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The Dog Whisperer's Land Rollers
 Within minutes of posting my Dog
Whispering Intro and The
Plan, I found myself making revisions to it. In researching
Cesar's funky "out of line" skates, getting
a pair quickly jumped to the top of my list.
When
I first saw the different looking skates with the big wheels,
I made a feeble attempt to find them by googling "in line
skates".
It wasn't until I went to Cesar's site that I finally succeeded
in finding these
"out of line" LandRollers.
As suspected, the large wheels attached
to the side of the boot, which slant in under the foot,
are the key to the
claim of a smoother ride, increased stability,
and the ability to better glide over a wider variety
of surfaces.
What
surprised me to find is that Time and Business Week
Magazines both had selected
them as one of the best new inventions of 2005. Thinking
I had just been out of touch with the latest in gear, I checked
to see if any stores in South Florida carried them, but was
surprised to find they don't.
LandRollers Jump to the Top of the Plan
I know I said I was going to start out slow
- just walking, get the book, the leash, blah, blah, blah...
But in the interest of fitness, I
rationalized myself into skipping the rusty bike and not even
messing with my old blades - I ORDERED SOME
LANDROLLERS!
Being
an impulsive buyer, with no retail outlets
within 200 miles for me to give them a spin,
I proceeded to order the standard women's landrollers
for $199 (pictured above). Other than color and sizing, there
is no difference between the women's and men's skate - women's
is just a size smaller. But I liked the lighter pastel colored
boot and living where the sun shines nearly year round,
we try to steer clear of heat conducting darker colors when
we go outside.
 As
my luck would have it, they only had very small and very large
sizes of the regular Terra version. The limited edition "Apolo"
version of the Landrollers, named after Olympic gold medalist
Apolo Anton Ohno (pictured right), were decidedly more expensive.
The only difference seemed to be the lacing system and color
- black with red accents - red might be Apolo's favorite color,
but it's not mine.
So I ordered the cheaper, prettier version and
sent an email to their PR guy for these photos.
I had so hoped to do a Mary-cam review of my
new landrollers' maiden voyage. My vision was to drive down
to what is left of the 7 mile bridge, just south of Marathon,
strap my video camera to my helmet, and test the landrollers
to see if they live up to their claim.
Why the 7 mile bridge?
When Rollerblades first came out, one of the
very first ad campaigns was a girl skating the 7 mile
bridge and the tag line was something about birds and flying.
That was many years ago, so I can't exactly recall.
But the ad did inspire me to buy
a pair of Rollerblades - and being from the Florida Keys,
I couldn't wait to "fly" the
bridge myself. So on a visit home, with my new top of the line
blades, I racked my kids' bikes and drove south to the 2 mile
section that remained of the old 7 mile bridge.
Get in line to get "out of line" - LandRollers
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