Salomon Superaxe Equipe 3V 168cm

Advantages: Good looks, great price, great overall performance.
Disadvantages: Only available in one size (8.5 UK).

...come fully equipped with Salomon ABEC 5 bearings and Medium Matt Andrews wheels (57mm 90A) so you can skate them straight away without having to replace anything. The bearings are reasonably fast and smooth as are the wheels, neither of which were especially great but did the job nicely. As soon as you get your feet inside these you will appreciate all the work Salomon have put into their liners. These and the other Salomon skates I have used have always exceeded all possible expectations when it comes to comfort and have never caused any problems with sore feet, blisters, etc. Grinding in these skates at first is a joy. The new wider soul space and harder frame make grinds easier and faster, but, after a number of falls the soul space does begin the wear away (this is easily fixed by replacing the soul plates available from http... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: wheels a tad shonky

...feet about 3 minutes earlier i would even venture far enough tp say they equalled the speed of the K2's, and on some variations (alley-oop soul in particular) they felt faster. HOwever they still manage to maintain a good amount opf speed control, not slipping out too much. The shock absorber is still the same type, but as the sayin goes, "if it aint broke, dont fix it" and is still what i beieve to be one of the best on the market. The wheels are mindgame-poured Salomon pro wheels. THey glide smooth and fast, but are not the best wheels wear-wise. Making the wheels turn are fast gliding abec5 bearings. mmmmm.....nice! boy are they fast! The liner has been slightly beefed up, and neoprene fitted in the harder wearing parts of the liner. THis combined woth the wonderful shock absorber definetly puts in strong contention for one of the most... Read review

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Advantages: UFS, long lasting, cheap.
Disadvantages: ?

...The Salomon st10 is one of the new range of UFS (Universal Frame System) skates released by Salomon just before Christmas 2001. The st10 is the budget skate which they say as aimed at beginner to intermediate skaters and they cost £140. Looking at the skate there don't seem to be many differences between these and the previously released Feinburgs other than the colours and the wheel set-up. The skates come with a nice looking blue cuff and liner, white soul plates and black salomon UFS frames. The salomon liner is one of the most comfortable and long lasting liners around. The liner features coolfit so once you've worn them a few times the mold to the shape of your feet making them much more comfortable. The wheel set-up features a nice fast rolling set-up of salomons own ST 56mm/88a wheels with a nice set of ABEC 3 bearings... Read review

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