a child of the onewheelskate

[hoffmonster]

All I gots to say is...

Ouch!!!

Hoffmonster

[CrazyGambit]

Yeah i watched the videos too, i still do not get what the purpose of the one wheel skate is. I can say the video with the bike trailer tires was a trip.

[kufman]

Originally Posted by onewheelskate

the onewheelskate would be good for cross training, a change of pace. If one would maintain the inline skate technique (pushing out to the side) one would be on point instead of being on a 13 inch platform.

the dcrinllineskate is only good for training for the onewheelskate.

I think it will promote more bad habits than anything. I don't see any extension in the strokes and with the wheel where it is, you are pushing from the wrong part of the foot. It also doesn't appear that you can lift the non pushing foot off the ground so you can't practice proper leg recovery after the push. I have made all kinds of crazy skates, but this one still confuses me.

[darthblader]

If nothing else, onewheelskate, I applaud you for doing something different and unique! If the size of speedskate wheels continues to increase, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone ends up on these, anyway...

[darthblader]

...I'd like to see somebody try those on a half-pipe!!!

[tdellaringa]

Originally Posted by darthblader

If nothing else, onewheelskate, I applaud you for doing something different and unique! If the size of speedskate wheels continues to increase, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone ends up on these, anyway...

Not one chance that will ever happen. It's fun to experiment for sure, but a skate like this has no real practical application to real skating. I could only see harm coming from even attempting to skate on it, which the author himself even intimated.

Regarding wheel size, plenty of people feel we've about hit the apex of size. You can't really go much bigger without losing a lot of control over the wheel, not without going to a 3-wheel setup, which is a whole other conversation.

[darthblader]

Regarding wheel size, plenty of people feel we've about hit the apex of size. You can't really go much bigger without losing a lot of control over the wheel, not without going to a 3-wheel setup, which is a whole other conversation.

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I'm stopping at 100's, myself. I don't race anyway...

[onewheelskate]

Originally Posted by More Cowbell

I don't get it either, and your explanation doesn't make it any clearer. Do you have any videos of someone skating on these?

THE VIDEO
So after an hour of practice here is the video.
when going to Kittyhawk you won't see a shuttle launch

[oompie]

fast as hell!! Mantia eat your heart out!!

Don't see any benefit though so you must be in great shape. Try this a day and you probably pull every muscle you can by twisting your leg like that. Not to mention your big talent for toe-pushing

[tdellaringa]

It seems to me you're doing the exact opposite of what the desired action would be.

[kufman]

I am all for weird setups and experimentation, but this one I just don't understand.

[onewheelskate]

Originally Posted by tdellaringa

It seems to me you're doing the exact opposite of what the desired action would be.

Disclaimer time: the fire fox which is not a fox but a panda bear
likewise the qsk8 v.dcr-inline is not really skating even though one is rolling on a frame of inline wheels.
The actual motion is not skating but diagonal-centripetal-rotation stepping, striding,or running.

* p.p.s OK. So why do this?
I wanted the onewheelskate dynamic*
The onewheelskate dynamic is thus: Because I am on two unicycles things are going on that I do not have the Newtonian physics to explain. But when you push off one foot that foot rotates in the direction of the anticipated foot. Which means that at the end of the push both feet are on the same line and pointing the same direction.

I hope this disclaimer helps, besides when you pass me on a loop course you will be momentarily amused until the real reason why you skate takes over. Like lactic acid over load

[darthblader]

I bet crossovers would be interesting!

[unisk8r]

You might want to try Heelys as well. Only they're more practical.

[onewheelskate]

Originally Posted by darthblader

I bet crossovers would be interesting!

crossovers will be easy to video. The snow around here is turning into sierra cement so it's time to skate or rather roll.
Lets see if by april if I get a video up on the net of the lateralclapskate doing crossovers. Doing crossovers will be a major mile stone in mastering these lateralclapskates.

[Drella]

I just found this on Richard's site. It appears that he's gone custom-loco too...





edit: Let's not forget this little gem!

[unisk8r]

This is not a flame, but skating is now competing with bicycling as harboring the most impractical, offbeat, and whimsical designs which have little to do with the actual activity!

[inlina]

Originally Posted by Drella

edit: Let's not forget this little gem!

Funny thing is...Landroller started at a similar concept and realised very quickly it didn't work.

http://www.landroller.com/story.html ...see pages 2-6

I seem to come across people quite often that try concepts that have been attempted before and failed. A little bit of benchmarking on the internet quickly shows what people have tried and where it went wrong.

CG

[Skatey]

Originally Posted by unisk8r

This is not a flame, but skating is now competing with bicycling as harboring the most impractical, offbeat, and whimsical designs which have little to do with the actual activity!

I don't think this guy's "invention" is indicative of much.

It's completely nonsense. In the video, the only time he actually gets forward momentum is when he's at the end of the twist, and finally puts a little force into the ground. That is, when he actually performs the motion of an inline skater.

The design of this "skate" seems to not be an improvement, but a deliberate attempt to make the motion of skating ineffective. It's as if he is trying to improve running by spinning on his toe.

Any time he starts talking about physics, it's inane. "Diagonal-centripetal-rotation" are words that one might find in a physics class, but stringing them together doesn't make an invention.

If you try to cut through what he's saying, he gets to the possibility that this avoids "lactic acid over load". Well, if that's true, it's true because you can't actually move in these things. Sitting on the couch avoids "lactic acid over load", too, but I'm not posting videos of me doing it on a skating message board.

Now, the clap-skate is an invention. It recognizes where power in skating comes from and is designed to extract more power from the stroke. If you want to change inline skating. . .make a light, efficient clap skate.

If you want to say things like, "they didn't fly a space shuttle at Kittyhawk" and never get called out on your BS, invent a "diagonal-centripetal-rotation" device.

[onewheelskate]

Originally Posted by Skatey

I don't think this guy's "invention" is indicative of much.

It's completely nonsense. In the video, the only time he actually gets forward momentum is when he's at the end of the twist, and finally puts a little force into the ground. That is, when he actually performs the motion of an inline skater.

The design of this "skate" seems to not be an improvement, but a deliberate attempt to make the motion of skating ineffective. It's as if he is trying to improve running by spinning on his toe.

Any time he starts talking about physics, it's inane. "Diagonal-centripetal-rotation" are words that one might find in a physics class, but stringing them together doesn't make an invention.

If you try to cut through what he's saying, he gets to the possibility that this avoids "lactic acid over load". Well, if that's true, it's true because you can't actually move in these things. Sitting on the couch avoids "lactic acid over load", too, but I'm not posting videos of me doing it on a skating message board.

Now, the clap-skate is an invention. It recognizes where power in skating comes from and is designed to extract more power from the stroke. If you want to change inline skating. . .make a light, efficient clap skate.

If you want to say things like, "they didn't fly a space shuttle at Kittyhawk" and never get called out on your BS, invent a "diagonal-centripetal-rotation" device.

nice non flame
the snow is now gone from the neighborhood, so lateralclapskate time.
video by april of crossovers G_d willing
by for now