Rollerblading was the fastest growing sport in America during the 90s but in the world of extreme sport rollerblading lost its appeal to other sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding despite rollerblading’s steep decline in popularity in the early 2000s one man kept it going man took rollerblading to the extreme meet journeev blondew also
Known as roller man The ruler Man’s suit is Journey’s own invention he was a student at an industrial design school in Paris in 1994 and for his final graduation project he created the roller Man suit he wanted to create something that didn’t yet exist perhaps even something that filled gaps in gliding postures in
Sports with a goal to enable the human body to move freely in all possible positions combining these impulses with his love for skating he created a suit of full body armor equipped with 32 Wheels placed on the hands feet knees torso arms and back now even though jorniv is known as the
Roller man and the suit would be best known as a roller suit wheel suit or rollerblade suit the activity of using the suit is referred to as bodyblading roller suiting and wheel suiting but journeev coined his own term for using the suit which he calls buggy Rollin Foreign Blondu is known as the most skilled and courageous skater in the world today he often does high-speed downhill skating on mountain roads all over the world and has set a speed record of more than 126 kilometers or 78 miles per hour which has never been matched by anyone
Now you might be wondering how does he slow down or stop a suit that has no brakes well the most common way to break in rollerblades is usually done by placing one foot facing forward while the other foot on an angle to create drag this is the same in the rollerblade
Suit you’ll notice he repositions his arm and leg to create drag when he needs to slow down such as going around corners just so you know as unsafe as it looks going down mountain roads at high speed he can slow to a stop very easily and he has never hit a car In case you’re wondering what happens if he hits a stone or Pebble unlike a skateboarder who usually goes flying off his skateboard when it comes to a sudden stop after hitting a stone the roller suit is attached to the body and because you’re moving at high speed and have
Such a low center of gravity you’d probably not even be aware you hit a stone you would simply roll over it and keep going over the years there have been various commercials TV shows and even movies featuring people using a rollerblade suit the two most well-known would be
The end credit scene to Yes man with Jim Carrey and the movie cz12 also known as Chinese zodiac where Jackie Chan is going downhill to get away from soldiers and he even rolls under a truck Jordan Eve not only made the rollerman suit for the movie he even trained
Jackie Chan on how to use it man some of the stunts were even performed by zhornive such as going under the truck spinning around and other stunts now some of you might think zornev stole his idea for the rollerblade suit from the movie but Chinese zodiac came out in
2012 but the roller Man’s suit is journeev’s own invention which he created in 1994. so no he did not steal the idea from the movie since the original prototype suit was made in 1994 there have been over 30 different suit designs since then Jordan said he still makes these suits today
And it takes about two months to mold a complete set and the suits sell for about 6400 Euro or about 6760 US dollars he has even started making a power armor suit or an electric motorized suit one that has powered Wheels with electric motors on his chest
So he can maintain speed on flat terrain and going up hills at speeds of up to 22 miles per hour using a hand controller plus the suit and wheels also light up at night ‘s ultimate goal is to develop the sport so it can one day become more of a
Mainstream sport like skateboarding did Stopping on Rollerblades is always a bit scary especially going downhill now imagine rolling downhill on your belly just inches off the ground at high speeds going face first especially with cars coming the other way that is something I could never do but then again no one will ever refer to
Me as the Daredevil in the roller suit that honor goes to Journey blondu aka the ruler man
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