Awesome Skating

Inline skating expert Ilia Savosin previously showed us how he gets around on office chair wheels. Now, he’s back and rolling on some other office equipment. In this brief but entertaining video, Ilia grinds some rails with computer keyboards, an LCD screen, and a laptop beneath his feet. Here’s a closer look at his keyboard skates.

When does skating not require a skates? When you use the wheels from the bottom of your office chair instead. Inline skating expert Ilia Savosin shows us how it’s done by strapping a pair of five-wheel chair bases to his feet and hitting the skate park. We wonder how much smoother they would roll on these casters.

Athlete and inline skating master Danny Beer shows off a pair of Them Skates 909 pro skates, and puts them through their paces. He makes it look easy as he glides along rails, and ramps, jumps over stairs, and rolls over other obstacles. The track is Playboy by Lloyd Banks.

Hammacher Schlemmer’s iceless skating rink is a modular system consisting of 12 polymer panels that are as slick as ice and can be used with standard ice hockey or figure skates. The panels can form a 15 1/3′ x 23′ or 11 1/2′ x 30 2/3′ rink.

Mårten Ajne skates across a dangerously thin 2″ layer of pristine black ice on a lake outside of Stockholm, Sweden. As he dances along its shimmering surface, the ice emits otherworldly sounds straight out of a science fiction movie.

Kuma Films presents footage of a fun and different way to get around the skatepark, using a pair of tiny, independent boards instead of a regular skateboard. Isamu Yamamoto – the kid in the video totally kills it.

First-person footage of an insane sport called Ice Cross – in which athletes perform stunts and race through a luge-like downhill course wearing ice skates. This footage is from this past winter’s Ice Cross Downhill World Championship in Quebec City, Canada.

Our bodies ache just watching this 5 year-old girl from India as she breaks the world’s record for the lowest and longest limbo skate, remaining under a series of 7″ tall bars for the entire 196 foot run.

Cardiff Skates strap onto your lace-ups, and provide a stable and comfortable skating platform for impromptu sidewalk runs and long cruises through the park. Easy to wear, and adjustable to almost any shoe size.

These are not your momma’s rollerblades. The GTR inline skate has an optimized center of gravity, ensuring the best transfer of power to its massive wheels, resulting in a blazing-fast ride.

An ice hockey team in Slovakia manages to narrowly escape tragedy when the roof on their rink unexpectedly collapses under the weight of the snow outside. Incredible footage, and no injuries.

We’re not talking the Nic Cage on fire type here, rather the invisible kind – driving this moped as it pulls a skater down the road. Or is the skater controlling the bike? – an equally impressive feat.

Ever heard the expression “crazy from the heat?” The opposite rings true in this video, filled with luscious natural light in Norway. The first oh-no-he-didn’t moment is at :31. (Thanks PistolPete!)