Bladerunner Allure W - White Ice Skates

• Blades need to be sharpened before first use.

Bladerunner is a brand of ice and inline skates owned by Rollerblade. The Italian company constantly improves their products in pursuit of staying on bleeding edge of quality and technology in inline skating. This doesn’t mean that their older solutions and designs are obsolete and discarded when new ones are introduced – quite the opposite, they are used to provide a more budget focused, entry level line of products targeted towards customers who do not care about gear being absolute top-tier as long as it serves its’ purpose. And this is what Bladerunner skates are – solid, reliable designs which in most cases, debuted in mainline Rollerblade range several years ago.

When it comes to Bladerunner Ice skates, we’ll find not only very good, purely recreational models with rollerblade-like boot, but more classic figurine ones as well. These still are not professional level ice skates, mind you – but their quality in relation to price is pretty good and inviting for newcomers.

The most basic models of the bunch is named Allure. These are for beginners who won’t skate frequently, or people who do not want rent skates and would rather buy their own pair, but do not need more expensive gear. Allure are perfect to learn ice skating and for recreational ride.

The boot is of classic template, with high cuff, which is additionally reinforced to provide required ankle support. Padding is soft and thick, making these comfortable right out of the box. PVC sole and upper are resistant to moisture and make the skates virtually maintenance-free. Lacing comes with hooks in upper part, which make is easy to put skates on and off, as well as tightening them efficiently.

As expected, we are getting a classic figurine style blade made of stainless steel. It is factory pre-sharpened for safety reasons, but sharpening before first session on ice is a necessity for the best experience.