Airwalk Inline Aggressive Skates
quoting Hifo :
Many of you are going to say “What is wrong with them, we don’t need more skating companies”. We need more money put into existing ones”.
Well this might not be a bad thing. They are priced at a $59.99, which is pretty cheap compared to $139.99 - $314.99. This isn’t going to scare off too many parents at the sight of the price. Who knows this might be a nice thing.
It seems that Airwalk is now producing Aggressive Skates.
Discuss about it in the forums. Thanks Hifo.
Read more about the history of Airwalk and check the Taig Kris Sneakers that Airwalk will release in June/July 2006.
May 29th, 2006 at 10:08 am
Cannot really criticize a skate for $60 ^_^
May 29th, 2006 at 10:09 am
it’s pretty good that such a big company comes to our sport, just those skates are not to pretty.
May 29th, 2006 at 10:17 am
laceing system remainds me thouse powers, what my friend had 5 years ago:P
May 29th, 2006 at 10:44 am
The mold is the same as the old Bauer skate several cheap companies offer this skate maybe airwalk bouht their molds
May 29th, 2006 at 10:48 am
Same Bauer mold used by Anarchy for their Chaos skates.
Fine, they’re cheap and they’re not intruding on existing markets, but do we really want to get the next generation of rollers started on skates of this quality?
May 29th, 2006 at 11:30 am
Like the first pair of skates you started on were freakin’ razors? My first skates i got started on the sport with were regular rollerblades, then my first actual aggressive skates were Oxygen argons. Those were shit. If they help get kids started on the sport, then there’s no harm.
May 29th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
i think that this is really good and could do alot for the rollerblading scene big time cause air walk is pretty big in everything so i dunno this could give it a boost, possibly, maybe not who knows?
May 29th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
it’s very uggly !!!
May 29th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
to be honest, they look REALLY bad. it’s a good thing that such cheap skates are available to beginers but it’d also be nice to get good quality skates from airwalk.
May 29th, 2006 at 1:16 pm
i dont care if their ugly, unoriginal, or flooding the market. its airwalk, and that has better rep than what little rolling has…
May 29th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
I saw this shit in some supermarket few weeks ago. It looked the same way but there was no Airwalk logo in them. So I think that Airwalk jus bought some amount of cheap chinese skates and they are trying to sellit for higher price for some kids.
May 29th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
I don’t like kids starting out on crappy skates. There are plenty of good skates available that aren’t too expensive. When kids come to the park and they’re wheels can’t even roll or they want to learn to stall or grind and they can’t, it’s not fun for them. Good equipment makes the sport easier and more fun. If the child’s first experience is frustration, they are soon going to do something else. I also hate it that parents would make the kid ride some crappy skates for months and months before spending at last 100 dollars. They want the kid to get tired/bored of it, so they don’t have to spend the money.
May 29th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
First skates I had were fatties. w00t.
May 29th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
PFFFFFFFFFFF. We dont need that crap in our industry. Just by looking at that skate i know they actually don’t know shit about rollerblading.
May 29th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
fuk airwalk!! skateboard companies should get their asses out of our pure sport.
May 29th, 2006 at 4:59 pm
haha they are fucking cool!!!
May 29th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
these are exactly the same as Excess L-97s apart from the colours and they look so shit
May 29th, 2006 at 5:42 pm
haha wtf qcsky, you have no idea how dorky that sounds.
May 29th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
the shell reminds me old bauer skates ;)
good price :D
May 29th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
most of u are dumb. juz like the hotwheels skate this skate is going to boost up our market. more sponsers will sponser more events. bigger cash prizes at events, xgames publicity possibly, more kids w. skates.
May 29th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
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May 29th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
if a company that big decides to enter the agrressive market, why not just invest some money in making a decent skate model? at least it would be quality.
another they can do is at least form a sub-company specificly for aggressive skating so that at least their skates wont say “AIRWALK. TOTALLY RAD!” on the side of the frame.
May 30th, 2006 at 12:04 am
that’s the same as Yashima skates that mine dude’s skating since two years.
May 30th, 2006 at 12:17 am
i would have to be payed to use them, alot of money.
hahahaha
same as all low budget skates just with AIRWALK splated on them.
May 30th, 2006 at 2:11 am
did anyone notice the freaking bolt right on the groove of the frame?
