This is the USD Aeon 80. It is the perfect combination between free skating and aggressive. You have 80mm wheels which is the standard on freeskates so you can still stairbash and do slides, but on top of that you can also grind.

So you can mix in with your normal skate routes a few grinds or you can also learn aggressive skating without having to have 2 pairs of skates. It has got a groove and a soulplate and so you can mix in a lot of tricks you couldn’t do on a freeskate but also not get tired as you would on an aggressive skate, the perfect combination of the two.

The great thing is that you have 80mm wheels so it feels like a distance or fitness skate but if you see a little step like this you can throw in a grind! It’s a great way to transition from freeskate or fitness to aggressive (and vice versa) For example you can stall, find the plate, Then jumping Then you can do it grinding! So you’re skating, you find a skatepark, and then you go - Oh! I’ll do another trick! - Oli Benet.

Pro Skater, The Conference Team Manager, Shop Owner, Product Developer, Brands Distributor , Oli Benet did it all.

Oli Benet is a real wheel addict and you wont find a lot of people with the same amount of passion and dedication. Hope you enjoy the 95 minute talk with one of the most influential skating individuals in 2017.

Content

• 03:21 - Why do you live in Barcelona?
• 10:15 - What’s the real story with Powerblading?
• 15:44 - Rollerblade Vs Powerblading
• 16:56 - Rollerblade Vs Triblading
• 18:40 - Involvement with 3 Wheel skating
• 22:14 - Triskating frames and different brands
• 23:05 - Different sizes of different brands
• 24:55 - Problems with K2
• 26:36 - The importance of shops
• 27:25 - Powerslide
• 32:53 - Lino Vs Oli Beef (including Undercover, Deshi, Stygma)
• 43:15 - How big is skating in Spain?
• 47:10 - Social media from ROEX
• 50:19 - Relationship with Flying Eagle - Choosing it over all other brands
• 51:08 - ROEX Vs Rollerblade Spain
• 52:20 - Back to the Flying Eagle Story
• 54:46 - Powerslide vs Flying Eagle & Boycott
• 55:40 - Flying Eagle Europe
• 57:14 - Flying Eagle Aggressive Skate
• 58:15 - Flying Eagle Aggressive Frame
• 59:28 - More about the Flying Eagle Aggressive Skate
• 1:03:36 - Health Problems
• 1:11:31 - When did you start skating?
• 1:14:00 - Magazine talk
• 1:15:33 - Where is skating going with big wheels?
• 1:27:13 - Razors Leak talks
• 1:30:13 - The most profesional skater of all time is…

Photo: Oli Benet and the Deshi Colin Kelso 2 Setup.

Quoting Oli Benet on Deshtruction.com:

The skates are about to drop and the latest news is they are arriving with Sifika liners as stock!