FR UFR Inline Skates

After Seba and FR Skates split happened, the latter was left with a rather visible gap in their catalogue. Not long before both brands were taken in different directions, Seba has invested into creation of their own aggressive skates. The Seba CJ were high end, carbon shell based boots, although sometime later a second version with plastic shell has been released as cheaper alternative. The CJ model is being made under Seba banner to this day. But what about FR Skates?

The rumours about upcoming aggressive inline skate from FR Skates has been up in the air for some time now. Antony Pottier, one of the most creative skaters these days, have remained faithful to FR Skates, even though there was no aggressive skate made by them yet. People were fully expect a new skate to drop soon and have his signature on it. Well, the wait wasn’t that long – and with release of UFR line of skates, two different versions of Antony’s pro model have hit the market.

What are UFR skates? People who are around in skating for longer (about a decade at least) may remember the very first attempt at creating a Seba skate which allows the user to grind obstacles – the FR-A. UFR are kind of the same concept, but done in a bit different way. The frame mounting of the boot has been altered and instead of 165 mm raised heel one, you get UFS-compatible boot. FR Skates have used a very simple solution to raised heel “problem” – there’s a thick block under it. Solved! Both mounting points are on the same level now.

This allows UFS frames to be mounted directly onto the boot, without using soulplates. Of course, these are still available and come as standard on aggressive oriented models.

For whom UFR were created? Most obviously, for FR boot fans, whom are plenty. If you have ever wanted to have an aggressive version of FR skates, here’s your ticket. But also, if you have some UFS freeskating frames lying around and want a solid boot to couple them with, these will do nicely. In fact, the brand also offers complete freeskates based on UFR boot, coming in 4x80, 4x90 and 3x110 variants, next to aggressive ones.