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We received a good shipment from Roller Derby that had some of the Candi Girl skates in it. We had been out of most of these for quite a while, but now have the following skates back in stock:

Candi 772 Black w/ Rose Gold
Candi 772 Mint w/ Black
Candi 772 Blue Hologram
Candi 774 Peach
Candi 774 Seafoam
Drifter Black and also the new Black with Mint
Rewind Black
Spinr

We also have received many other skates over the last month or so, including the Vanilla Parfait (purple, coral, and aqua), Roces Piper (purple, pink, and leopard print), Boardwalk (pink, lavender, sky blue, key lime green, and sea breeze), Fame, and GT50. Our inventory isn’t quite perfect yet, but it is a whole lot better than it has been in the past few months.

We have some of the Voyager inline skates in smaller sizes still available and we’re running a special price on sizes 13J, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 for a limited time.

We have received several different good shipments over the last few days.  Here are some highlights on what items are now back in stock.

 

Spinr – A black hightop from Roller Derby that was very popular.  Sizes 3-12 now back in stock.

Fun Roll – The new styles are slightly different, but it is basically the same adjustable skate as before.  The boy’s version has a shark and pizza design, the girl’s version has a strawberry design.  UPDATE/CORRECTION – The Fun Roll skates were NOT in this bigger shipment.  They’re on the way, currently expected to arrive around March 1.

Candi Girl 774 Seafoam – This was the most popular color of the original Candi Girl skates.  Roller Derby agreed to make a new batch of them just for us.  Sizes 5-11 are now back in stock.

Vanilla Junior Skates – A new shipment just arrived.  Here is a list of what’s available after the backorders were pulled.

Junior Mint – sizes 3-12 back in stock.

Stealth – sizes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 back in stock.

Tuxedo – we didn’t receive more of these, but we do still have sizes 3, 4, 5 in stock.

Code Blue – sizes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 back in stock

Junior Silver – sizes 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 back in stock

Code Red – sizes 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13 back in stock.

Zona Rosa – sizes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 back in stock

There have been a lot of good shipments arriving here recently, here is a recap on what we’ve received.

We now have the Drifter skates with seafoam wheels and laces. This is a very popular black hightop skate, custom made for us with the seafoam (teal) wheels and laces. They look great and they’re in stock now in sizes 4-11.

The larger black Sure-Grip Fame skates are now back in stock up to size 13 (at least a few pair of each size currently available). Another shipment is on the way that should get us more of these skates and hopefully some of the size 14.

The Roces Piper is a new colorful hightop skate that is in stock now. It comes in purple, pink, and leopard print.

The Vanilla Parfait is another colorful hightop skate. The first batch from last year was very popular and sold out quickly. The second batch is now available and they come in purple, coral, and aqua colors.

Looking forward, here are some items that we’re hoping to receive soon. All of this is tentative, subject to change, but hopefully happening. . .

GTX500 – Our best selling skate, we have the white ones in stock now, but black and also black-teal could start arriving in early March.

Candi Girl Seafoam – A very popular high top skate in their most popular color, more could arrive in late February.

Spinners – A solid black high top skate, could start receiving more in late February.

Lucy and Ella Skates – Another batch of both could arrive later in February.

Sure-Grip 140RS Rental Skates – Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we’ll get another shipment.

We received a good shipment from Sure-Grip and are now in better shape on their larger sized black skates that we have been in quite a long time.

 

Fame Black – We now have up to size 14 in stock, except we are out of size 3.

GT50 Black – We now have up to size 15 in stock.

Zoom Wheels – Eight different colors now back in stock.

We received a new shipment of Vanilla Junior skates.  After pulling as many of the backorders and pre-orders as we could, we now have inventory in some sizes and colors available for purchase.  Here is a list of what’s currently in stock and ready to ship:

 

Stealth – sz 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13

Tuxedo – sz 3, 4, 5

Code Blue – sz 3, 6, 7, 8, 10

Code Red – sz 3

Silver – sz 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13

Junior Mint – sz 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12

Zona Rosa – sz 5, 8, 9, 10

To try to make this fair for everyone, we’re going to limit orders for the first week to existing customers and impose a six pair per rink limit.  Hopefully this will let as many as possible get at least some of these skates.

Vanilla has also said that they’re bringing back another batch of their Parfait skates.  These are colorful high top skates that they originally released last year.  They’ll come in purple, coral, and blue.  The sizes are women’s sizes 5-11.  We don’t have them yet, but we’re hoping to have them in stock soon, possibly by Jan 20.

We just received a batch of black Driftr skates with mint colored wheels, laces, and stops.  This is something we asked Roller Derby to do for us because the color combo looked so nice.  Sizes 4-11 are in stock now and ready to ship.

