The build quality is excellent (I compared in store to roller blade brand counterparts-- price for price these have far better quality).
The fit is excellent.
The styling is excellent.
The boot is comfortable, even after 100s of uses.(In the store I found it to be far more comfortable than roller blade brand and this really sold me).
They're midrange skates with a beginner feel to them.They can be easily upgraded to pure midrange skates.
The thing that makes them beginner friendly is that the wheels are soft.Wheels have a hardness rating, so in general softer wheels give you more grip and the skates feel less slippery, and your speed is actually restrained by this.For beginners, this is quite helpful.One downside is that soft wheels will appear to wear out quickly, but that stops after a few rotations and they begin to harden up a little bit.They actually lasted about 5 months for me under intense conditions.
In January, I started learning skating by doing small circles on the patio of my backyard.I taught myself, and some 9 months and a few upgrades later I'm hopping off curbs, skating backwards, and taking my dog (or he's taking me) on wild runs down steep hills.I've lost 60 lbs in 7 months doing this (I have been at an correct body weight for my size for more than 2 months now).
That doesn't mean these skates will do the work for you, of course.But I've found that I love skating, and so the weight just sort of fell off.While I'm not on a strict diet, I do watch what I eat and avoid foods that are obviously high calorie (sorry, there's no way around that -- it's a fact of life). I am still quite satisfied with what I eat and don't feel like I'm missing anything.I'm 32 years old, and I've got essentially, a 6 pack of abs for my efforts.I'm getting off topic, but I guess my point is that exercise *can* be fun.
I skate about 30 minutes to an hour a day, about 5 days a week. And these skates handle it.I've since replaced the factory wheels (due to simply wearing them down to nothing) and bearings with faster bearings (ABEC-7) and slightly larger and harder wheels for asphalt (80mm, 82a hardness).The result made them into performance skates on a budget. I am VERY hard on these skates, but the actual skates have held up well for 9 months.I may end up replacing them just because I have scuffed them up with my usage.But they are very durable, nonetheless and have no functional problems.
Feel free to shop around.Note that you can get substantial savings for getting last year's model.You can find the 2008 model for $70 at some places online.The differences, as far as I can tell, between 2007-2009 models of this skate are the colors and graphics.Everything else looks to be the same (down to the stitching).As time goes on it will be harder to find the older models in stock, for obvious reasons.But you might save about 35% by doing that.It's an incredible value.The ones I used (and still use) were the 2008 model of the K2 Exo, which had a silver on black look.
I look forward to trying more advanced models of K2 skates.
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