Razors Aragon 2 Review

NEW BOOT MOLD
The new boot mold is really something else. Its' almost like a mix of cults and geneyes boots. The boot is overall more narrow than a geneyes mold, and possibily a cult (but I have never skated a cult mold before) When I first put the skate on, it seemed odd from my geneyes because the toe is alot wider, but this is actually a positive on the skate. The wider toe allows your foot to move around in your skates on topside tricks to bend and lean into the trick however you want. Along with the new boot mold they have also created a new cuff for the superlights. They are alittle higher rised than a traditional razors cuff, but feel even better. Straight out of the box, the cuffs are flexy. They are formed differently around the buckle area, which helps protect and keep the buckle within your cuff. The superlight really sticks to its name. It has over a pound difference in weight with each boot - which is a big difference, but a huge relief when jumping over and onto bigger things. The plastic material they use seems to be a thinner and flexier type of plastic which feels great on your feet. The boot is still plenty soild but also offers plenty of flexibilty on different tricks.

NEW SOUL PLATES / BS PLATES
The new soul system on the superlight is the best soul plate I have ever skated on. The huge bs plate offers plenty of room to lock all your torque tricks soild, without slipping out or sticking. The sliders create a completely flat grind surface, with plenty of soul room to allow you to lock tricks soild, both on rails and ledges. From personal experience, topside and ao topside tricks on ledges became alot easier with these skates - I can do them with ease now. Another thing that surprized me was the speed of the soul sliders and bs plate. Incredibily icey. The newly designed baseplate, which is what your sliders attach to, is very soild feeling and keeps your foot low to the plastic which actually does give you a more direct and contact feel with all your tricks.

OVERALL
The new Razors Superlight boot is really something the skating industry needed. They litterally make rollerblading easier to do, and bigger tricks are funner to do. The weight difference is a noticiable one - and really makes the skate different from all the others. The thinner profile of the SL makes the boot easy to move around on your foot. The neutral colours will suit any skater with any style - with style. The Jug liner included with the skate works very well. I skated Regin neoprane liners for a year and half straight before - I tried them inside the superlight and they didn't compare to the aragon Jug liners. Instead of Featherlite frames, I've been skating Formula 1 frames for about four months now and I'm not interested in the whole concept of FLT. Instead of the stock M1 wheels, which infact are quailty wheels, I switched to the ultimate in wheels and bearings, Euolgy and Crap. I was alittle nervous about having to get use to a new skate, after skating my S6's for a year and a half, and feeling very comfortable with them. Once I got the liners to fit my foot properly and banged out acouple drops and busted some nice grinds - the SLs' feel better than my geneyes ever did.


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