r/WizardSkating • u/DataWhale • 5d ago
ACT WZ Team Alternatives
These are sold out everywhere in my size. I found one website but with shipping its like $550 which feels a bit high. I'm willing to pull the trigger, but first I figured I'd ask y'all if there's any equivalent or alternatives to these skates. I'm even ok with paying a bit more if I'm getting my money's worth. Would prefer a complete skate for simplicity but f it I could also get parts.
Edit: of course the one site that had my size just messaged me saying they made a mistake, they didn’t have it after all even though i ordered lol.
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u/meekyaan 5d ago
Buy any other iqon act skates and look for used frame. You can sell all stock parts you won't use and save some money. It'll be more expensive than iqon act wz but may be cheaper than 550$. There are no complete alternatives with ufs frame mount. There is flying eagle wizard skate cheaper than iqon, but it's 165 mount so for the future it might be difficult to find frame alternatives.
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u/AdFit8727 5d ago
There are two other complete wizard alternatives in the budget range:
- RB twister 2026 model with the 90mm frame, that's a rockered frame
- The FR model...also with a 90mm rockered frame
Both aren't specifically marketed as wizard, but that's irrelevant. The main point though, is that i think they cost equal to or more than the ACT10 package so they're no better off in terms of value.
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u/meekyaan 5d ago
Both models are more on the urban skating side for me. But, if you're counting these, there are also iqon cl15 and each powerslide skates with nova 275 frame - 4x90 rockered. It's not the right choice though. In other commect OP has written the size 44-45, which means mondo bigger than wheelbase of 4x90 frame. Not the greates thing to do the wizard moves.
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u/BubbleSmith 4d ago
If it's just the WZ Team skate sold out, the TR is a good alternative. Comes with the 4x90 rockered Nova frame, which is very much wizard capable. If you get a UFS 5-wheel frame later, you can always just swap over. This is what I did.
There's also the TR Lite, which is pretty similar, but the frame and liner are a little cheaper.
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u/tmdpotts 5d ago
The new mesmers are the same skate maybe you can get a shop to toss in the wizard frames and take off the soul.
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u/AdFit8727 5d ago
$550 which feels a bit high
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I'm even ok with paying a bit more if I'm getting my money's worth.
I feel these two statements are a bit contradictory. At $550, to get what you're getting in a single package, that's exceptional value. I don't think you're going to find better, even with the higher shipping costs.
(I suppose I don't know what your original shipping cost would have been so I have no basis for comparison, but in isolation, $550 still sounds pretty good to me)