Una vez probé los Xsjados de un amigo en un skatepark y no me gusto nada. Sin embargo, en este último Tour que hicimos, se envió un par de Xsjados demás. Yo ya tenia mis hermosos Deshi Carbon, y con esto yo ya estaba mas que servido! pero dando cuenta que íbamos a estar delante de muchos patinadores y que querían ver los patines de la nueva temporada, decidí darles una oportunidad. El primer día que los probé no me gustaron nada, la experiencia fue horrible. Los Footwraps eran demasiado pequeñas, incluso sin la plantilla eran simplemente demasiado pequeños para mí. Regresé esa noche y decidió dejar los patines en mi maleta para el resto del tour.
A mi llegada a Powerslide, durante el tour, me di cuenta que tuve la oportunidad perfecta para conseguir algunos Footwraps en mi talla, así que me amplié el patin a su longitud completa (De talla tengo un 42.5/8.5/9.5) y les di una segunda oportunidad, más tarde ese día en Frankfurt. El cambio fue increíble, y gocé de la sesión al máximo. Las placas de soul son realmente rápidas, los negativos eran super faciles, y los trucos de backslide y savannah entraban solos.
photo by Annelieke Driessen
Backside Torke.
Al regresar a Barcelona decidí ir y filmar un edit en mis patines nuevos y lo volvi a pasar en grande con los patines. En realidad, después de una época de bajon en mi patinaje de repente me moría de ganas de patinar de nuevo!
El apoyo en los tobillos me daba mucha confianza, y los amplios soulplates me dio seguridad extra en los trucos. También me sorprendí al ver cuánto disfrutaba mirándolos en mis pies. He de decir que he querido un skate con elementos verdes color desde hace mucho tiempo, demasiado, y esto ayudó. De hecho, esto es lo que me hizo querer patinar estos patines desde el principio.
photo by Kiku Comino
Ao fish en Valencia
photo by kiku Comino
Ao topside Mistrial
De repente tenia energía nueva, y quería probar trucos nuevos, hacer edits, hacer fotos y patinar en cualquier oportunidad. Tuve la primera oportunidad que podía para patinar y viajar de nuevo a Valencia, días después de llegar del tour Europeo, donde segui pasándomelo bien, patinando día y noche. Tengo que decir que estos Xsjados me han devuelto mucho amor y ganas de patinar y estoy sintiendo la Xsjado experience!
photo by Annelieke Driessen
Bank to fs nuggen.
photo by Zeromar
Hip to Truespin top Soyale
photo by Annelieke Driessen
Mistrial
Las ventajas y desventajas para mí:
Ventajas:
-Placas / soulplate rapido
-Placa Backslide – Perfecto para backslides (los he recuperado!!!) – Unities y savannahs.
-Magnífico apoyo en el tobillo
-Comodidad absoluta
-Ligeros
-Gran anti-shock y solidez en caídas
-Buen centro de equilibrio
Desventajas
-Me preocupa el desgaste de las correas y hebillas aunque hasta ahora parecen ser que están aguantando bien.
Como puedes ver, es un desequilibrio entre lo que me gusta y lo que no lista, como se nota que estoy disfrutando!
Los patines traen de serie:
Ben Schwab Type M Kizer Frame
New low profile Ben Schwab footwrap
Ben Schwab Chimera wheels
Abec 5 Bearings.
(ENGLISH REVIEW)
Before joining The Conference I would be a massive fan of constantly trying new products or skates, and would do so until I found the perfect skate for me, and after a few pairs of that model I would begin to start investigating new skates once more.
For me, when changing skates you get a great chance to learn new tricks. Theres no doubt that some skates are better for some tricks, and worse for others. In this way I would perfect new moves before moving onto another pair of skates.
When I joined Deshi it gave me the chance to really focus on one model, and learn to use the skates to the best of my ability. Occasionally I would get the itch to try other skates, and spend some time skating USD Realms, USD Legacy and USD VII skates.
For some reason I never had the urge to skate Xsjados. I once tried a friend’s Xsjados in a park and thought they felt terrible.
However on this last tour we did, we were sent one pair of Xsjados too many. I had me beautiful Deshi Carbons, which I was more than happy with, but realising we were going to be in front of many skaters wishing to see new skates, I decided to give them a try.
photo by Kiku Comino
Torque Topsoul
The first session I had on the skates I have to say was horrible. The footwraps were too small, allthough I did like the new look that Xsjado went for with the all-new low cut soul, but even without the insoles they were just too small for me. For some reason I kept stamping on my own feet. I got back that night and decided to leave them in my bag for the rest of the tour.
On arrival to Powerslide, I realised I had the perfect opportunity to get some footwraps in my size, so I expanded the skate to its full length (I am a size 42.5/8.5/9.5) and gave them a second chance, later that day in Frankfurt.
photo by Annelieke Driessen
Ao Makio
The change was incredible, and I absolutely enjoyed the session. The soulplates were really really fast, negatives were a breeze, and backslide and savannah tricks felt unbeliavable.
On returning to Barcelona I decided to go out and film a little edit on my skates and the session was a lot of fun. In fact this was the most «into» skating I had been for a while, due to injury and problems with the authorities in Barcelona, skating has been tougher lately. The support on my ankles felt great, and the wide soulplates just gave me that extra security on tricks. I also was surprised to see how much I enjoyed looking at them on my feet. I will say that I have wanted a skate with green combat colour elements on it for a long time, too, and this helped. In fact this is what made me want to skate them from the start.
Suddely I had new energy, and I wanted to try new tricks, learn new moves, film edits, shoot photos and go skate at any opportunity. I took the first chance I could to go on tour again, days after arriving from a grueling tour around europe, and had a lot of fun, continuing to skate from morning to night every day.
I have to say, these Xsjado skates have given me a new lease of life, and I’m loving the Xsjado experience.
Foto by Arturo Sanchez
Negative Makio
The Pros and Cons for me are.
Pros
-Fast soulplate
-Perfect backslide plate for backslides (I got them back!!!)
-Perfect backslide plate for unities and savannahs
-Superb ankle support
-Absolute comfort
-Lightweight
-Great anti-shock
-Great center of balance/solid landings
Cons
-I’m concerned about wear and tear on the straps and buckles although so far they seem to be holding up ok.
As you can see, it’s an unbalanced pro and con list, however I really am enjoying skating these at the moment and that can be seen by anyone who skates with me, or the enthusiasm I have when people ask me about these Xsjados!
A personal recommendation from me would be to get a small sized shell up to a size 43EU/9UK/10US but with a footwrap in your own size if you get the chance. The change between shells for people with that size foot in terms of control and performance is really staggering.
Ben Schwab Xsjado skates are out now and have the following specs:
Ben Schwab Type M Kizer Frame
New low profile Ben Schwab footwrap
Ben Schwab Chimera wheels
Abec 5 Bearings.
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