Comments:Boston, Ma, USA. They are the best looking and performing skate available
From: Don, City, State, Country: 7/22/04

Comments:I've been skating on the Pilot 9 Pro's for just over 1 month, and have no desire to use any other skate. These skates are absolute perfection for me! The design and construction are top-notch, and the speeds these skates are capable of are flat-out sick! Last weekend, my local skating club, Landskaters of Philadelphia held Freedom Skate 2004. With over 400 in attendance, I noticed many participants wearing P9P's, and comparing notes came to the conclusion that Salomon has designed a winner! Bravo!!!
From: Terry, City,State, Country:Philadelphia, PA USA 7/4/04

Comments:I am considered an advanced fitness skater and I have been out on my new Pilot 9 Pro's a few dozen times now and love these skates. I was seriously considering five wheeled skates but thought that the speed advantage would be outweighed by the disadvantages for my kind of skating (populated trails). With the frame design and 84mm wheels/micro bearings, the new P9P's seemed to be a good compromise. The P9P's are very fast and responsive and the boot is well designed. I was concerned about the boot at first because I have a narrow heel and Salomons are usually for wider feet, but with the new design and mid strap, these boots fit me just fine. The speed laces cinch in tighter than I even need and the mid strap holds the foot in well. The boots have a feature that allows how much flex is experienced in the cuff. One of the first things I noticed was the very noticeable air flow in the boot. In addition to holes across the sole, there is an intake and "exhaust" for and aft. The sole inserts are heat moldable gel and though I bought my skated online, the soles seem to be forming to my foot from skating. The frames can be alignment adjusted to toe in or out and the boots can be outfitted with a five wheeled frame if one should want to do that at some point. The wheels have micro bearings and roll like crazy and with the 84mm wheels, they are quite fast as I mentioned. The wheels are 83a which are pretty hard but I‚m finding that they are wearing faster than my previous K2 wheels, but because these skates are so much better, I am skating much faster and harder which is probably the cause; my skating is primarily on concrete and pretty smooth asphalt. Another thing I noticed immediately was that with no effort, I was skating with hardly any pronating, which was quite different than my K2 skates. Again, I love these skates and think that they are the best four wheel skate available and can be considered a very good alternative to five wheeled skates unless one is just interested in speed skating.
From: Steven City: San Diego State: California Country: USA 5/2/04