FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 23, 2024 May 23, 2024 – UniQ Skates (SESS VA/GA) successfully debuted a new high performance quad skate line in Orlando, Florida during the roller-skating convention show, ERA by UniQ. UNIQ SKATES – SHOP B2B If you are a current customer of SESS or have interest in becoming a UniQ Skates Dealer please register at the following link and shop via the UniQ B2B at your convenience 24/7. DEALER LOGIN: https://uniqskates.com/my-account/ UniQ’s ERA Skate represents a new era in the world of quad skating. The industry voiced the need for change and UniQ Skates has delive ..read more

The Chuck Parsley version of the Vanilla Junior skates are now in stock. These have a white, black, and gold design and are named after the nickname of a top jam skater. The tongue flaps for the Uniq Era skates are now in stock. This is a fast and easy way to change up the look of your Era skates by replacing the flaps with something more colorful. The current options are black with white, gold, green, orange, pink, white, pink with black, or red with silver. We will be at upcoming RSA Trade Show. We are helping to sponsor the welcome reception with Sure-Grip (Sunday, May 5, 7pm). Please sto ..read more

We received a big shipment from Vanilla and are now in better shape on their Junior skates than we had been. We are still very low on the Stealth version, but many of the others are now back in stock. Plus they’re introducing a brand new model called the Chuck Parsley that is white, black, and gold and in stock. We also have a new backpack from them in red or grey.   The Era skates from Uniq come with a completely removable tongue flap that is held in place by velcro. They now have a full line of replacement flaps in many different colors so that you can swap out the flaps to add a color ..read more

Vanilla Skate is introducing a new color scheme to their Junior line.  The Chuck Parsley skates are white with black and gold.  They’re available in sizes 3-13 and are in stock now and ready to ship out. They’re also introducing a new backpack in red or grey that are now available.  They’re working on a blue version but we don’t have the blue quite yet ..read more

Sure-Grip’s new Rincon skate is a entry level quad speed skate. They have a great look with either a solid black boot or a black with purple highlights boot. They have a padded collar, laces and a cinch tie at the top, and nice looking accent stitching on the toes. Both colors come in sizes 4-10. Uniq’s Era quad speed skates are on the way to us and should arrive any day now. These are great looking speed skates for the more serious session, speed, or jam skater. The boots have a distinctive clean appearance and feature microfiber uppers and linings that are comfortable from day one and won’t ..read more

Vanilla teased this at our tradeshow and it is now getting close to happening.  They’re introducing two new wheels in very limited editions, a small batch item, called the Never Ever wheels.  The first batch of these wheels will come in two different colors, with two different hubs.  We expect to get them in stock sometime next week (by Dec 1).  We don’t anticipate them lasting long.  Strictly on a first come, first serve basis, we will not get enough of these to get each rink a set.   Fine print / Warning / Disclaimer: They want these to go to as many rinks as po ..read more

We have several different items that we should be receiving soon. Boot Covers – We should be receiving a new batch of boot covers soon, hopefully next week.  Black will be back in stock and we’ll also get several new pattern designs.     Fuzzy Dice – A new batch of fuzzy dice are on the way.  These are 12 inches on each side, they’re in bright colors, and they’re perfect for the corner game that many rinks play.  These should arrive around Thanksgiving.   Uniq Era Skate – This is Uniq’s new quad speed skate.  We’re getting a very small batch in the first ru ..read more

We are just a few weeks away from Black Friday and the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season. That means that parents are starting to ask their children for gift suggestions. Make sure that skates are at the top of the list by distributing our retail catalogs (they’re free), decorating with promo posters (again, free), and stocking up your skate shop now. A small size run of one or two popular skates doesn’t cost much and can really make a huge difference in skate sales over the next few weeks. Roller Derby’s Extreme inline rental skates are going to be discontinued. They are worki ..read more

We had several vendor specials and closeout deals available at our recent tradeshow.  We can now offer some of these to our customers that weren’t able to attend the show. These are only for our customers, not for individual skaters.  If you typically buy from our Georgia office, they’ll be offering similar deals at their show, we ask that you contact them for more info.  But if you do quality, ask for a copy of the sales flyers with your next order.  Or, we can email you a copy if you provide us with your customer account number and a recent invoice number ..read more

We would like to thank everyone that came out to our tradeshow, the customers and the vendors, for taking time out to come to Roanoke to invest in your business. It was great to see everyone. Here are some notes from the show we’d like to share with those that weren’t able to attend. Sure-Grip introduced a new skate called the Rincon that is expected to arrive around Thanksgiving. It comes in solid black or black with purple accents and they will be lower priced than we’re used to seeing from Sure-Grip. Both colors will be available in sizes 4-10. Vanilla showed a couple of new products that ..read more