Skates that Don't Roll Backwards

Liz Miller demonstrates a prototype of inventor Bruce Honaker's anti-reversing wheel technology for inline skates.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• rollerblading
• braking
• stopping
• on
• skates
• inline
• skating
• skate

[slalomlover86]

im still thinking, with this invention a beginner will be always beginner. it doesn't matter who is the beginner. You can't actually improve your skills. If i have a system that makes my life easier why shall i take it off?? do you see my point?

[LizGetRolling]

@slalomlover86 I do see your point and I feel sad for the people that I know are out there who would make what we good skaters feel would be a very big sacrifice just to try skating, even with such a terrible crutch . The non-reversing mechanism would have to be removable.

[ok4mi]

What a bloody death trap, easiest way to get yourself killed on a pair of inlines is to fall backwards and hit the back of your head on the asphalt. This useless "invention" only increases the risk of that happening.

[LizGetRolling]

Thanks for voicing your safety concerns. The only way non-reversing wheels could "increase" the risk of a backward fall would be through backwards momentum, which they prevent. However, forward movement followed by a 180 transition could result in hairy backwards fall. The scared beginners buying this product would not be skilled enough to perform 180s right off. The technology I support would be removable when they are ready.

[shalabrook]

and your point....

[LizGetRolling]

Point is, a removable version of this invention could easily be incorporated into an entry level skate to get more people into the sport. You wouldn't want to deprive less-athletically inclined people of the skating fun we all enjoy, do you?

[ForrestGee]

Haha, imagine forgetting that you had that system, trying to show off in the park and go backwards and , BAM! Not so cool anymore...

[islandreamer23]

or people can get roller skates with quad wheels, those have more stability as people learn to skate, granted they have different feelings but once you learn the feeling and fall a couple of times you are good. FALLING sometimes is GOOD you learn what you cant do.

[pineapple099]

i think that is is a great idea. I read some other comments and u said that the function is removable. If you can, i think that would really help beginner riders. I feel like most of the people saying that it would be to dangerous are the ones thinking of more advanced skills and wouldnt not even need this function. For the actual beginners who have never been on skates before, i think it takes out one of the factors that makes staking hard so that they could learn. Good luck with the idea.

[vedranbosna]

this is bad...they will just fall more often..

[LizGetRolling]

@slalomlover86, you are talking about 95% of beginning skaters. This brake is for the 5% of beginners who are desperately afraid of falling. Typically, that includes people who are hindered by obesity, advanced age or fears based on a past bad experience. It would also help people who grew up with no physical education, who have no physical confidence.

[yorick8080]

I think this is a terrible idea. I assume the main intention here is so beginners can avoid having their feet roll out from under them and landing on their ass, but I imagine that once someone removed the device they would be faced with the same problem, maybe worse, as they've now actually learned their foundational skills on skates that can't roll backwards.

A better solution would be a level surface and maybe one of those ass-pads if you're really worried about falling backward.