Mesmer Skates - Deep Dive

In conversation about the Mesmer Jon Bolino Throne skates.

Featuring Gaston Demoratti, Harry Abel and Jake Eley.

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0:00 Intro
01:02 Mesmer Background
01:56 Aesthetic
03:02 Classic Throne History
04:25 Fit
05:10 SSM Souls?
07:05 Shell
07:31 Artwork
08:50 Shock absorber / dampener
09:55 Frames and Wheels
12:11 Availability
12:33 Sizing
15:02 Shell
15:16 Footbed /Shock absorber / Frame bolts
15:44 Stripping out the shock dampener / soulplate
16:34 THEM 909 mod?
18:12 About Locoskates
18:49 Don't not subscribe

[RollerbladingwithRoss]

Heatmolding the mesmer liner did nothing for me on a UK 6.5, a size small intuition liner was much better. I'm a 25.5cm foot. I feel my feet may be a tad to wide too and like you I never skated the original Throne first time around. Great skate though and obviously well thought about.

[wolfculturedec]

I have bought gear from loco and I am from Canada! Gear came in the same week. By far the best experience I have had internationally! Thanks Loco.

[psychkub]

I wear size US 12 (29.5). I used to wear size 12 thrones back in the day. The Mesmer skate was unbearably tight but I heat molded it (100C for 10 minutes) and fastened the skate really tight and it now fits like a glove. Very comfortable.

[mattsparks]

I'm loving these videos guys. Awesome level of detail for a blading nerd like me, and it's great to put faces to all your names. You guys always going above and beyond helping me purchase my blading products and answering my dumb questions / queries. Love Loco Skates!

[GarageKei]

Customer from Japan here. fantastic service.

[lewisbloom]

Look forward to hearing how you feel after skating them, and tbh never get bored of watching you guys skate.

[playbackphantasy]

First review to actually see the shell without the soulplate. Thank you. I was very curious about the reworked shell.

[vtecnerd]

Really enjoying this format, please keep making these for all the skate models!

[SteveJohnsHB]

Yea. I got size 11-12 Mesmers and heat molded them twice and now they feel great. I think you can do it for 2 extra min, so 10-12 mins and then you should be fine. But I think twice does the trick.

[LaLaiZ]

I have to agree, I never liked the souls on the older boot but these look pretty good, but I think I'll wait for a better colourway

[OpRoll]

I used to gut thrones liners in order to fit em. Now you can buy second skins/Intuitions/Reign or any thinner built liner. Add a flat insole and for many boom, you're in. Razors skates in the late 90s came with same wheel, different hardnesses outta the box. Harder obviously on the inside. Nice to see this coming back with current times, looks clean imo. Nice to see what 🐟 is doing with Mesmer. Their team is cool and they brought back the Thrones...Lil tweaks like Mesmer edition second skins as a second liner option outta the box with stabilized rear UFS receptors would be welcomed additions on their next skate. Great content as always guys, the deep dives are great.

[almostremembered]

Another great video. Billy has said multiple times that he "got Brian Shima's blessing to use the SSM soul plates for free." They definitely modified them, but I believe they were created from actual SSM molds from Shima. I agree - I think I prefer them to the old Thrones but I love them both. What I do love is the matte finish, the classic early 2000's Razors colorway, and the fact that they used the wide shell opening in the lacing area.

[type_official]

Ideal video review. You guys are the best. Much love from S.Korea. 🙌

[TYbudgie]

The 909's with the mesmer sole plate look great

[anthonythornton]

Pulled out my all star classic throne shells that I bought back in 2008/09 and put my shima 1 reissue liners in them today. I’m a uk6 in Vans and most other shoes and found the throne shell to have a little more room compared with the cult shell, especially in the toe area. Would say the heel felt like the tightest area.

[livibam]

Best looking skate on the market.
Shout out to Duncan..

[dtuner]

That shell is begging for an intuition liner. 🤩

[markosalmela]

Regarding downsizing. The Them skates shell S is 268mm inside and mesmer 40 shell is 273mm. My foot is 260mm and couldn’t fit into eu 40 mesmer stock liners. Bought the new premium intuition liners on size 265mm and they fit perfectly to mesmer eu 40 boot.

[renatoinline]

great review guys. the skate looks amazing. Ok, maybe I am kind of biased here because I used to skate USD throne Abdiel Colberg and Classic Throne Aaron Feinberg. I can confirm that thrones are quite narrow.
I loved the idea of putting harder inner wheels
best regards from brasil.

[cmousdale]

Cool vid. Love these geek out vids. Did you know that on the mesmer rising the guys were skating samples, might have been one or two sizes too.. Levis we're two sizes too big!