Voodooblades

[#1STUD 0]

Has anybody ever heard of these or even seen them?voodooblades

It looks like they could get broke pretty easy if you ask me.

[Hiub 0]

Interesting, Tuuk Rocker all over again :P I am going to hold out my opinion until I see them, they do look funky though.

[jay 1]

It seems to me with that setup you'll either have 4 or 2 wheels on the floor as opposed to the 3 of the Tuuk rocker and having two wheels on the floor seems like an even worse idea then 3. I'll wait till some real feedback comes back to pass judgment but that is about as gimmicky an attempt I've seen at making a new inline hockey frame thus far.

[MDE3 0]

Although I am a well known fan of "4 on the floor" it seems to me like was mentioned above that you will have either 2 or 4 wheels engaged, but that the skater can still push and corner with four as long as his weight is over the skate center. This is unlike the traditional rocker chassis where you will alternate between two and three wheels engaged, but the best you can have is three wheels on the floor with the rockers.

It appears that the skater will have two wheels engaged for grip during the finishing toe push, which might see some advantage over the fixed wheel chassis, where you are finishing the toe push on one wheel only. You would start your stride with all four wheels engaged...like the traditional fixed wheel designs, and finish pushing with two wheels engaged..instead of just one.

The biggest negative I see is if you are losing your balance backwards and your weight is transferred to the rear two wheels. This would cause you to rotate backwards even farther possibly resulting in a complete loss of balance.... Maybe just have the front two wheels on a rocking subframe...same benefit for the toe push and four wheels down when pushing flat, but more stability.

We need to wait and see.

[Chadd 916]

I can see it allowing you to get more on your toes as you finish a stride, a definite plus in my book.

[Jim A 4]

Saw a lot of people on them this past Jan at Winternationals....and not just the old man 35+ crowd...ie,...kids who have won fastest skater, NARCh All Stars, etc..with good comments

it has some good potential..was close to coming as OEM with a major skate company this year, but as you saw up top..testing took a while longer than they thought...

hopefully they can get it out and market effectively...I'd say more feedback coming in Reno..

[KC83 2]

i kinda like the idea of these...

but, i could see them snapping really fast...

i don't see them as durable skates...

[Thockey17 1]

those things are hideous. You wouldnt catch me wearing those no matter how innovative they are.

For their $150 retail price, i'd just buy another pair of alloys. More parts=more problems

[Jim A 4]

well..i'm sure we'll find out about durability fast enough if they are being used in the Elite League..and while one event doesn't make a product, durability didn't seem to be an issue when talking to people at WN...

as for the Alloy, who's to say if its going to be available much longer..as of now, i don't think Mission has licensed their hi lo patent for anyone to use, so i can' see it being out there much longer..maybe Justin can shed some light on this..

[Thockey17 1]

I knew about the mission patent, but i didnt know that the alloys might be taken off the market. If that happens we're going to see alot more gimmicks in the roller world. I have enough alloy's for the rest of my hockey career, so im fine in that way. :D . I want to see if this chassis is as ugly in person as it is in the picture

Im kind of biases towards a hi-lo chassis, but i do try/want to try new things. But i just dont have a good feeling for using something like those voodoo blades. And the name is horrible

[jay 1]

I actually caught a glimpse of these this evening at an "Elite" game in Irvine. They are very obviously made of plastic and were mounted on a pair of CCM Externo's. They didn't look quite as goofy as they did in the pic but did look goofy none the less. I also didn't see anyone using them out of the four teams that were playing. FWIW I did see a few pairs of Helium skates and what looked like the new Vectors and Bauers.

[hehatemefrisbee 0]

I dont understand the purpose of these. The Hi-Lo has been the standard pretty much throught the history of roller hockey, and it has worked well i would say. Why not just try your best to find an after-market one if you dont have it, or just buy a good skate with a good hi-lo chassis?

[Neo5370 132]

Cuz some people would like their roller hockey skates to replicate the feel of a rockered blade. i.e. ice hockey players converting to roller or who are just using roller to train for ice.