I saw this kid in the mall yesterday wearing a regular pair of sneakers....only...they were rolling! I saw no wheels and he also walked when he wanted to on them...what are those?? I saw (something like) these in a Big 5, recently. They had extra thick soles, with 2 cavities that housed flip-down rollers. The rollers were barrel shaped, only about 1 inch diameter. They, and the mechanisms, did not appear very durable. The skates did not look like they would handle very well. They had 1 latch per mechanism that would have to be manipulated by hand. Now, if the set you saw could be engaged/disengaged by a toe-tap or something... that would be better.
Socialists in Congress? Click on the zeppelin, Grasshopper.
In 1978 I worked at a local skating rink as the skating instructor and I was competing on a roller speed skating team. I was heavily into the "disco Roller skating craze" as I was also a DJ. One day I was at the rink when the guy walks in with this pair of high top sneakers and asks the manager if he could demo them. I looked at these Pieces of sh*t and thought what a joke. The sales rep said that he could not personally rolleR skate and asked if I knew how to skate. I said yes and he handed me the skatesw and said that I should give them a try. I did, tried some jumps and spins, one fast lap. These skates had very sm,all tires that were together for and aft. I took them off and said that they sucked. He said that I probably didm't know how to skate anyway and he would try to find someone else to demo them. I went and got my speed skates and went out and blew A few very fast laps just to prove to this clown that his product was a piece3 of Sh*t. Save your money go for inlines.