A long time ago, three gentlemen decided that they needed a business that would let them work nights and weekends.  E.W. Ramsey, Jimmy Robertson, and Henry Crum built a roller-skating rink in Roanoke called the Skate-A-Drome.

 

As the rink got established, they found themselves buying and selling supplies for other rinks in the area and a skate distributorship evolved out of that rink.  Eventually Mr. Robertson left the business.  Then Mr. Crum and Mr. Ramsey split the business with Mr. Crum (and his sons) taking the rink and Mr. E.W. Ramsey (and his sons, Glenn Sr. and Wayne) taking over the distributorship.

 

There have been twists and turns, including a bad fire that let us to move into the current Roanoke warehouse.  We opened a second location in Mableton, GA (an Atlanta suburb).  Some of the third generation got involved and even one from the fourth generation (you don’t see that real often).

 

But that first rink was started in 1947, so that makes 2022 the 75^th anniversary of the start of the business.  We’d like to thank everyone along the way that helped us out.  There are certainly too many to list off, we aren’t even going to try.  But we wouldn’t have made it this long without a lot of great suppliers, customers, employees, and so many others.

 

 

 

 

We just received a new quad high top skate from Roces called the Piper. These skates are made from a “vegan leather” material, they have nylon plates with aluminum trucks, ABEC7 bearings, and a 58mm indoor-outdoor wheel. They come in three distinctive colors (purple, pink, and leopard print). They’re available in ladies whole sizes 5-11 and are in stock now.

We also received another shipment of Boardwalk skates from Sure-Grip and now have the Tan Boardwalk skates in stock ready to ship.

The Chicago shipment arrived and we now have almost all of their models, colors, sizes back in stock for the first time in quite some time. This includes the 405 and 805 black high tops in adult sizes (which have been pretty scarce from any company over the last few months).

Looking ahead, we don’t actually have these yet, but it sounds like Bones is getting ready to ship some of their handheld bearing pullers, which have been out for quite a long time. Also the next batch of Vanilla Junior skates are now in the country and moving (slowly) towards us. We’ve got a batch of Drifter skates (Roller Derby black high top) specially made up for us with seafoam laces and wheels on the way, hopefully any day now. This is a Southeastern exclusive. As soon as we get more details on any of these, we’ll be sure to let you know.

We just received a big shipment from Chicago and are now in better shape on their items than we’ve been in a very long time.  They’re still unpacking, sorting, etc., but it LOOKS LIKE this is where we will be once the dust settles:

 

1900 / 1905 – In good shape on everything except the 1900 (white) size 12J and 13J.

Bullet – In good shape on everything except black sz 12 and the white size 6.

400 / 405 – In good shape on everything except 400 (white) sz 1 and 9.

800 / 805 – In good shape on everything.

We received a new color of Sure-Grip Boardwalks and now have them in merlot (dark red) as well as key lime (green), sea breeze (light blue), tea berry (pink), lavender, and black. We also have their Stardust skates in black, pink, and blue.

Here are some other items that we have in inventory right now, as we approach Christmas:

GT50 – One of the most popular quad speed skates, black, sizes 1-12 in stock now.

Sure-Grip Cyclone – Another very popular speed skate, black, sizes 1-12 in stock now.

Roller Derby Groovee – A brand new tie-dye pattern skate, two designs (burst or pinwheel), sizes 4-10 in stock now.

Pacer Lilly – A high top with a fade design, these were very hot until we ran out of stock, but they’re now back. Blue or mint, sizes 3-10, in stock now.

Sure-Grip Fame – Some sizes are sold out, but we do have black (sz 9J, 10J, 11J, 12J, 13J, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 14) or white (sz 8J through 11 adult).

Pacer Astra – A high top in gold or silver sparkle, both colors in sizes 3-11, in stock now.

Pacer Slider – A black high top, pretty similar to the Driftr skates, sizes 4-12 in stock now.

Most of the youth skates are in good supply, including the Charger, Scout, Comet, and Explorer Adjustable Inline.

The black Aerobic wheels are now back in stock, and our supplies on most other quad wheels are pretty good right now.

We do have a few of the Vanilla Juniors left, but not many. Here is a list, but keep in mind most of these are just one or two pair per size:
Code Red sz 3, 13
Stealth sz 3, 6
Code Blue sz 3
Zona Rosa sz 5, 7
Silver sz 3, 4, 6, 7, 13
Tuxedo sz 3

We have received a new skate from Pacer called the Slider.  This one is very similar to their Driftr skate, a solid black high top with a suede boot, aluminum plates, and 82A hardness wheels.  Black high tops are very hot right now, and these are in stock in sizes 4-12.