Up close with The Carbon II & the USD Pro Team
Check out some of USD Pros: Billy O’Neill, Sean Kelso and Don Bambrick talk about their experience with the new USD Carbon 2!
Filmed by Brandon Negrete, Lonnie Gallegos & JC Rowe ; Edited by Lonnie Gallegos.
Music: Flying Lotus feat. Declaime – Lit up.
The first soft boot skate I can skate, and I like. – Fish.
They’re so comfy, I skated all day and still 720′d a gap at midnight. – SK.
Heat molding them is the sh*t! And you can’t do that with any other skate. – Don.
Tags: billy oneil, don bambrick, sean kelso, usd, usd carbon, usd skates
March 25th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
USD is starting to get it´s own spirit back! No strech crew remake but something new and still sick! Looking forward to seeing more!
March 25th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
the flying vortex? lol
sick team tho love all them skaters
March 25th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
congrats! great pre-production, great photografy, great edit!
March 25th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
Great review, love the team.
March 25th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Best Skate ever made in rollerblading!
March 25th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
sean kelso couldnt brag harder, i skated all day, i was so tired…so decided to swag a 720 down a massive gap
March 25th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
just to get it straight, you cant remold carbon fiber after its hardent. you only ruin your skates!!
carbon is a composite material, which means that you can’t recycle, remeld or remold it in any ways… you only weaken the carbon fiber material
March 25th, 2011 at 9:19 pm
i’m looking for spacers n rockers so my skates don’t sound clanky… my mom would beat my ass if she saw me cooking my skates
March 25th, 2011 at 9:40 pm
franko-
You most definitely CAN heat-mold the carbon fiber used in skates. Speed skaters have been doing it for years and years. I personally have molded a couple pairs of the Carbon2′s for people already and it works great. There is no weakening of the material from the process, and even if there was, the Carbon2 baseplate has an extremely long warranty- two or five years, I believe.
March 25th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
now, after this vid, i wanna skate carbon 2s so bad
March 26th, 2011 at 2:59 am
Is d george cool? i know he got broke off bad and went on a tour with schwab and what not, but i worry about him dude fuckin rips it i love rail skating and d georges abbs
March 26th, 2011 at 9:00 am
has anyone tried molding carbons? i have a friend who has done it, but he did it with a heat gun, and says the skate feels way better and has had no problems with it. Anyone?
March 26th, 2011 at 9:12 am
lol to franko (sorry, also al dolega didnt write correct).
you DONT do anyting to CARBON while heating and molding skate!!! Only real thing you are doing is MELTING resin what holds together all carbon leyers! After resin get back to hard composition, skate/carbon/boot gets hard!
theory: SHMR Technology™ (super heat mouldable resin) = fully heat mouldable.
March 26th, 2011 at 9:13 am
and yes, i have molded skates what are SHMR compatible!
http://vimeo.com/15273694
March 28th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Shiiiitt I need to try mine too…even without it but still a super skates for me hehehehe!