Do you happen to know how common Agility blades are on synthetic ice? Is it only the people who are sponsored by the manufacturer who like it?
I'm thinking that figure skating involves control of very small changes of balance position, with respect to the sweet spot. I'm uncertain how well the concept would carry over to the figure skating world.
I just sent the following suggestions to the supplier, rinks@skateanywhere.ca:
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I just saw the Pavel Barber video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPui4WPj2PwIt seems like an ingenious product.
But sharpening looks way too hard and time consuming.
A better sharpening tool would allow you to sharpen while the wheels are mounted. Indeed, I think you could use ordinary machine or hand skate sharpening tools to sharpen them
There are at least two ways to do this:
1. Use a cross grind sharpening wheel. Yes, cross-ground edges tend to be asymmetric - but if you grind it a little one way, then flip the orientation of the skate 180 degrees, and do it some more, you can even things out.
2. Use an ordinary wheel or hand tool, that sharpens along the blade, but use braking jigs to slow down the rotation.
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