Tokyo Roller Blades

I miss Roller Blades! I've been thinking for the past few days if I should ask my dad for a pair... though I keep thinking that he might think I'm weird. XD

Cool roller blades^^ I've never tried roller blading. I do love roller scating though.

I can't play roller blades anymore, that was sad.

What's that Gundam Musou doing there, haha

Used to roller blade a bit, not anymore though.

reminds me of Air Gear ^ ^;;

managed to roller skate when younger, but I am extremely clumsy as of now. Would probably eat the pavement if I tried rollerblading^^; Roller Trooper sounds full of win!

Prefers solid ground... I'll never get used to wearing wheels under my feet... >,<

Good question, comrade Crust-san... Why is Gundam Musou doing there? XD

Reminds me of "AIRGEAR".
If i'm not mistaken Sketchers tried to re-model the roller blade scene by selling shoes that has a wheel in the heels.

I used to be pretty good on these, but I never liked how they felt. The extreme bumpiness of most streets where I lived, I mean. I prefer bikes, because they give a smoother ride from the rubber tires.

Tried rollerblading 5 years ago, Thought it would be hard but it's better then roller skates.
Cool mods on that pair! ^^

They were quite popular here in the late ninetees but now they are back to it's niche existence. I never got too much into it but now I am older maybe I should reconsider!!

i never tried rollerblading. i prefer bicycles more.

Loved rollerblading back when I was a younger. It's like skiing which I always love to do.
Rollerblading trooper sounds like a great mix. Would be interesting yet funny to watch you gliding around.

Here isn't very popular beacuse the city is not very flat, so it's hard to use roller blades.

Nice mods! The green color scheme looks sweet, though it's sad that it won't fit with your trooper armor. Swamp trooper, perhaps...? :P

I don't really like rollerblading. I can skate - and enjoy skating - but rollerblading and I don't match. I just can't stand all the vibrations and cracks in the road making themselves known.

Far more tiring and less practical than a bike when it comes to covering distance, too. xP

When I was 14, I had "Friends" in the aggressive blader scene who convinced me to save up for a quality pair of Bauers, then my folks set me up with roller blade lessons but I never got good at it.

Those Bauers have been in storage for more than 10 years, don't know where they are ATM.

Just saw that Bauer don't make roller blades anymore, but Roces and K2 still do.

I see Gundam Musou in the background. Hehe...

How can you get around with these in Tokyo ? excep on the road, the sidewalk is so roller unfriendly, I gave mine up .

I suck at this kind of transport lol i can't even ride a bicycle ;_;.

A pair of Roces Majestic 12's would go perfectly with the trooper armour. They're aggro skates though, and an ancient design too, so they're really heavy, and not the most comfortable. But the look would be perfect.

LOL. What is the Disc of Gundam Musou to do with the roller blades? ^^''

Looking forward to your Storm Trooper Inline Skating trip ^^

Lol those are badass! You an probably go to the moon with those.

Dear god those are ugly. Anyway, rollerblading are awesome, both for fun and sport. Mine made my stamina go up by some 600% or something.

In my college days, I played a bit of rollerhockey. My balance sucked though, so I quit soon after, lol.

I cannot rollerblade ^^; I tried before, fell really hard and got scary big bruises on my bumbum ;_; never tried again as don't want to break my arms lol

Ahhh.. a blast from the past....well depending on what year you were from..heheheheheh:P

nice mods...i would never have thought of that.....

Whoa you had those for quite a long time, I had gone through like 4-5 pairs in around that time. But then again I used em mainly to play rollerhockey which probably wore em out much faster.

Btw those skates look really heavy =P

I never learned how to rollerblade ^^; If I were to learn now I'd probably end up falling a lot. Would much rather go places by bike. ^^

Cool,ive been thinking of geting some

lol. cool add-ons!

@Danny: Something else for some reason I cant post anything e.e; Except for comments of course...Though I have completed the 50 comments and used to be able to post. Im just gonna post this here since I dont know how to contact you otherwise. ^^;

man, i haven't used a pair of those things in FAH-EVAH.

pretty much obsolete in the States now. well, kinda. mostly used for sport and not as a means of transportation.

in california, at least.

xD Ahaha, I've been wanting another pair since I grew out of my last pair. It'd be hard for me to get anywhere though, since I live at the bottom of a hill "orz

Haven't seen anyone on roller blades in ages. I once used them in elementry school but upgraded to bikes shortly after.

