Last summer, I decided walking was just too slow. I wished that I could wear my inline skates everywhere I went. I imagined going from "Point A" to "Point B" in just a few minutes. Well, I came up with a great alternative.....I bought a pair of
Heelys. In fact, I bought Heelys for my entire family and now we roll and glide everywhere! One of my favorite things to do is to push a grocery shopping cart around a supermarket and to glide through the shopping aisles....
Heelys are a bit different than traditional inline skates, since there is only one wheel embedded in the heel of a sneaker-type shoe. "Heeling" is the technique used - the wearer can scooter, glide, roll, and skate a bit. Most Heelys' wearers find it very thrilling to glide down small hills in their Heelys. Heelys are allowed in many places that don't allow inline skates. Remember, you don't have to be a kid to enjoy Heelys!
Happy Skating!
From JO ANN Schneider Farris -
About.com Figure Skating Guide
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Parks in many cities and towns have built outdoor skating rinks. These rinks are free to use.
Rollerblading and inline skating mean the same thing. Rollerblades are one of the most popular brands of inline skates, but are not the only inline skates. If you Rollerblade, you inline skate, but you don't have to wear Rollerblades to inline skate.
If you are planing on taking up inline skating, avoid making certain mistakes:
I'm not going to give away my age, but I think I might be the oldest person on the globe who wears Heelys wherever I go and on a daily basis. I really enjoy being able to roll down the street and to glide around the supermarket when I go shopping. Walking is just too slow!
I was an accomplished ice skater before I tried quad roller skating. The two sports look so much the same and I thought roller skating would be easy, but I discovered that roller skating is very different. It's hard for ice skaters to skate on traditional quad roller skates, but roller skaters find it easy to switch to ice. Inline skating changed things for me since it is easy for ice skaters to skate on inlines.
