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10 Reasons NOT to Skate Flat

Brandon Drummond

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After skating flat for 5 years, I have come across all the downsides of aggressive skating with a flat set up. This video contains the 10 worst parts of skating 4 wheels down. Inspired by Ricardo Lino

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0:00 Intro
0:13 Number 1
0:53 Number 2
1:30 Number 3
2:37 Number 4
3:12 Number 5
3:46 Number 6
4:06 Number 7
4:36 Number 8
5:30 Number 9
6:15 Number 10
7:02 Why I still skate flat
7:49 Tips for the best anti-rocker set up

20 Comments

@BrandonDrummond Creator 3 years ago Pinned

Apologies for the construction sounds in the background & thanks to Lino for the inspo ❤
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@almostremembered 3 years ago (edited)

The biggest thing with the knees is that with flat you have twice as much urethane to absorb the impact. Which is really good for those who have bad knees or are getting older.

@eltoppdog 3 years ago

As a 40yo getting back into it, who skated exclusively anti-rocker before, the feeling of ease and fluidity that a flat setup provides FAR out-ranks making grinding and landing easier.

I get a newfound joy out of just skating around, grinds and jumps are an added bonus now.

@BigNoiseyBoi 3 years ago

Still a "beginner" , still gonna ride flat. I don't like the train track feeling of anti, its horrible.

@almostremembered 3 years ago

The wheel highlighted as "round" is actually a "bullet" profile. The one below it is round.

@nephimcknight5832 3 years ago

I have zero problems with turning, getting speed and skating around on a good anti setup with quality wheels/bearings.

@emoney0005 1 month ago

Switching over from flat to anti this coming week. Can’t wait to get out for a grind session.

@james-ted-garland 3 years ago

Ive just started skating a Oysi frame and i really enjoy it

@Habeev07 3 years ago

As a skater in my 30's who was around when blading was still in the Xgames... Ive only known anti-rocker. It was never really popular back in the day to ride flat on the west coast.

@tyronekavanagh9914 3 years ago

FREE STYLES FTW!!!

@Slayer_Reworked 6 days ago

have you ever done a review on a freestyle frame? I'm curious they look so cool

@rollforever85 3 years ago

That’s why I love Oysi medium. Roll with 8 down, grinds like anti.

@mattkamachaitis7549 3 years ago

I skate 60 flat and can't remember the last time wheel bite was a problem for me. It all depends on your frames and wheel durometer

@SkateWeeb. 3 years ago

For any flat rolling lad having trouble with landing gaps, get a longer frame. For a lot of these I haven't really been bothered except the knee thing. I can recommend doing leg days at the gym to every aggro rollerblader.

@Andrea_Cstn 11 months ago (edited)

I used to put new wheels on front and rear . And old wheels turn in the middle . That gives me a good old anti-rockers sensation for 6 months. Before new wheels touch the same size and turn on flat setup. Good cheap solution for unsponsored skaters 🎊

@drewfleming1 3 years ago

I skate flat a vast majority of the time. Anti is great when starting to learn new grinds.

@NISHIAKI 3 years ago

I recently moved over to some Them frames setup flat 56, and I am considering never trying anything else just because I can access the UFS bolts without removing the wheels haha. I also think they skate nice and I don't struggle with wheelbite on them any more than I did on my Fluid Vs. But yeah being able to go from flat to big wheel or anti without removing wheels or feeling like I'm going to strip a UFS bolt is amazing. It's not a dream! It just takes a specific setup lol