When USD decides to design a new skate, you can be sure it will be a game changer. Once the decision to create a new aggressive inline skate had been made, we had to be sure that it would stand out from the crowd. We decided to break the rules that have been abided by for the past 14 years, and think outside the box – why does a skate need so much hardware? Is UFS really the best solution?

For USD, the Aeon would be about performance, the key word in the creative project. We designed an affordable, high performance skate that combines the boot and soulplate (unibody), minimizing hardware and moving you closer to the ground, enabling perfect control while at the same time maximizing the possibilities of larger wheel use with all the benefits of this new, low center of gravity.

You heard right. This skate is not UFS Compatible. Are we crazy? Consider this: UFS was invented as a standard mounting system many years ago and is optimized for a maximum wheel size of 60mm. But since its creation, larger wheels such as 72mm have become popular again, a wheel size that reminds us of the popularity of OG blading roots, allowing better roll while enabling great control and space to grind.

We are proud to announce that with our new unibody design our boot is actually lower with 61mm wheels than many other skates that use 58 or 55mm wheels. Remember when USD made the first ever carbon skate for aggressive skaters? We took a risk, and revolutionized the skate industry, and now we’re doing it again. The USD Aeon has been designed from scratch to be affordable while being perfect right out of the box. If you’re worried about not being able to change the frames, complete unibody shells including soulplate and frames will of course be available straight away.

The USD Aeon Skate is therefore a one piece, lightweight and comfortable skate with the lowest profile ever made, allowing for a whole new level of advance performance for street skaters worldwide.

The rebirth of the hardboot

• Unibody construction with lightweight one-piece shell, soulplate and frame.
• 60mm flat frame: counter-sunk wheel cut outs for lowest profile possible, internal reinforcements for increased rigidity, side sliders, 256mm wheel base (size 41 EU), 78mm groove width (size 41 EU), metal spacers.
• Aeon soulplate: perfectly shaped groove, reduced friction due to offset soul sliders, same width plates for controlled cess slides, optimized plate-frame angle.
• replaceable 45° Velcro Power strap
• 2-way rockerable V-Cuff
• Aeon Shock Absorber
• MYFIT Dual Fit Skinny Boy liner: 100% heat mouldable, adjustable, anatomical ankle padding with perfect heel lock, thin & stretchable front part, comfortable thick padded ankle part, laceable top part.
• USD Aeon wheels: 61mm, 90A SHR, flat profile.
• WCD Abec 7 bearings: 7 Freespin chrome steel balls, 2RZ rubber coating, synthetic oil.

We spent two weeks in Barcelona last year visiting Nick Lomax. I had originally planned to shoot a section with Nick and get clips with Dano Gorman for his upcoming section. Instead of shooting a section with Nick we decided it would be better to make an Aeon edit with all the USD guys. - Albert Hooi.

Skating by Nick Lomax, Albert Hooi, Dano Gorman, Sam Crofts and Danny Aldridge. Directed by Albert Hooi. Edited by Albert Hooi. Main Camera: Albert Hooi. Additional Camera: Mathias von Gostomski, Dano Gorman, Nick Lomax. Music: Flying Lotus - $tunt$ / Vince Staples - BagBak. Video on Youtube

Lee Devereux x Nick Lomax - USD Aeon 60 Team skates. Enjoy this edit of long time USD mate Lee Devereux & Nick Lomax killing those Barcelona street spots as usual, both on USD Aeon 60 skates.

Nick Lomax, Back at it cruising BCN with Rui Vieira And Mario!

Rest in peace our Dani 24.03.1991 - 30.04.2018. - Nick Lomax.

Featuring Nick Lomax, Danilo Martins, Abel Morales, Salvador Clapés & more.

British big wheeling unibody moves with a Catalan twist. Nick Lomax testing the new USD Aeon 80 Skates in Barcelona.

Nick Lomax slides through the rain in Burgos with his USD Pianowski Aeon skates.

I shot this section with Nick Lomax and Eugen Enin in Barcelona, we had less than 2 weeks to get it done. These dudes killed shit everyday I was there, s/o the homie Vincent Asobo for the angles. - Erick Rodriguez.

9TO5DigiMedia and FP Films is proud to present the 4th installment of the Future Of Rollerblading. We were able to film with some of the most legendary bladers in the game along with some of the new generation of shredders in NYC, California, Atlanta, North Carolina, Las Vegas, and Spain.

Mirror: PLAY (set to private at the time of this post).

F.O.R. 4 is out! you can support the project on Sellfy ($4).

FOR4 - Play: Franky Morales Section | Soichiro Kanashima - FOR4 Bonus Section | Victor Arias | F.O.R 4 Bonus Edit | Eugen Enin – F.O.R. 4 (Extras) | Damon Franklin (Lake Havasu) – FOR 4 Bonus | 181st (NYC) – FOR 4 Bonus (2017) with Billy O’neill, Boschi Pope, Victor Arias & Julian Bah.

Nick Lomax on USD VII Team Clan Grey. Roex box session in Barcelona (Spain).

Previously: Nick Lomax Killing It in BCN (2017).