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heavy heavy skates!!!!

brand new to aggressive inline, bought a pair of mook framed xsjado chris farmer's to learn grinding (got front and backside grinds now on low rails, but not on hand rails, i cant jump that high) but for the life of me i cant get used to the weight. little research showed me that these are heavy even for aggressive skates, but i cant even jump up to hand rails to grind those, on roller hockey skates i could CLEAR handrails no problem. would switching to featherlite anti rockers help instead of the mooks or would the weight difference be negligible? would those long h block inserts that replace anti rockers fit on roller hockey skates?

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Permalink Reply by Simon Soondra on September 26, 2011 at 8:19am

Nah man.. They won't get much lighter.

Xsjado's are kinda heavy, I guess. If you compare them to roller hockey skates. The best thing for you would be to get maybe the Razors SL's. Such as the Aragon 4, the Horn etc. Those skates are really light.

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Permalink Reply by Nate Snow on September 26, 2011 at 12:46pm

just skate and jump as often as possible. your legs will get used to it.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Nestrick on October 2, 2011 at 2:17pm

it sounds kinda wierd but my father scuba dives and has weights he uses and i will actually put a wrap weight around my ankles when i skate or even walk around the mall or school, it has increased my jumping my height tenfold, no lie

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Permalink Reply by John Hunter on October 4, 2011 at 1:14pm

xsjados seem reasonly light now that ive skated them for 3 somthing months now , youll get used to it :D

ps; think there heavy? try some valos o_O

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Permalink Reply by Asier Gordo Badiola on February 11, 2012 at 4:47am

Exercise your legs. Go to a Gym xD (joking), Don´t worry everithing will be better when you get used to it. If you go to a local skatepark try jumping as high as you can. DON´T CHANGE SKATES. I used to have a pair of heavy skates and since I've changed to Carbon Free I can jump really really high. Trust me , I know what I´m saying.