Gadgetory

hey everyone Sam Shaffer here with The Verge at CES 2015 I'm back with yet another ride of all these are the rocket skates and this is literally the first time I'm riding them are they on the way it works is one of these is like the dominant skate so you put that foot in front and you sort of just push off with your back foot and lean a little bit and they propel you these are very difficult to rely on oh it took me probably 25 to 30 solid straight minutes of doing everything I possibly could to get these to work so the subtlety of pointing your toes down it's like everything that it is to ride this thing where you sort of just let the motors take you so the back wheel not only provides stability but it also acts as a brake each skate weighs 7 pounds and when they're on your feet it is very tiring at first especially because you know you sort of do like a lot of panic running when I'm first we're learning to ride but once you pick it up these skates propel you and you can go 12 miles an hour on expert mode and we tried out the r6 model which has a range of 6 miles Beverley names this costs $4.99 and they're shipping now and there's also the r8 and our 10 also based on how much range they get and those are $5.99 and $6.99 respectively so these are the rocket skates they're awesome really hard to ride but they're awesome subscribe to The Verge on YouTube Oh youtube.com slash aversion