Move over, Barbie and Ken—this Vogue writer found a new way to roll.
storms the city, with thousands of skaters from all over the world coming together for a series of skates and gatherings). But ask anybody who’s been out for one of those what they call what they do, and they’ll tell you: It’s calledAnd you can in-line skate in Rollerblades, for sure. That’s exactly what I was doing a couple years ago, in Rollerblades designed for a bit morefor a few laps around Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, when I was spotted, or scouted, or something.
I blamed my schedule, my fitness, something, anything—another time, maybe. I said goodbye to my new friends, and then I went home, carefully measured my feet, got myself a pair of Bont Jet speed skates, and started putting myself through glorious hell.Bont Jet , a short boot built of carbon and fiberglass hand-shaped around memory foam and epoxy resin. Advanced skaters match their own handpicked boots with specific frames and wheels; I went for the whole kit and caboodle as Bont assembled them.
Here’s the weird part: When the skates show up, you unscrew the boots from the frames, preheat your oven to 185 degrees Fahrenheit, and bake the boots for 15–20 minutes. Take them out, put them on your bare feet as soon as you dare, lace them up nice and tight, wear them while standing for 5 or 10 minutes, et voilà: You’ve now got custom heat-molded speed boots literally shaped to fit your exact feet.
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