Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 On 11 maja 2016 at 2:05 PM, Mfwetu said: They look interesting but very heavy. What do they weigh? I have no idea, I suppose they are heavy because winter boots and ski bindings are heavy. Except weight I think they are also to warm for summer time obviously. That's why in my project I planned165 mm power slide mount for skate bindings. MyMonster Skates will be assembled from standard power slide parts. Enclosed you can see last version of skids for CNC cutting next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Nice! I can see how the outer wheel mount holes are higher relative to the center two wheels. I'll be interested to hear how these ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Some kiteskating yesterday Kamikuza and ssayre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 21 hours ago, Rafał Bohdanowicz said: Some kiteskating yesterday That's great that you got out and got some yesterday! Looks like a fun session in a nice big field. I've got upper body armor pretty much just like that and have also gotten a "girdle" (core pads). This is for the hips, thighs, and rear. These are the ones I got, but there are tons of options if you go this route: http://www.totalhockey.com/product/Supreme_TotalOne_Adaptable_Core_Pad/itm/5923-41/?mtx_id=0 I bought a simple pair of hockey shorts to go over these just so if I went down I would tear up the shorts, not the core pads. One final touch is wrist guards that skateboarders use, the ones with a curved rigid plastic tongue over the palm. Yes, I've got knee pads too. I use my "one size fits all" harness from snowkiting that just barely fits over all this! I feel a little silly at times with all this, but as a fellow kiting friend in the US calls all this, "plastic courage" is the way to go to live another day! One factor here in all this is that some of my kite skating is on a giant dried lake bed on the California/Nevada state line known as Lake Ivanpah. The playa surface there is rock hard dried cracked mud with a surface texture akin to 40wt sandpaper. It would wreck your whole day to go down at speed out there getting your yah-yahs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssayre Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 That's cool. Nice video. Complete with some blade action at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 One more shot from Flexi Blade Saturday session ssayre and windstruck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 CNC cut done, now I have to put everything together ! windstruck and SoutherlyBuster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 This is evil ! Mfwetu and windstruck 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mfwetu Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Rafał Bohdanowicz said: This is evil ! You're going to have to change your name to TERMINATOR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice to see fellow kiters rockin' skates! My wife stopped by today right when I was about to launch and got this picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted June 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 A little bit of iPhone video footage. I had put up my 9m Frenzy but really needed to have had my 12m Summit in the air so I'm really underpowered! Oh well, still fun! Rafał Bohdanowicz and jhn.holgate 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Nice, flat field. Pitty I do not have such spot in my neighborhood. 5 hours ago, windstruck said: Nice to see fellow kiters rockin' skates! My wife stopped by today right when I was about to launch and got this picture: Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 New skates are rolling like hell ! They are taking all bumps easily but ! they are also taking all narrow turns without rising legs. Next time I will make some footage to show you how well this design works. I think I will develop another version on MTB 8" wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windstruck Posted July 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I made a nice little improvement to my Nordic Scout frame/boot interface. There is a pattern of tapped screw holes in the heels and balls of the feet on the boots corresponding to horizontal slots on the aluminum frames. I shifted the boots back from center a few millimeters to allow a total of four bolts skate instead of the usual two. Two screws side by side both front and back. If anything the skates ride better under the pull of a traction kite with the boots biased just a few millimeters back from center and the interface is now rock solid between boots and frames. I kiteskated under my 12m Peak2 today under some pretty high winds for the kite and powered up fully for the first time since setting up these skates. REALLY good feeling! The speed wasn't all that high plowing through grass with a P2 that sits sort of deep in the wind window but the side pull was high so I really had to lean and angulation against it to hold my line. Yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafał Bohdanowicz Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 New prototype of my skates. Blades are slightly redesigned to match powerslide boots. bakersdozen, windstruck and andy666 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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