Those roller blades do look nice though. Nice upgrades.

Tubes add extra cool. I remember roller blades. I never knew how to stop o3o

Whoah, I love the modifications.
One day though, I will create Air Gear type roller blades. One day.

Dooooo eeeet!

Old school rollerblades,surprised they can still be used after 15 years.

Never tried roller blades...but I don't see anyone using them anymore here either...

Man, those things look heavy. I have some practically new blades sitting around. I got them when I decided to replace my old banged up ones, but soon after lost the urge to blade around after years of doing it. I wonder if I still have any skill on them.

I never even had rollerskates let alone rollerblades... my feet were too big as a child to fit in the kiddies skates... I wanted pink ones... but they only made em for tiny little girls... by the age of 5, I was wearing age 8-10 clothing... sucks being tall sometimes.

I've been on roller blades once and that one time the surface was uneven (something like a hill) and it slanted downwards, where I went down until I hit a brick wall. From that day on I swore never to use roller blades again.

Wow, a pair of Oxygen skates. Now that is rare. I don't skate as much as I used to. I taught myself, starting on adjustable quad skates where you wear you trainers/sneakers. Then switch to inlines. London is crap when it comes to smooth surfaces. Hyde park isn't bad place to skate with a high chance of seeing good looking women as a bonus. Does Tokyo have skate shops or skate parks? My advise to Danny on buying skates is to check out the type of skates he wants and how much is he willing to spend.

My advise for people who may want to try skating is to be patient when learning and expect to fall, aswell as wear padding.

I used to enjoy roller blades until I couldn't find my size anymore...having big feet sucks >.<"... maybe one of these days I'll order a pair online (if I can find my size).

I want roller blade like in the anime "AIR GEAR" ^_^

Man I used to roller blade in parks grinding on pipes and such in junior high... switched to skateboarding but always was a better with roller blades.

I haven't seen roller blades being sold anywhere in Tokyo, nor anyone riding them. Where's the best place to buy them? Would certainly make getting around easier, and I wouldn't need to go through the hassle of getting a bike.

Just remember! Stopping on Rollerblades is not like stopping on Ice skates ^_^ Is what I have to remind people that know how to roller skate but not how to ice skate. I have done both. Took learning how to ice skate to figure out how to roller skate backwards ^^;

My pair of roller blades are from a company called Roces http://www.roces.com/

Very nice pair, I must say.. I wouldn't buy their figure skates though.. bleah, Riedell all the way there.

Roller skated, ice skated and roller bladed and haven't done any in years with ice skates being 29 years or so and roller skating about 25 years but roller blading is about 17 years. The fad pretty much faded away here in most of the US and it wasn't until I moved to Virginia Beach 4 months ago that I saw two roller bladers after about 5 years.

Oh, it will be great seeing you doing Roller Blade Trooper in Tokyo, please!!!!!!!!!

The one you chased Nishida Hikaru with. You may want to see her again before she dies away from your behalf.

By the way, that's how early and mid-90's were influenced with. One of my "Primos" had in in the year 1995, 'till he died the following year by a "bragao"

And of course, i tried up with roller skates between 1993-1994, but in the end, i turned it down in 1998

I like use that when i was a kid (Like of bump something.It was popular in 90's but in year 2000 only few people use that rollerblades,cause it was too dangerous in home or outside!!

Hmm roller blades, tempts me to finally buy another pair. My hockey roller blades have smaller wheels for quicker movements, but for long distances, they aren't as well suited.

I sometimes bring them to campus to get from one side to the other, do the trip, which would have taken 15mins by walking, in about 5 mins.

try roller blade before, but it hard for me >.<', but still can ride it.

Damn you Danny, after reading this post I remembered I had a pair and went out on them. When I was out I remembered how much construction was going on.

I see Roller Blades are a convenient way to get around a city . Can't wait to see Tokyo StormTrooper Roller Blading

Those are some pretty dirty old school roller blades. But still, I'm always glad to see another person still rocking roller blades.

