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We have just received a new shipment from Vanilla that has some of their Tuxedo and Stealth skates. They are working on a second shipment soon that get us some more skates as well. We’ve started the process of reaching out to customers with these on backorder, and hopefully we will have some inventory left after the backorders have been processed.

Several vendors have recently had to issue price increases to help cover increased costs on shipments coming from overseas. We’ve sent out warnings from Bones, Vanilla, and Sure-Grip. Prices remain pretty volatile right now for many of our suppliers. We will do our best to keep everyone as updated as possible when we hear from our suppliers.

We are going to start creating our own line of rink signs. We don’t have them yet, we’re hoping for an ETA of approximately June 20. As soon as they’re ready we’ll let you know. But here is a sampling of the signs we’ll have available:

Number Description Size
SGS400 Attn: Skate Return 16″ x 12″
SGA402 Notice: Own Risk 16″ x 12″
SGA406 Notice: Security Cameras 16″ x 12″
SGA408 Thank You 16″ x 12″
SGA410 Notice: No In-And-Out 16″ x 12″
SGS412 Caution: Enter Floor 16″ x 12″
SGS414 Caution: Step 16″ x 12″
SGS416 Warning: Insurance 16″ x 12″
SGS418 Important: Defective 16″ x 12″
SGS420 Notice: Do Not Carry 16″ x 12″
SGS422 Notice: No Entering 16″ x 12″
SGS424 Warning: Restroom Floors 16″ x 12″
SGA426 No Outside Food 16″ x 12″
SGA428 No Gum 16″ x 12″
SGA430 No Smoking 16″ x 12″
SGA432 No Vaping 16″ x 12″
SGS602 Notice: Skate At Own Risk 19″x14.25″
SGS604 Notice: Do Not Carry 19″x14.25″
SGA606 Notice: Own Risk 19″x14.25″
SGA608 No Outside Food 19″x14.25″
SGA610 No Food Or Drink Beyond 19″x14.25″

We’ve notified you recently about price increases from Bones and Vanilla.  We now need to let everyone know that Sure-Grip is also doing a round of price increases.  These will be effective starting on Tuesday May 27.  If you are a customer of ours, please be aware of this and double check before placing orders.

Last week we notified customers of a price increase on Bones bearings.  This week we need to let you know that the price on the Vanilla Junior skates are going up.  Vanilla has not had a price increase in several years, but the recent cost increases are too much to absorb, some of that will need to be passed on.  The new prices will become effective on May 20, 2025.  Please reach out to us for more details before placing an order for the Vanilla Juniors.  Thanks for your understanding.

Bones has updated their pricing on many items.  Their wheels are made here in the USA so those mainly stay the same (or even had small decreases).    But their bearings are going to have some increases, and some of those are significant, so we wanted to let everyone know immediately.

If you have an account with us please double check pricing before you place an order or ask for an updated price flyer.

Bones has added two new colors to their Team Bones wheels. They now come in yellow and blue. Both of the new colors are now in stock in both sizes (57mm and 62mm) and both hardnesses (98A and 101A).

Bones has also added a purple version of their Turbo speed wheels.in the 97A and 101A hardness. These are in stock now.

Vanilla is adding a black color to their line of Parfait skates. The new black ones are available in ladies sizes 5-11. While these are black boots, they’re ladies sizes, and the inner liner part of the boots are pink and purple.

There has been a lot of talk about tariffs recently. So far none of our vendors have increased pricing. We know that many vendors are telling their international factories to hold off on shipping merchandise until we know more. Many people are hoping deals will be reached and the tariff rates will go down, then they’ll tell the factories to go ahead and release shipments. This could certainly create product shortages as shipments are delayed or cancelled. Obviously, if we do start seeing big increases we will need to adjust our prices, but so far we have not seen any.

Piper is revamping a lot of their quad wheel lineup. Here are some highlights on the newer wheels that are now in stock. . .

Superlite – A new outdoor quad wheel. 65mm size, 78A hardness. Available in purple, red, or white.

Freaky Fast Pro – The new version of their Freaky Fast wheels now use a higher quality urethane. 63.5mm size. Available in black, white, or purple.

Superfly – They say this is the fastest dance wheel in the world. 57mm or 62mm size, 103A hardness. Available in white.

Ion Pro – 63.5mm. Available in white (XFast) or orange (XXFast).

Shuffle – This now comes in a 59mm (white) version with a nylon core called the Shuffle Junior or a 63.5mm (green or white) version with an aluminum core called the Shuffle Pro.

Freestyle Plus – A dance wheel in 50mm or 57mm sizes. Both sizes are black with a 101A hardness.

Super Lucky – A dance wheel in 50mm or 57mm sizes. Both sizes are red with a 98A hardness.

Griffin Brothers Wheel – Inspired by the popular Griffin Brothers skaters you may have seen online. This wheel is 63.5mm in a 95A hardness. They’re black with gold graphics and hubs.

We carry a full line of birthday party supplies in several different designs. We have cups, napkins, placemats, sporks, and invites. While working on inventory, we found a few boxes of these in an older balloon design. We have very few cups and plates (in the 7 inch or 9 inch size) in this balloon design that we can sell for half off the regular price. We don’t have many, they won’t last long, so act quickly if you’re interested.

The US Mint is starting a program where they will feature different youth sports on the back of quarters.  They’re doing a survey to figure out which sports have the most interest and excitement behind them and the winners will be featured on quarters starting in 2027.

Roller skating is one of the sports they’re considering.  Think about how great it would be if roller skating was featured on the back of the official quarters.  That would generate publicity and excitement for our sport as long as those quarters were being used.  Every time someone got change from a purchase they’d be carrying a small advertisement for roller skating.  Coin collectors would be talking about skating for many years to come.

Consider taking a minute to do the survey and let the US government know that skating has a lot of fans and excitement behind it.  Consider sharing this message with your internet followers and email list.  Talk about it during the sessions at your rink.  There are so many ways creative skating fans can use this to get skating some publicity and excitement.

Please visit https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/youth-sports/ to take the survey.  Please share this message with as many people as possible.  They aren’t real clear on how long the survey will be featured on the website, so act quickly.

Thanks,

www.seskate.com

Southeastern Skate Supply

Roller Derby’s GTX500 quad speed skates are now available in two new color schemes. They have a black with red accents and a black with purple accents. Both of these are in stock now, sizes 4-10.

We have two new inline rental skates from Roller Derby. The R400 is a hard molded boot skate, similar to the Excel inlines, but with laces and one buckle at the top, in sizes 1-12. The RH80 is a hockey style inline skate in sizes 6-13. The advantage of the hockey skate is that it laces up, so there are no buckles to break.

Roller Derby’s GTX-500 skates are now coming in two new colors.  They now have a black with red and a black with purple version.  Both of these come in sizes 4-10 and they’re very similar to the black with teal version we’ve had for a while now.