local park so we showed up for that too. OMG Epic fun! What a treat to actually get to hang out and skate with the crew! Yay!!! JMK I’m happy, honored and proud to have rolled with you and I can’t wait to get back to San Diego and do it again Peace!

[@jmkride]

Happy to have you Ward! Thank YOU so much! 😁🤙

[@danielreitermusic]

Yall should definitely try rockering the rollerblade wheels like Jeff mentioned. It makes a huge difference and they'll feel a lot more like freeskates!

[@jmkride]

I would enjoy this very much 😂 -Gabe

[@JOYORFR]

I've been skating for about 3 years and FE F4 was my first skate. I really enjoyed the build quality of the boot/hardware and look.Their sealed stock bearings are great and have outlasted some of my pricey bearings.The Flying Eagle liner is also great. Both the shell and liner need to break in but really mold well to your foot, comfortable and supportive with awesome power transfer.

[@jmkride]

Thanks for sharing! We were very impressed with the Flying Eagle quality. Very happy with them

[@bennit]

Love to see this challenge content! It would be cool to see y’all build out the JMK team and see more videos. It would be like Braille Skateboarding but instead it’s JMK Free-skating.

[@jmkride]

Thanks so much for that feedback! Glad you enjoyed it 😁😁

[@verdiernoyama9681]

Mattie is like a fish in the water. He's so comfortable. Very versatile

[@jmkride]

So true, it’s like he can ride anything with wheels! 🔥🔥

[@chrisb3389]

I enjoyed the race. As someone that inlines now and then, I definitely know how fast you can go on those. It seemed the speeds evened out more once past the first stretch. I will say that you feel like you are going faster on free skates. Not sure if that's the side angle that causes that perception. Gabe on inlines was pure comedy!

[@jmkride]

Both go very fast in their own right! Interesting observations. Yeah, Gabe will be sticking to freeskating 😂

[@Toxic0N3]

@@jmkride Rollerblades intended for speed tend to use the larger wheels 80mm are for casual street use or parks normally. If you wanna see what they can do rock a set with the 110-125mm they're significantly faster. Bearings make a huge difference as well. Ceramics will perform crazy on anything with wheels.

[@chrisb3389]

@@jmkride I thought about it more and I think part of why free skates feel faster is the lower center of gravity. Between the wheels and frame that holds them and the boot cushioning and such on blades, I feel I'm much higher up on them. It reminds me of a small Hyundai car a buddy had way back that was super low to the ground. When we'd drive on the freeway, I'd feel like we were going a thousand miles an hour. :)

[@verdiernoyama9681]

the mustache suits you very well

[@sokz_uk1725]

True lol

[@CharlesStaffeld]

it never occurred to me, that because we have stronger front to back stabilization, you don't need ankle support in the same way you do on an inline skate.

[@jmkride]

Great observation!! Love diving into the science of things

[@Leo_Keys]

You guys should try out the Dragan Board. They’re a small company that makes streetboards/snakeboards.

[@danielreitermusic]

I second this. Dragan boards are related to freeskates in a similar way to inline vs. quad skates. Simon Johns from the Dragan team lives in San Diego. Maybe JMK could do a collaboration with them?

[@jmkride]

🤔👀

[@jongorden4717]

Super fun video!

[@Mycatz]

Ordered my first pair of freeskates wasn’t the biggest fan of putting on and taking off inlines. Hoping I enjoy these more!

[@nestormejia2963]

Just ordered my first pair of FreeSkates!! I’m so excited!

[@jmkride]

Awesome! Welcome to the community!

[@deannday4]

Fun video guys!

[@StockaOfficial]

This is an absolute blast :D

[@jmkride]

Glad to hear it! 🔥

[@danielreitermusic]

It'd be fun to see how JMK freeskates ride if you put rollerblade wheels on them. Could provide an opportunity to explain how JMK wheels are the best out there too :)

[@jmkride]

Rollerblade wheels are far too thin. It's been tried in the past. Just not enough surface area.

[@Delanaismine]

I’m very proud to say I can do everything Mattie did on the rollerblades😀

[@terryleung5666]

Great video. I always have this question in my mind. Which one is faster, rollerblades or FreeSkate. It's good you tested it out. Thanks!

[@jmkride]

Of course, thank you for watching!!

[@MacDaniboi]

There are pros and cons to both, but from 0 XP to "look at me, I can do this". Freeskates is probably easier to pick up. Once you're comfortable with turning and stopping on both rollerblades are much better to use, but you get more flexibility with freeskates since you can just jump off and pack them down, rollerblades are more cumbersome. So like if you're only using them for transportation, why not use a bike? If you're only using them for fun and tricks, then you wouldn't mind them being harder to bring along, rollerblades are just the better option.

[@warchii1846]

Inline skates all the way

[@WrongWorld23]

Unfortunately, most sidewalks here in Germany are not as advanced as elsewhere, such ramps are an absolute exception here. At most, there are such in the economic centers of the larger cities. It's a shame, so it's not really worth using Freeskates to get around here. I'm still a bit too cautious to skate on the street with Freeskates.

[@jmkride]

Sorry to hear that! Freeskating in the streets definitely takes getting used to - If you do give it a try, take it slow so you can get to know your limits!

[@thevanityproject6480]

Kind of mad that the guy did a soul stall on free skates. Would be cool to see them try some aggressive skates and show them a bit more the traditional methods of how to use them (aka stalling on the H block and not on the wheels sideways like a god damn mad man).

