Rollerblade Rocket Stilts
By Rocky Thompson on April 24th, 2007
I’m not going to know what style of footwear people are referring to anymore when they say “fruitboots.†Booster Blades are spring-loaded inline skates that you pump up and down to push yourself forward. Their English inventor Brian Rawlings says they’re a cross between Rollerblades and bikes, which I think we can all agree is overstating things a bit. They’re more like a cross between a Segway and a Razor Scooter. The Booster Blades’ greatest success will probably be inventing new types of knee injuries.
This is comedy gold in the making.
doesn’t that defeat the purpose? I am surprised he isn’t on biggest loser.
Hi There
Can I just say that you’re basing your opinion on a prototype which is 2 years old. All the current photos across the net are of the prototype. Booster Blades were launched last week at the Geneva European Inventions Exhibition. Through an alliance with a British engineering company Jetway Associates, Booster Blades Ltd have been re-designing and testing over the last 2 years. The product is extremely safe and provides the user a completely different experience being able to self propel and also brake like a bicycle. Booster Blades can now be ordered on a 28 day lead time as each pair are hand built to order.
Robert - link us to some video of these suckers in action, seeing is beleiving.
Also re/ safety, you clearly haven’t safety tested these with big enough idiots. Like… you know… us. We can injure ourselves with ‘em, truuuust us.
Nevermind, found the video link on the site.
Apologies I’ve only just seen your question. Safety and weight wise these are robust pieces of kit and because the main frame is cast it withstands a large amount of weight. Have you been to the website where we have some new media?We started taking orders last week and are experiencing a huge amount of interset from the US and Japan. If you’ve got any questions etc please drop me a line.
Robert