May 30th, 2006 at 2:18 am
This is lame. This is also what makes people think rollerblading is retarded. I dont like it, nor do i like a skateboarding company trying to dip into the pockets of a sport they dont belong in. its like goodyear trying to come out with a basketball shoe or something…
May 30th, 2006 at 4:31 am
Man - I gues it’s ok if it gets kids into the sport… but you can get some good skates for fairly cheap (i.e. M12’s and i swear I saw a deal on an onlie store advertising a whole package with Salo ST80’s for $100)
Even if rolling is starting to sell out to these companies - stay true and keep rolling on good-quality brands and original rolling companies, coz the only reason other companies would buy into the rolling market is coz rolling is ‘different’ and ‘underground’ - which is now supposedly in fashion….
stay true and laugh at those skates - they look shit hahahahaha
May 30th, 2006 at 5:19 am
well, it’s cheap. and i did start skating on sabotages. so every kid/family can’t afford the good stuff. but if they get interested. that’s what it’s all about.
and as long as you can soul and frontside in those. other tricks should come easily. might take awhile, but everyone starts somewhere. right?
May 30th, 2006 at 5:23 am
Such skates could be distributed few years ago maybe…..
May 30th, 2006 at 7:35 am
Looks like Airwalk’s slowly getting more involved in rolling. These skates and a Taig Kris shoe, who knows where they plan to go from there. A company that was as mainsteam as airwalk likely doesn’t even care about the industry, though. It’s all about money. Besides, with all the skate, wheel, and frame companies already in our sport(almost all run by skaters, no less), airwalk really doesn’t have anything to offer other than a cheap beginner skate.
May 30th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
good idea,i wouldnt buy them(EVER!!),but its more money it might be a really good thing for our sport!
May 30th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
The buckle is pretty sick
May 30th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
its not going to bring any money into our sport, at least not until i see airwalk sponsoring the next IMYTA, running a team or producing a rolling video
sure, it might encourage some kids into skating, but chances are that they wont even be able to learn to grind due to the total utter shitness of those skates
cheap salos are what a begginer needs, i would happily skate some
May 31st, 2006 at 8:39 am
// Same Bauer mold used by Anarchy for their Chaos skates.
Fine, they’re cheap and they’re not intruding on existing markets, but do we really want to get the next generation of rollers started on skates of this quality?
this is true that the skates are not so good, but i know a lot of young skaters that started that way : their parent bought them such a pair of skates cause it was very cheap : “let’s buy them, even if you roll only once, it’s not so much money” and then the kids saw what rolling was, and bought a real pair of skates afterward
May 31st, 2006 at 9:01 am
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June 1st, 2006 at 7:05 am
Those skates look like they were made for BOZO the Clown or as we say in Living Color. Homie the Clown he doesn’t mess around.
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:20 am
those skate are extreamly uggly oh by the way love punany
June 5th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
yep .. they sure do suck … good thing they are cheap… maybe they should change they’re name to air-rol ;)) …
September 6th, 2006 at 5:29 am
personally, i like these skates. good price and just plain simple design. i hate skates with all those stupid designed straps to make it look more high tech. i like the plain simple design
October 16th, 2006 at 3:55 am
THESE SKATES MAY BE GARBAGE,BUT ALOT OF THE KIDS IN MY AREA HAVE NEVER EVEN SEEN AGGRESSIVE SKATES IN PERSON.(i HAVE HAD TO ORDER MY SKATES ONLINE FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS DEW TO THE ONLY AGGRO SKATE SHOP CLOSING.) MY POINT IS THAT MORE KIDS WOULD SKATE IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY EXPOSED TO SKATES& SKATING. AND SEEING HOW SO MANY STORES CARRY AIRWALK KIDS WILL AT LEAST BE ABLE TO FIND SOME KIND OF SKATES. AND THE REST OF US WILL STICK WITH OUR RESPECTIVE BRANDS.
RAZORS,REMS,ROLLERBLADE& SALOMON KICK ASS
ROCES&K2 SUCK BUNYONS
June 30th, 2008 at 2:42 am
I just tried these skates on at big 5. I did not expect them to feel so cheap. Think nash is to skateboarding as this skate is to inline. the bearings feel like nash quality too, resisting to roll. The airwalks were $99 and I compared them to the Corr ATA990s they had there for $89. Corr whooped em hard. there is no comparison.