And holler to Storm Trooper Rollers.

I LOVE roller/inline skating

I did two years of roller hockey and took up aggressive inline skating for awhile until I grew out of them. Since that I have yet to buy another pair, but oh man am I tempted...

Im moving to Powerbocking pretty soon
But i remember when i started blading - i could never stop
Then i learnt ice skating and directly applied the skills on blading - Nowadays i never blade anyway ^^;

I love the mods - So awesome

Good pair of rollerblades with wheels that don't fall off?

Your best bet is to invest in a sorta expensive pair.

Bauer makes some REALLY sweet hockey skates.

I bought them years ago, and they still haven't fallen apart.

15 years is a really long time, grats on still having them!

I tried to use on of these too.
But I failed.

I had enough of them and put them away.

I absolutely love your mods! They look awesome. You should get a white pair and grab the Imperial issue jet pack so you can look cooler zooming on the blades. Not sure how well you'd actually get going though, because you look like you have issues with some bending and twisting in the armor, but by all means, I'd freak out and squee if I saw a storm trooper blading by and pointing at me (possibly with a wink, but how would i know? :P).

I miss rollerblading, I haven't done that in years and years... I should go get some again, because it was fun, even when I fell down a lot (judo is good to know for this sport <.<).

Heh, I remembered doing rolerblading as a kid. I wasn't the best on them.

I remember rollerblading for hours on end when I was a kid. Ah the good memories.. I stopped after I discovered an invention called the computer.

Hmmm Roller Blades ^^

Got my pair intact back home, bought it like 13-14 years ago, but never touched it since I was like 12 or something ^^;

I still remember how heavy it was back then >_>;

I remember my first pair. Wore them, fell, took them off, never saw them again.

Wow, how nostalgic. When I was a kid, I used to play roller blades with my friends. But after playing for a few weeks, I got bored and never touch them again. ^^

I used to roller blade all over town, it was quite a good work out and it got me around faster. It's probably been over 10 years since I had a pair of them. I'd love a new pair

I still use mine to get around campus. This makes me want to start thinking of ways to modify mine. steampunk blades maybe?

Pretty cool! The color scheme reminds me of ninja turtles.

I use to have roller blades. They were fun ^^

Roller blade trooper sounds fun!

Wow I haven't used mine for a while now... long while. I wonder if it still fits. I remember getting a major scrape when I first got it in Jakarta for my first visit back. Blood all over my knees. Ah, it's not Jakarta unless I bleed in the knees XD

Roller blade trooper, eh? I'd assume you'll have to paint it white first? :P

you have a ps3?
whats your online name! :D
mine is ninosaur

Random copy of gundam musou laying about? The game was not bad :D

I have a pairs of roller blade but it's left to collect dust and rot some donkey years already. I didn't really master 'roller bladding' skill cause I fell down too many times while learning until I'm really scared of getting another bruise and cuts again (sometimes I didn't have knee pads on ^^'), especially falling down on very rough surface TT

Quite boring to skate up in the suburbs of toronto. I'd imagine it to be a great experience though in tokyo or any sort of metropolis

I've rarely seen any one roller blade in a while. I think I've seen one person in my college do so. Everyone else uses bikes or skateboards.

Crazy mod Dan. I can see that your creativity shows even here. Why not go a little further and add some smoke cans or fireworks!!! They even have wheels that have flashing lights nowadays for skaters. I skated at Hyde Park, London on Sunday 2nd August. The weather was hot, and it was so full of boarders, bladers and old skool skaters. Bring back the 80's. It was banging!

Have you ever seen anime/manga air gear ??that name of roller blades was air track or AT!!!

I have a pair of Roces LAX skates and nearly killed myself a few times, usually carrying too much speed in a corner and almost not making it. Once I just missed hitting a metal support pole in a parking lot. Other times it's been humps in the road, the road siding where the tar meets concrete, can be very rough and uneven. It's good fun but with ABEC 5 bearings speed builds up rapidly. Bought them about 12 years ago now, and I was totally shocked my Mom let me as it's hilly where I stay.
Don't think the piping is a good idea. What happens if they snag on something?

will be waitin' for Roller Blade Trooper!!!
make it happen Danny!