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carpet skates

zztopfugate - 5-10-2009 at 08:31 PM

anyone know where you can find carpet skates? or would roller blade boots be better?

sp4cem0nkey - 6-10-2009 at 09:30 AM

Aren't those for sliding around in your living room?
Seems like they might be good for skudding on grass.
Or they might not...

Skywarn - 2-8-2010 at 03:01 PM

ok was going to be very pick about my first post.. but...

YEA THEY ARE GREAT ON GRASS!!!:singing:

In you have a Target store they are $15 and are called "fun sliders"

n fact this is what got me into the sport... only been in for a month and already bought my first kite, sold it and bought a new one, and bought the sliders yesterday....

BigMikesKites - 2-8-2010 at 03:19 PM

Skywarn has it. I watched him get dragged around the field with some yesterday. It looked pretty fun!

seblue - 20-9-2010 at 07:10 PM

Carpet skates I have been using pieces of cardboard and having my 6 year old boy hold onto me and I dragg him around he loves it.

Gotta start them early

rocfighter - 21-9-2010 at 03:51 AM

I think I will check these out. I picked up a pair of those ultra popular toe water shoes that go for $85.00 but paid $10.00 for them at the REI tag sale. But they DO NOT SLIDE ON ANYTHING!!!! I think maybe ice or grease would work! But even wet grass does not work.

rocfighter - 15-11-2010 at 05:03 AM

Ok so the Five finger water shoes are realy comfortable to wear. But they have increadible traction. No grass scudding with these things.
But I was at Good Will a few weeks ago and found a pair of Carpet Skates. And it was dollar day and they had the right color price tag! $1.00:shocked2: So I tried them out. Man those things are so slippery on grass I nearly fell just walking. Then I picked up the handles. And then I fell. And many times. but after a while I got the ballance right and they are very fun as long as you need to only go striaght and don't have to stop quickly!
So I recomend them with a side order of caution. But no warning signs:bigok: