Powerslide Khaan Junior LTD Inline Skates

• length of frames, diameter of wheels for sizes:
• 27-30 - frame: 195mm, wheels: 64mm
• 31-34 - frame: 213mm, wheels: 70mm
• 35-38 - frame: 219mm, wheels: 72mm
• 39-42 - frame: 231mm, wheels: 76mm

Khaan Junior is, without a shadow of doubt, one of the most successful and popular skates made by Powerslide. Kids and their caretakers praise this skate for comfort, stiffness, high quality and durability.

Standard version of Khaan Junior comes with extruded and CNC machined frame made out of aluminum, just like more expensive skates for adults. This makes Khaan Junior very similar to freeskating models, but also increases the price by a significant amount. Powerslide saw an opportunity here and decided to make a skate with integrated composite frame, which allowed for major price cut. This is how Khaan Junior LTD came to be and it paid off – they are one of best price to quality ratio skates for children on the market. No surprise that they’ve started to fly off the shelves.

The boot is extremely similar to earlier versions of Khaan Junior skates, although we must clarify that it is not exactly the same shell used here. The differences are mostly aesthetic, though – these two versions are based on the same cast (boot shape). Apart from that, it is still really solid hardboot, with a great level of support for the ankle. Thanks to two plastic buckles and lacing, the feet are held firmly in place, making skates easy to control. Skate comes in four size ranges, the shell for each is adjustable: EU27-30, EU31-34, EU35-38, EU39-42. The inner boot stretches to size and have adequately thick padding around ankle area for good level of comfort.

As we have said earlier, the frame is composite one – not as stiff as aluminium equivalents, but nonetheless, still well performing. In fact, composite frames are quite often used in skates for adults, where they must cope with much greater forces while skating. Moreover, the skates were tested by kids that were not holding back on them, courtesty of our friends from I Love Rolki skating schools - no problems were reported at all. The production process give Khaan Junior LTD few tricks up its’ sleeve.

For starters, each of the sizing versions comes with its own frame length. This prevents a situation in which frame may be too long in relation to foot, making skate less manoeuvrable, or too short, negatively impacting stability. The maximum wheel size is also different, giving smaller sizes a lower height and speed, which makes skating easier for youngest children. The EU27-30 version comes with 64mm wheels, next one with 70mm, third size range with 72mm and largest one with 76mm. Furthermore, centre of gravity is additionally lowered thanks to unibody construction – the frame is one piece with the rest of the boot. Another benefit of this solution is lower overall weight.

The last feature worth mentioning is a special knob that allows to put friction against second and third wheel, making them harder to spin. This allows for making the skates slower for the youngest children or those who struggle on freely spinning wheels and need time to gain confidence on skates. Think of it as of skating equivalent of bicycle training wheels. Naturally, the skates also come witch detachable brake.

Powerslide has achieved something rarely seen – a great skate at a low price. Khaan Junior LTD are perfect skates to start on for kids of all ages.