[@jmkride]

Haha, we were definitely working with what we were given! Mattie is crazy. We could do “Freeskaters try aggressive inline” or something!

[@thevanityproject6480]

@@jmkride yeah I’d love to see that!

[@felipepascuali9446]

Flying 🦅 it's not bad but is focused on urban/fitness skates. Of course you can drop in a fuck around on ramps but if you are trying to grind a stuf you need agrressive skates... And also rocking the wheels gives u more turning advantage but that's not what you want in a half pipe.... Those 🦅 are more like the equivalent to a cruise longboard in the inline realm..... In case you wanted to know....

[@jmkride]

It would be fun to experiment with actual aggressive inline in the future, for sure. Doing what we can with what we’ve been given here 😂 Thanks for all the info!

[@stevej.6674]

Firstly, wow you’re all really good on blades considering it’s not your main “thing”. Secondly, I had no idea you could pump free skates that well/fast off the mark. You guys should have done a “rolling start” comparison. Blades will still win, but it might be closer & more fairer to free skates.

[@jmkride]

Thanks for that! That would be an interesting race

[@jeskoumm]

The only change I would edit in this awesome presentation about roller blades was the bit about suggesting students would be the primary market for rollerblades. If you correctly remember, the preferred choice for transportation of university students is their own car and if that's not available then all of the prestige goes to the all terrain bicycle. Rollerblades are a niche product for the enthusiast market with a preferred take as the speediest pedestrian movement, where freeskates exist as the smallest product line that reminds of finger skateboards...but for the feet. As for my own personal choice, I would go with the rollerblades for when I would like to enjoy froyo across town and with a hot date hopefully wearing a flappy skirt 👋😄 #mudflaps_model

[@jmkride]

Yeah, both slightly different markets, but there’s some overlap! Personally as freeskaters, we LOVE using them for street skating and flowing through a city, for example. Rollerblades are perfect for that too, totally get what you’re saying. Happy to hear it works for you 🤙

[@MarcelRules]

Its so funny to see you guys on inline skates, probably i would look the same on a pair of freeskates. In you wan't more agility on inline skates you should try "banana rocker" 76 mm wheels on the back and front of the skates and 80mm on the middle. Maybe next time try agressive skates and try to learn grinds. 😄✌️

[@jmkride]

We were fortunate to have Flying Eagle send us these. In this case we didn't choose the model. Jeff actually has a pair of aggressive skates so he had to get used to these. Some of us haven't been on blades since childhood. We had a lot of fun!

[@kyral4978]

Flying Eagle is about to have a run on just left skates.

[@jmkride]

Tell them we sent you! 😂😂😂

[@ianblyth986]

I’ve always wondered what would be possible with just like a strap across the top of the plate to help with jumping up curbs and the like - probably removable, since it would limit the freedom and creativity a bit to have them all the time 👍

[@jmkride]

Is possible. We just prefer not to have them as there is much more possibilities without them!

[@hardtoletgo]

This was fun

[@robertvenable4012]

Jeff skates like mega man😂

[@jmkride]

Check out Fridays long form, can't get more than that!

[@Leo_Keys]

How fast can you you go on free skates on flat ground? I asked the Dragan Board team on how fast they can sprint on their streetboard, and the guy was able to manage 14mph in 100m.

[@jmkride]

We've actually never clocked it on flatland, we'll definitely need to do that!

[@tomakiteli7790]

Freeskates ❤️❤️❤️

[@kuraido8601]

Hi I'm from Philippines, I only know about freeskates about a weeks ago from one of this channels video. It's looks really cool and I want to learn it I've been watching Ur tutorials and practicing it mentally lol. But unfortunately I can't afford the JMK freeskates I'm still a student and due to COVID can't get some side income. I wish I can get some JMK free skate soon.

[@jmkride]

We hope so too!

[@Xbox.4388]

This is a silly question but do rollerblades feel heavy?

[@averagehank2740]

The roller blades win in flat sprint but what happens when you put roller blades vs free skates on a large downhill? Who wins then?

[@jmkride]

Solid question that we may have to answer! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@onlycorner5565]

2:54 the end of nothing you dont skate with the muscles under your foot all the angles the joints from ankle to shoulders need to be in isn't thats all

[@jmkride]

Not sure what you’re referring to here! We were saying, the way rollerblades are attached is straightforward. With freeskates, it’s very possible to “attach” incorrectly by placing your feet at the wrong angle 👍

[@treadnokash7598]

They price the same in my country 😢

[@SIRSLOMO]

Nice moonwalk

[@jmkride]

Haha thank you 🕺

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Brother what we call single tire 🛞 skates

[@SIRSLOMO]

Or moonskate

[@jmkride]

😂😂😂

[@epicanomaly]

I want to try freeskates so bad. But can’t afford to pay $200 and not like them. 😭

[@jmkride]

Great news! They are only $125

[@overwatchsmallgamer7432]

Plssssss make free skates available in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

[@jmkride]

You can order from our UAE distributor

[@siriusdigitalmedia]

WTF is this?🤦‍♂

[@jmkride]

It’s freeskating! 😃

[@siriusdigitalmedia]

@@jmkride No. Freeskaiting is cool. This video is not that.

[@RayOnRae95]

lmao 😂

[@fafaratze]

freeskate. the best of both world. for street cruising, you can have a strap on so you can jump curbs quickly. :)