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Fulgur Roller Skates

The first skates of the kind (pictured here) made in France were designed under the brand Fulgur in 1937. Those skates, quiet, cheap and robust, adapting better to uneven grounds than quad skates, have a drawback: unable to take bends, they imposed to the skater a propulsion closer to the movement of cross-country skiing (using the toe stop) than to that of skating.

They met such a success that all the French manufacturers (Speedy, Rollet, Midonn…) copied them the next year. Interrupted by the war, their production started again and lasted until the 1950’s. It is quite hard to date them precisely when you find a pair.

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