Inventor- "I have the solution, but there is one problem."
Person- "What's the problem?"
Inventor- "I don't know what problem the solution solves."

DeadWriter

Not sure what is wrong with regular rollerskates or blades. Go just as fast and never run out of batteries. And you get some exercise!!

TheBear91

hmm... my bike weighs 16 pounds. Oh, and itll go faster too. Oh, and itll go uphills. oh and i dont need to charge it. Oh, and i dont look like an idiot.

slickfast

hmmm...senseless

Amiash

"The quickest way to become an iTard!"

...to coin a new phrase

chrisaroz

I'm reading people complaining about that thing being too small to fit, but seriously... would you use that if it fit?
Man, I could sleep while riding something like that. It's too damn slow. I can WALK faster than that. And I do mean WALK, not run.
Also: They see me rollin'...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

These skates are rivaled only by the crapatude of the theme song which plays during the video.

I didn't know whether to laugh at the dork on the skates, or cry as my ears were raped.

zenpoet

Anything under 40mph is unacceptable.

Darkest Daze

@toyotaboy:
they actually get, you know ... E X E R C I S E !
( unless being chaufferred around )

ANoel

As usual, another company producing a gadget that won't fit me with my size 14 feet.. I can't even buy crocs that fit me, what do basketball players do?

toyotaboy

I really wanted to see him accidentally roll it in reverse on the escalator but that's just my side that laughs at other peoples pain. I don't think anybodies going to buy these first off the battery probably doesn't last long, second what do you do when you want to go up hill, and third what do you do when you want back down the hill.

TheAstronot

I think that you might have gotten the size conversions wrong--but it doesn't matter. nobody will be buying these.

islandmonk

Another drive by gadget with no purpose other than to make a quick buck for the developers, which is evident by the poor design and lack of wireless control (probably would require expensive FCC approval).

djohnson60618

can't they at least make it wireless control? even the walmart shopping cart pushers are wireless now days.

Sunlokyee

How dorky....

mandarin

just can't stand lifting your feet and placing them one at a time in front of the other right? I concur... I just wish they had thought of this sooner before I got in shape....

as for puttin i infront of your product name... thats because all the good regular names have been taken, it was e for a while... then X ... now I ... I'm partial to the letter q.. so maybe I'll start dropping that on my products// qWater!

tranceDJcrashd

@xaksei:
Ditto. No love for the people with big feet.

jennyfur

(puts on engineers hat)
Looks to me like only one skate (?) is powered, (braked as well?) Involuntary Split anyone? The drive system, is it waterproof? Wet lithium batteries will give you Exploding Foot syndrome. Also the wheel gear is plastic, that metal chain is snacking on it as it turns.
(removes hat shaking head at poor design)

DJrock3k

waiting for the first small rock to appear...

15 mph skidmark.

ltcmurray

I'm waiting for Segway skates.

aboriginal

So... rollerblades don't require any motor, go faster, look cooler, are healthier... this product is retarbed.

gazork23

@James:
iProduct for iCatch foot on corner iSpin out of control iElbow a five year old kid iFace plant on terrazzo floor iCan't get up iCry like a little dorky girl iSuck.

ANoel

I don't suppose the upside down swoosh above "Multi Terrain" will cause any problems.

/sarcasm

DWD

TWIN City Grill? Mall of America? Sweet.

gizmodohomepage

You would assume a wireless controller, Wii-esque, would be the next update!

ashwinmudigonda

They aren't especially faster than something like a Segway
They're still really bulky
They also make you look like a dork
Is there any upshot to these whatsoever?

ConstyXIV

@Joseph: Although at base I cannot argue with your generalization, in this case I don't see what a particular countries population has any relevance. I can imagine this coming from in Europe or anywhere else for that matter because realistically we're all insane for the gadgets and create new ways of moving people around.

clemonator

What better music to advertise a really slow pair of Air Treks than a bay area hyphy beat! :-P

What ever happened to that pair of self-propelled skates? The ones that accelerate when you push down with your feet... Were those ever released?

MinceyFresh

I'm with Excaza (was going to post the same thing)

James

Maybe they really do go 15 mph, but that video sure didn't seem to show it... though maybe my sense of speed is off?

Keebler

Seriously. WTF?

nystreetfilms

@excaza: iKnow what you mean man.. iFeel the same way

killarclown

I can't wait for companies to stop dropping "i" before all their products, it's almost as annoying as "Xtreme"

sigh...

excaza

I'm not anticipating all the little (big feeted) kids wearing these around in the mall to replace their banned skate shoes.

Derrick

that looks awesome. I don't wanna carry a bike around so I'll just lug around these instead!

Kupaka

Curses, my big feet stop me from more wheeled shoes!

xaksei

LOL, fat America.

Joseph

one zero zero one zero zero onnnnnnnne...S-O-S! one zero zero one zero zero onnnnne...in distresssss!

Ah Geddy Lee, how I loveth thee.

KingRoyale

@Joseph: umm, actually the inventor has a Russian sounding name, so, maybe you meant to say "fat Russians"?? oftsua.

banmojo

@KINGROYALE

If I wear these ishoes, I could be a Digital Man Finding My Way through The Trees in the Subdivisions to Lakeside Park, exercising my Freewill to Roll The Bones and become Closer to the Heart.

I wonder if these will cost Big Money.

PS: I Think I'm Going Bald.

golferal

Guaranteed to make you do 15 mph split and land on your face. Huge waste of effort to proto these dangerous things.

keerock

These are not appealing, whatsoever. How did that kid not feel shame for wearing those in public- let alone wear a helmet?

Neverhitboxes

Heely's for adults!

Trowble

@keerock: I agree 100%...broken ankles anybody?

mikeklein

Most people that can buy these can DRIVE. Can't imagine picking up groceries or the kids from school on these. I can see a cult following at colleges using em for beer runs (not drunk driving if you're on skates) or some retard will do a fundraiser "iCrap across America". Some people have way too much time on their hands. Christ, how long before idiots start putting spinner rims and modding the hell out of these? "Pimp my Skates" just doesn't seem that entertaining.

wolfsingleton

These look seriously uncontrollable. All of the people riding them in the video look like they're barely hanging on. And the only-one-shoe-with-power thing - How is that a good idea?

GottaGo