Slide Skates

Hey everyone!

I am going to show you how to make your very own pair of Slide Skates. Slide Skating is a new sport that I thought of. It allows the user to do really cool looking tricks like grinds, without having a lot of experience in extreme sports.

• I want to apologize for the quality of the pictures because my digital camera is broken, but hopefully a video will make up the difference.

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Step 1: Gather the Materials

This project does not require any hard to find items. All you need is a plastic folder (must be very smooth), a pair of scissors, a sharpie, a pair of flat soled shoes (like skating shoes), and some duct tape.

Comments

[mentalman]

You are going to think i'm crazy But for 10 years I had dreams while sleeping of being able to slide as if I was on a cushion of air .
It would be like skating with roller skates but instead i was just sliding. It was great on corners or I could go into a slide and go past the corner.
Of course I would wake up just flippin' out because it had been so much fun.
The closest I came to making the skate was thinking about an all ball bearing surface on the bottom of the shoe. But that gave me nothing but a slippery shoe. SO I just forgot about it and stopped having those dreams.
I have recently come up with another method which i'm working on, But have to keep it secret of course.
Have you tried those furniture moving discs , that you can get at the builder's store. they slide pretty good.

[Boppylop]

once you develop this design, do 1 of two things. 10 post it as an instructible for the good of the community OR 2) patent the design and make millions.
1 is my fav.

[Boppylop]

Probably wont use them for actual skating, but the building im living in is COVERED in carpet... hehehe... but I gatta watch out 4 mom... :)

[kelcylane]

Would sheet protectors work? They are very slippy...

[kelcylane]

The page protectors were really difficult to cut and wrk with...

>> but with even just one shoe like this,I was slidding around the living room.
It didn't work in the kitchen...><

[marksman18]

this is cool!

[airgunguy123]

nice they really do slide.

[Fried Calamari]

nice, now i can practice my skating anywhere if i forget my board

[mentalman]

WHen you are trying to attach things to the bottom of your VANS you can use Big Head rivets that you can buy in various sizes at a "Fastenal" store. they have all sorts of fasteners for industry. including adhesives for all sorts of combinations.
Don't ever stop trying to get an Idea off the ground But don't sell your house to do it.

[Gr3at_Whit3_North_Guy]

TAKE THIS IDEA TO A TOY COMPANY YOU COULD MAKE MILLIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ilpug]

there ais already a commercially marketed version of these, called Soap Shoes. I however, like your idea more. my only modification would be to use flexible epoxy to attach some acrylic sheets, instead of the weaker folders. Great idea though!

[ZokiS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuIf_SNAIpM :) Someone must have stolen your idea... :)

[paperairplanecreator]

you could make plastic straps around them

[rockss]

could you just put the bottom of a shoe in water and freeze it?

[LilPurpleCow]

And then when it melts? Plus, the water would just be a super thin layer, not a thick layer that would be nice for sliding.. on flat smooth surfaces. Just cut up a folder.

[mastermakoko]

thanks this gives me an idea for slide glves and slide kneepads
then im going to go out and slide the heck out of the ashpalt infront of my house.
these shoes slide well in ashpalt.......

[fuzychiapet]

Now I can go all "Risky Business" without getting my socks dirty. YESSSS

[chaderoo2]

Cool does it work on carpet? Soap shoes are for rails.

[1spartan95]

Me and friends made up a classroom sport called "Folderboarding" when I found out our folders slide across the carpet. Theres lot of different contests of folderboarding

[nightninja87]

it would be amazing to use this on a freshly pollished hardwood floor=]

[Madrias357]

Agreed! I'm making some now!

[daniel.b]

ha ha haaaa

[AznDonut]

these wear out fast is there anyway to make them not wear out that much?

[gofast845]

if i were you i would wax em with like rail wax that skaters use

[sgtmik]

I made these and it works awsomely good. I have a lot of ramp at school so its even more fun. The only down side is that people watches you with a wierd and anying face.

[ixxlikexxpie]

i made these with a slippery paper folder and it worked greated and i added some wd-40 which was sweet until i hurt myself lol 4.5*

[Echoillusion]

How long does the plastic pieces last?

[jayro707]

_{and where's the "vote now" button?}

[jayro707]

_{Good job kid, kids these days are far way more intelligent than back then, PS. i love my new slide shoes} KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

[jianqiang]

buy some soap shoes dude

[Dr. Cool]

What an awesome Idea! I can't Believe this has not been done before! You have my vote : ) Doc Cool

[WarSaw]

yes it has been done its called FUNSLIDES sory.

[mg0930mg]

and before that, soap shoes, I mean come on.

[tallfuzzyone]

they're soap shoes

[sportskid1905]

thats awesome thanks!

[uberchoob]

Nice idea! Only one problem, it's really hard to get going fast with these! Try this, cut/wear down the toe on a sharp angle, like 30 or 40 degrees. That way you can run on the toe and still slide flat footed. Maybe even through some grip tape on the toe area. Something like this:

[uberchoob]

er, throw...

[the_mad_man]

party on... fantastic idea though.

[sploge]

these are awesome i like the idea : )

[volcombaby221]

Hey my name is matt I just made the shoes THEY R SIK!!!!!!!!! THNX SOOOOOOO MUCH Great instructable How do u get them to super slide really far eg on carpet etc? Can u plz email me at [e-mail] Thanks heaps Matt