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CPSC, K2 Corp. Announce Recall of In-Line Skates

Home product recall 00-057. Announced by CPSC on Jan 24, 2000.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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The short answer

Announced by CPSC on Jan 24, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.

Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.

What’s wrong with it?

The skate’s plastic brake mount could crack and fail, causing the skater to fall and suffer serious injury.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should stop using these skates immediately and return them to the store where purchased, for free replacement skates.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: For more information, call K2 Corp. at (800) 426-1617 between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Consumers also can access the company’s website at http://www.K2skates.com/flight_recall.htm

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled skates are the “FLIGHT ALX” brand with model number S00161 or S00162, manufactured before November 20, 1999. The brand name and model number are on the skate’s tongue. The manufacturing date is stamped in the heel of the skate, on the footbed. It is written as the year, month and day (for example, 19991002 is October 2, 1999). Women’s skates are maroon and silver in sizes 4 through 11. Men’s skates are gray and orange in sizes 5 through 14.

About 12,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

FLIGHT ALX brand in-line skates.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 3 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Imported by K2 Corp., Vashon, Wash.
  • Sporting goods stores nationwide sold the skates from August 1999 through November 1999 for about $200.
  • Made in South Korea, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

There have been no incidents or injuries reported with these skates. This recall is being conducted to prevent injury.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
  • The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
  • How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Source:

Hearth Record wrote these lines.

Sources

  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.

    Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.

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