My new wheels…
March 18th, 2008
I want to hump them. They are so sexay and grippy and lovely.
Let me back up to the wheels that came with my skates, for anyone who may be reading this who might be interested in a starter derby package.
STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM PINK SURE GRIP ZOOMS.
Also, apparently the green ones. The red ones, for some reason, don’t seem to be giving people problems.
The pink Zooms are very very hard and slippery. They have what seem to be extra deep groves that pick up every speck of dirt on the track. I’ve been spending 45 minutes after practice to scrape the accumulated gunk out of the wheels with a variety of tools and they’re still not clean. Skating on these wheels is like riding in a car with no suspension. You feel every tiny crack on the infield (and forget about the bigger ones) and where each panel of the track meets the next. You get 0 traction in your stride.
The Witch Doctors though… they’re like skating on grippy fast clouds. I’m gonna have their little blue “VooDooThane” babies. All 8 of them.
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1. Ellen | March 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
So did you pick up a rookie deal package somewhere online or at a local skate shop? The practice club here apparently gets a discount with somewhere online I think.
2. Jessica | March 31st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I wasn’t that smart, I bought a package from a local shop that was on the cheap end and I am regretful about the whole thing. I left you a huge “How to buy gear” message on your LJ. Rookie packages are good, if you can customize to avoid annoying things like shitty wheels.
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