I've been creating playlists by the handful for the No More Heroes YouTube channel lately, and yesterday I was looking up parkour/freerunning, longboarding and fixed gear etc. videos that would 1. Be useful research/inspiration material, and 2. fit the aesthetic of The City for a playlist of the same name. Specifically, I was trying to find videos of the aforementioned at night, since most of No More Heroes is set during the dark hours. While I was trying to look for aggressive inline/freeskating videos (also set at night) I found out that LED wheels are a thing. Oh yes.
As a parkour practitioner I spend a lot more time on my feet than on wheels – but I guess I should have figured(?). Folks have light up wheels for their bikes nowadays, why not something similar for small wheels too? Sure made my search for nighttime videos a lot easier anyway. You can check out some of the freeskating videos I found at the playlist below!
(By the way – some of those wheels can spark as well. Hella yeah.)
As a parkour practitioner I spend a lot more time on my feet than on wheels – but I guess I should have figured(?). Folks have light up wheels for their bikes nowadays, why not something similar for small wheels too? Sure made my search for nighttime videos a lot easier anyway. You can check out some of the freeskating videos I found at the playlist below!
(By the way – some of those wheels can spark as well. Hella yeah.)
There aren't any freestyle inline skaters in No More Heroes, but there's definitely one who will be making an entrance in the next instalment. After this very educational research session, methinks I'll be giving them some of those LED wheels too. In the meanwhile, if you'd like to see any of the other movement disciplines I mentioned in literary form, don't forget to check out No More Heroes either on this website or on Amazon or Kobo. Have a good weekend, everyone!
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