Review: Able Frames

Captain Johnson’s Able Frame Setup

By K Steez and Captain Johnson.

When it comes to picking skates and parts for your skates there are so many options. Back when I started skating the only thing you could customize were your wheels, now days there is an infinite amount of different possibilities for a skate. You can change the colors, cuffs, liners, frames, and soul plates. It makes skating more appealing to people because they can have their setup be just how they want it.

The ability to customize your skates also makes people better at rollerblading. This is because certain people are comfortable with certain skate parts. The more comfortable you are in a skate set up the more likely you are to try some harder tricks. And since you can put almost any part on any skate, rollers are finding exactly what feels good for them.

Picking the right skate frames is a big deal. It can make or break a pair of rollerblades. You have a wide variety of frames to choose from, and they all have their own feel to them and they all skate a little bit differently. Ground Control, Kizer, Xsjado, Fifty-Fifty, and Able are a few of the most popular frames out there. I personally skated Xsjado frames for about a year. Once it was time to change frames I was not sure of what frame I should choose.

Luckily I live in Nor Cal so I get the privilege of skating with Able team rider Casey Bagozzi on a regular basis. He has been preaching to me about Able frames for a long time now. By the time I finally decided to listen to him, I saw that there were pictures in the Roller Warehouse catalog of some new Able frames. I was really juiced about these frames, the next day I skated with Casey and he already had them. I was asking him how they skated and how they felt; he told me that he was very impressed with them. He said they are really lightweight and really thick and durable as well. When I was looking at them for the first time I could tell how sick they were.

New Able Frames

We finally got the new Able frames in stock here at Roller Warehouse. I immediately ran to the back of the warehouse to check them out. The ones we have in stock are the Vinny Minton freestyle frames which are white and red, and the Series 3 team frame which are gray and black. The new H block looks so smooth, and they are a different shape than the older Able’s. The H block doesn’t stick out like it used to, but it still has the fast sliding diamond shape. It felt really slick and would slide great on ledges.

The weight of the frames is definitely one of the sickest features of the frames. They are really lightweight; which is a big deal because no body wants there feet to be heavy. This will make it so you can jump higher while you’re skating and able you to get onto higher hand rails.

The Able Vinnie Minton Freestyle Frames have been anticipated for a long time now. Most companies that are making frames are making freestyle frames. Since Able is one of the top frame companies people wanted to see a freestyle frame from them. I personally am a huge fan of freestyle frames. It is a lot easier for me to grind ledges and do groove tricks with a large freestyle H block. For people who are not into freestyle frames, the Series 3 team frames and the Morris frames are traditional frames. The Minton and the Treseder are freestyle frames.

Another sick thing about the new Able’s is the sick designs. The Minton frames are all white and the H block is red, there is some sick cursive print in each of the corners that says Able. The Series 3 frame and the Jeremy Morris frame have the same sick cursive writing on the corners, but the Series 3’s are all gray with a black H block and the Morris frames are all blue with a black H block. These colors are really cool because they will be easy to match colors of skates and liners. The Treseder frame is all black with white H block and it says Treseder in big letters across the side of the frame. The black and white will make it by far the easiest to match up with most colors of skates.

Right now is the perfect time to order these new frames from Roller Warehouse because we are doing an introductory special on them. It is over the phone only, so call us up right now and we will hook you up if you order some new Able’s. This won’t last a long time because these frames will sell themselves. Just as an introductory bonus we will hook you up if you call us and order some.

There are many reasons that you should really try this frames out. One reason is the lightweight will help your skating ability. Another reason is because they now offer a freestyle frame. The new H block will also be an asset to any skaters’ setup. There has been a lot of hype about these frames since the pictures were released. And let me be the first one to tell you that they definitely live up to the hype!