so as i'm sitting out here having a smoke and shitting the shoot (cuz lord knows that i'm not "shooting the shit" around here) i see some dude going up and back down my street on what i can only describe as "cross country ski rollerblades"
basically, they look to be about 1/2 to 2/3 the length of traditional skis but they've got 2-4 wheels up front and in back of each "ski" and then the dude even has two poles in his hands to faithfully recreate the cross-country-skiing motion because, uhhh, evidently having a pair of rollerblades wouldn't get you as much proper exercise as full-on cross country skiing?
seeing as dude's just going up and back down my street he clearly isn't going anywhere, so this has to be some kind of exercise thing? ok then, so why not just jog or rollerblade while twisting your midsection around via flailing your arms in random directions? it'd accomplish the same exact thing (if not even more cuz of a fuller range of motion) for likely a whole lot cheaper cuz i'm guessing that getting the whole proper "urban cross country skis and poles" getup is [way?] more expensive than getting whatever the modern equivalent of a pair of Lightning TRS's is nowadays and just rollerblading around like "hey you know there's a reason the mighty ducks all rocked brand new Lightning TRSes back in the day.... get some proper non-gel wheels in there and those ~5 rated bearings and you've got a pair of durable rocks that will get you places and survive any/all T-stops requisite for removing the dumbass brake/s off the back of your skates) PLUS you wouldn't look like a total dumbass!
AHEM. yeah, the worst part is that this dude's pair are all flourescent yellow on black so when dude goes by you can't help but stare at his feet like "wow, look at his expensively-stupid choice in non-practical foot-based-transport"
(a perfunctory google shows these things being called "roller skis" and they start at about $200, most of them are $300+, and i dont think that comes with the poles... you know, just like your "1930s germany starter kit" =)
TLDR = holy shit why would people pay that much money to look stupid? this is why people don't like white people, you know? [and this guy is pretty brown so i'm thinking he WANTS to look like a stupid white person here.... fuckin ell m8! =]