This Mod Gives Inline Skates Reactive LED Effects
They aren’t Rollerblades, they’re inline skates and they’re very cool. As a ‘90s kid influenced by movies like Brink and Airborne, I was all about inline skating — maybe even above BMX and skateboarding. But though inline skating reached its peak about 30 years ago, the skates themselves were never quite perfected. They were always missing something: reactive RGB LED lighting effects like these.
It really doesn’t get any more rad than this. Accel-Lights are attachments for inline skate wheel frames that have integrated batteries, controllers, and strips of individually addressable RGB LEDs. They react to the skate’s movement to produce dynamic effects based on forces from acceleration and cornering.
Basically, they’ll make you the sickest kid on the block and ensure that you crush that corporate-sponsored bully in the treacherous downhill race.
M designed Accel-Lights to fit onto some Powerslide Combat Rocker 260 frames that I’m 70%...
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