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For your plate question, please look at my two plate pages here for more information. You don’t choose a plate based on plate and boot size.

Ok, I have about 4 hours on these so far. Tried them out at the local rink, Lloyd's Recreation last Wednesday. I was very surprised by the weight of them. They are VERY light. First impressions were that I had to push very hard to get them to do anything, but they seemed very precise. Weird, but ANY movement when I first put them on the floor resulted in a change in direction. I'm sure this is due to the direct connection the plate has with the trucks. It took a few laps to find my balance point to allow me to glide straight, once I had that figured out, I decided to get some speed. 

They felt very odd at first, the faster I went, the more they would wobble, but they were very easy to adjust to that wobble. It eventually went away and I tried to get them to turn. Turning sharp required so much effort that I needed to take them off after 15 minutes of skating. My feet hurt that much. I had installed the softest butterfly cushions included in the box. The light blue ones. Hmm. Some fix would be required if I were to skate these for real.

Lacing on my derby skates I returned to the floor. Wow. My short forward Advantage plates with all yellow SG supers on full loose felt sluggish and slow to react.

I performed some modifications to the yellow butterfly cushions and installed them.

I skated about 2 hours at a derby practice on Monday night. Huge difference in how they act now. VERY easy to turn, yet very stable. Nearly no foot pain. Very nimble. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked them. They skate like a very precise DA45. Every tiny movement you make is immediately noticeable.  It was mentioned to me that the power transfer on these is better than a conventional plate. I will say that they definitely feel more solid than a conventional plate. Skating laps was very easy and energy did not feel wasted at all.

I let another skater try them and the first thing she mentioned was the weight. What do they weigh exactly? Derby ready?

This is very light for a derby ready skate. The boots pictured are a size 7. The wheels pictured are Roll Line Heliums. I don't normally run a narrow wheel, but I wanted my Bont/Advantage combo ready to skate if these weren't working for me. The Arius uses 8mm bearings, my Advantage use 7mm. 

Yes, they are very far forward. I like them like that.

The toe stops I had on did not work very well. The toe stop boss is nearly vertical and does not allow a standard toe stop to work where I like it, Up at the very top. You can see the angle here is no good for toe stop running. This issue was rectified by installing a set of the Bionic toe stops with the angle on them. They are about 35 gr. heavier than the toe stops pictured. Not a deal breaker. 

I really like this plate. I do not like the lack of adjustability with the cushions and action. I will need to work on it some more to get them exactly right for me. I will likely go stiffer or la bit less action in the front. I have yet to try my Aussie Scotts on these but I will put them on eventually. 

I first saw this plate in Armstrong, British Columbia. It was being worn by a skater named Blow-Bye. Her boyfriend, Dan Miller had designed and made it. I was intrigued by the design and saw it again in April of 2012 being worn by Quadzilla, at Flat Track Fever, a tournament my league hosts yearly. Production models were released this summer, and I saw a few skaters on them at Rollercon.

I got my pair last week. From my favourite skate shop, Nerd Skates.

Awesome packaging. A bit fancy. They did supply all the required tools to service the plates, which is good. A couple allen keys is all that is needed.

Axis pin (the big guy). This attaches the truck to the plate 

Axis pin sleeves (the two wide black bits with the holes). These are bushings to allow the truck to swing freely

Butterfly cushion (the green bit) 

Stabilization pins (the little screws).These lock the butterfly cushion in place.

The plate is manufactured out of 6000 series aluminum. The prototypes were 7000 series. There have been some minor design changes which likely allowed the use of the more cost effective alloy.

They are light. I haven't weighed them, but I will. 

You are correct that building your own skate is a much better arrangement than a package.

The Avenger, which is a DA45 plate, is worlds above the Rival as it is strong, turns well, and is very light.Other DA45 plates are great, too, but most aren’t nearly as light as an Avenger.

Your weak ankles won’t last long in derby, so I wouldn’t be too concerned there. You should start ankle workouts to strengthen them up, as if you don’t you are risking broken bones.

Lastly, you can put any boot on any plate.