Reply to: Re: [IJS] Re: How to do a waltz jump?

Nice page! Jeff had some good ideas about skate design. In particular,
I agree with his recommendation for little to no built-in rocker. I
personally find the Pic rocker to be too extreme to permit precise edge control
on an indoor surface. Upon switching to Triax frames, I began using 1mm
rocker and noticed an immediate improvement in my ability to produce
smooth, stable curves. Since then I've slowly reduced the diameter of my
middle wheel so that now I'm skating on a virtually flat setup. I like it. Of
course it feels nothing like an ice blade... but that's not really a
concern of mine.

What I'd really like to see is a skate with a frame rocker that can be
adjusted continuously within a given range.

D.


Wendi Dunlap-Simpson wrote:
>On the artskate mailing list recently, we were talking about a fellow
>who built his own artistic inline skates, and uses them for dance
>skating. I was forwarded some photos of the skates, along with the
>commentary of the skater who made them, and I've put them up
>temporarily at
>http://www.slumberland.seattle.wa.us/artskate/higgins.html for
>artskate members to look at, since the artskate list doesn't allow
>attachments. I thought folks on *this* list would be interested, too,
>especially the PicFrame reps. :) Personally, I like the design of my
>Pics better, but to each his own! I like having a toe stop, you see.
>:)