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Started by FigureSpins, February 11, 2011, 08:52:02 AM

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FigureSpins

"If you still look good after skating practice, you didn't work hard enough."

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AgnesNitt

http://www.usaskates.com/figureaccessories/figureskatelaces.html

These are the cotton/nylon blend in black, white, hot pink, pink, red, light purple, and  purple

I guess these are really roller laces, but man do they look like fun for someone like me who isn't competing.

Yes I'm in with the 90's. I have a skating blog. http://icedoesntcare.blogspot.com/

Isk8NYC

I can't believe I missed this information from Guardog, a company that makes blade guards.

Catalog: http://bluetoad.com/publication/?i=297935

How to measure and cut two-piece guards: http://guardog.ca/cuttingguide.pdf

They sell replacement parts (springs, loops, straps)

-- Isk8NYC --
"I like to skate on the other side of the ice." - Comedian Steven Wright

Query

Some other popular skate boot makers:

Avanta https://www.avantaskating.com  http://www.avantaskatingboots.com 
Harlick: http://www.harlick.com
SP Teri: http://spteri.com

Other blades:

Graf: http://www.grafskates.ch/en/equipment/figure-skating/eiskunstlauf-kufen/
Titanium Beach http://www.tibeachtech.com (limited production, uncommon, so maybe irrelevant to your list. Also, a skate tech I know said their (titanium) blades take a very long time to sharpen on standard sharpening wheels.)

Jerry's Skating World is a retailer, but they also make figure skating blades under the "ISE", "Jerry's ISE", "ISE Sterling" and "Sterling blade" labels: http://www.jerryskate.com/Products/BladesSkates/blades-skates1.html

There are a number of low end figure skate and blade manufacturers that mostly aren't worth mentioning here.

Isk8NYC

-- Isk8NYC --
"I like to skate on the other side of the ice." - Comedian Steven Wright

Query

The new SkateScience website is https://www.skatescience.com

ISE blades were made by (or for?) Jerry's Skating World (https://jerryskate.com/skates-and-blades)
They are out of production, but there is still a large backlog of Sterling blades available through many retailers.

tstop4me

Quote from: Query on October 13, 2024, 02:57:42 AM
The new SkateScience website is https://www.skatescience.com

Just took a look at this new website.  It's totally unrelated to the original Skate Science that designed and sold skate blades (manufacture outsourced to Step at the time).  This new company is geared towards training, not equipment.  Too bad, when I first read your post, I was hoping that the blade manufacturer was rising from the ashes.

Query

We had another thread discussing step skates
  https://skatingforums.com/index.php?topic=7802.0

But that website
  http://stepskates.com
now redirects to
  https://ca.ccmhockey.com/en/Skates/Step-Steel-Blades
which I guess is the Canadian CCM distribution or manufacturing site (?). The only blades they now sell are hockey blades.

This company says they still have Step Steel figure blades in stock:
https://jumpsudbury.ca/search?q=Step%20Figure%20Skate%20Blades

And here is a lot of 6 pairs of Step Steel figure blades for $250.
https://sidelineswap.com/gear/figure-skating/figure-skates/8516998-figure-blades-lot-f-6-pairs-of-skate-science-by-step-blades-synchro-double-triple-dance?srsltid=AfmBOor_dYPmaNtBPVZomKUtDFAvDrUcT3MDfpjjMSGMaK1yW5aiwTS6

Quote6 pairs of blades by Skate science/ Step

1 x 10.5 double triple
2 x 10 double triple
1 x 9 dance
1 x 10.25 synchro
1 x 10.5 synchro

Those are likely closeout or surplus prices, so may no longer be made.

And then there is Blade Science
https://www.blade.science
https://www.facebook.com/BladeScience

At first I thought they were the same company as SkateScience. But no. They design blades that cushion landings.


tstop4me

Yep, lot's of consolidation in this niche business.  Step mainly manufactures runners for hockey skates.  They also had their own line of figure skate blades, as well as being contract manufacturers for Skate Science and Eclipse.  Step is now owned by CCM.  And Jackson Ultima is now owned by Sport Maska, the parent company of CCM. 

Step no longer lists their own line of figure skate blades; Skate Science went poof; and since Jackson Ultima is a direct competitor of Riedell Eclipse, Step no longer manufactures Eclipse blades. It would be logical for Step to manufacture Ultima blades, but who knows? Corporate mergers often do not lead to logical processes.