If all ski boots came with flat bottoms, this product wouldn’t be necessary:
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Virtual Reality Electric Shoes
Computer-controlled shoes? What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jamie-hyneman-s-virtual-reality-electric-shoes-vr
Half Bike
This human-powered poor man’s Segway looks good on paper but has a tiny turning radius and will get you tired as hell from pedaling with no way to sit down.
Twicycle
Optional chain ring cover?
AeYO!
“AeYO!” is the sound you’ll make when you hear the price 648 Euros or when you hit the ground in a heap after wiping out on this bike/skates combo that is neither a bike nor skates but something in between. Who thought it would be good to strap more restrictive things to your skates?
From http://www.aeyo.com/
ON-WHEELZ
Skyscraper hoverboard
This is DANGEROUS! He should be wearing a HELMET!
Shin sleds
This can’t be good for your knees:
Ever get run over by two inline skaters at once?
This company makes a product that simulates being run over by two inline skaters, one from each side. (The perfect physical therapy to heal your bruised muscles after you actually get run over by an line skater.)
Skates-board
Like a snakeboard, except different:
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Stern here — That video is pretty impressive. I’ve seen these in the wild a couple of times in New York, but nothing as slick as that. These “drift skates” are only $36 direct from China, but my survival instinct prevents me from ordering a pair.
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Gary’s turn: This video is truly amazing. I did notice all of the pavement was high quality smooth. Not typical street asphalt, but they look great. In a quick search I discovered:
1- Amazon is selling (what appear to be) high quality Freelance Skates for $100+
2 – Wikipedia seems to think that Freeline Skates is the original manufacturer and has a reference to www.freelineskates.com/store/c-1-skates.aspx
3 – Freelineskates.com is dead
4 – The Freeline Sports, Inc.page on Facebook lists the company as “Permanently closed” and the last posting was in 2014.
The fad was over before it began. I wonder if there is a serious face-plant that caused the collapse of the Freeline empire. Could this be the next Hoverboard – an idea without an owner and lots of cheap crappy knockoffs?