Gadgets: Better Get My Freeline Skates On
By Jay Garrett
Sorry – did you miss me?
I’ve been living the rock star life with the three R’s – Writing, Rehearsing, Recording with my new band Subset. We’re playing loadsa gigs around London so come and say hi! Back to the gadgety world – what’s been happening lately?
Well, the PSP Go is now official as is the vid downloads for the Go and PSP 3000, Amazon has leaked the Zune HD apps and link-up to Xbox, Nokias latest N97 has been released in the UK and the follow-up to the fantastic Left4Dead has been announced – The Parish.
Microsoft has been causing a buzz with their Wii baiting Natal system and the big M has also announced the release date for Windows 7.
In Canada a 4gig iPhone has been spotted and as the anticipation for this year’s WWDC heats up the banner has been being snapped at San Francisco's Moscone Center showing the legend: "One year later. Light-years ahead." - go and check out the iPhone rumour infographic.
Today’s gadget in question is for all those healthy types and fans of odd/extreme sports.
In other ways - say hello to another way of killing yourself - Introducing Freeline Skates!
Designed in San Francisco, Freeline Skates are “dual isolated skates” produced to include elements of skate boards and inline skates. That spells death-trap to me.
They’re not actually connected to the skater’s feet but use the same grippy stuff as a board - but they’re smaller and you have one on each foot.
Freeline Skates are constructed from aluminium and each skate is kitted out with 2 x 72M polyurethane wheels as well as ABEC 5 bearings.
The Freeline Skates measure 19 x 18 x 18cm and can be ridden by both first timers and professional riders - apparently.
Freeline Skates are ultra portable and undoubtedly can bring you a lot of fun and/or harm depending on your balance.
Scoot over to Freeline Skates site and check out the videos - these things are real!
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Jay Garrett is a a professional bass player and gadget junkie. Check out his blog GadgetyNews.com
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