Hockey Skates... In the 80s....

[parapaul]

Off the back of the skateboarding thread... I never really got into skateboarding but a large chunk of my teenage years were spent hooning around the pavements clad in a pair of these:



Bauer 'Turbo' hockey skates The options for wheels, trucks, bearings and bushes were just as extensive as for skateboarding, the tricks and stunts we all nearly killed ourselves doing were just as impressive.

By the number of skaters I used to know in my area, there must be other PHers who will admit to their first wheels being a pair of skates?

Edited by parapaul on Wednesday 15th April 03:28

[12 inch legend]

Yes!!!! I had some bauer turbo 33's with the power bar in betwwen the trucks!!

[gti tim]

I had Roces with Mad Hog wheels, cheese blocks,racing bearings and huge puffer socks. Wish i had kept them now

[phil1979]

Ah ha! My thread at last. I was an oddball...

Roces boots, but a Bauer Turbo undercarriage, Mad Dog wheels, slighlty wider trucks and SKF speed bearings. I think they are still in my folk's loft.

They saw much mileage at Rollers in Milton Keynes....

Edited by phil1979 on Wednesday 15th April 08:59

[Hot_Stu]

'twas I ..... Customised Bauers (Hot rod style flames) and Rollerworld Derby

[Strangely Brown]

Ahhh yes... and I still have mine (Roces).

Complete with green Sims Street-Snakes with IKS bearings on ACS 430s with variflex clouds rubbers. or is that ?

I really must use them more.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Wednesday 15th April 12:35