 Hey everyone, Sam Sheffer here with The Verge at CES 2015. I'm back with yet another rideable. These are the Rocket skates and this is literally the first time I'm riding them. Are they on? The way it works is one of these is like the dominant skate, so you put that foot in front and you sort of just push off with your back foot and lean a little bit and they propel you. These are very difficult to ride. It took me probably 25 to 30 solid straight minutes of doing everything I possibly could to get these to work. So the subtlety of pointing your toes down is like everything that it is to ride this thing where you sort of just let the motors take you. So the back wheel not only provides stability but it also acts as a brake. Each skate weighs 7 pounds and when they're on your feet it is very tiring at first especially because you know you sort of do like a lot of panic running when I'm first learning to ride. So once you pick it up these skates propel you and you can go 12 miles an hour on expert mode. We tried out the R6 model which has a range of 6 miles, cleverly named. This cost $4.99 and they're shipping now. And there's also the R8 and R10 also based on how much range they get. Those are $5.99 and $6.99 respectively. So these are the Rocket skates. They're awesome. Really hard to ride but they're awesome. Subscribe to The Verge on YouTube. youtube.com slash the verge.
 Hey everyone, Sam Sheffer here with The Verge at CES 2015.
 I'm back with yet another rideable.
 These are the Rocket skates and this is literally the first time I'm riding them.
 Are they on?
 The way it works is one of these is like the dominant skate, so you put that foot in front
 and you sort of just push off with your back foot and lean a little bit and they propel
 you.
 These are very difficult to ride.
 It took me probably 25 to 30 solid straight minutes of doing everything I possibly could
 to get these to work.
 So the subtlety of pointing your toes down is like everything that it is to ride this
 thing where you sort of just let the motors take you.
 So the back wheel not only provides stability but it also acts as a brake.
 Each skate weighs 7 pounds and when they're on your feet it is very tiring at first especially
 because you know you sort of do like a lot of panic running when I'm first learning to
 ride.
 So once you pick it up these skates propel you and you can go 12 miles an hour on expert
 mode.
 We tried out the R6 model which has a range of 6 miles, cleverly named.
 This cost $4.99 and they're shipping now.
 And there's also the R8 and R10 also based on how much range they get.
 Those are $5.99 and $6.99 respectively.
 So these are the Rocket skates.
 They're awesome.
 Really hard to ride but they're awesome.
 Subscribe to The Verge on YouTube.
 youtube.com slash the verge.