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rollergirlskates: Roller Girl Skates is happy to announce that...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:02:58 -0400

Roller Girl Skates is happy to announce that we now have a Tumblr!
And you know what that means: awesome product giveaways and cool posts. To celebrate, we’re giving away a free set of Atom Poison wheels (8-pack in your choice of wide or slim - a $59 value).

To enter, just reblog this post. We’ll randomly select a winner from the list of reblogs at noon CST on Monday June 25th.

Good luck and don’t forget to follow our new tumblr!!

Toe Stop Showdown 3: The Loosening

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:41:00 -0400

The new aluminum Avenger plates by Sure Grip are pretty awesome. I’ll have more to say about them (as well as the Vanilla Brass Knuckles boot) after I skate a few more sessions with the new setup.

Overall I’m very happy. The only (minor) issue I’ve had so far came about when I wanted to swap out the toe stops. The Sure Grip Carrera stops that came stock with the plates were way too small/short for my liking. Getting them off the plate turned out to be somewhat of an ordeal. The allen wrench needed to loosen the toe stop bolt is a funky size (my Reflex tool didn’t work, neither did the wrenches at the skate rink) and the bolt comes from the factory EXTREMELY tight. It took me about an hour of blood, sweat, and liberal cursing to get both stops off. In any event, SG’s are off and the Gumballs are on. Hooray Gumballs!

Too bad I just bought new skates. These are pretty!

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:13:00 -0400

Too bad I just bought new skates. These are pretty!

This is how I felt in the rink today. Completely unjustified,...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:45:00 -0400

This is how I felt in the rink today. Completely unjustified, but awesome all the same.