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.
Did you know that inline skaters use certain terms? Some basic terms include:
There's a great movie, available on DVD, that shows what roller skating was like back in the 1970s. It is called "Roll Bounce." The skating performed in the movie is impressive. The movie also makes me want to go to a roller rink. Rink skating has not changed all that much since the 1970s. The difference is, that today, inline skates exist! Roll Bounce
A few days ago I shared that I purchased Carpet Skates. The skates arrived tonight and my entire family is skating in my living room. My children have done fancy skating footwork and even spins on them. Crossovers are possible too. Since they work so well, I know that I'll be able to continue to practice my inline skating skills when the weather gets too cold to enjoy outside skating. Roller skaters who are used to skating on traditional quad roller skates have an easy time transitioning to ice, but ice skaters have a terrible time getting used to skating on traditional quad roller skates.
The good news is that ice skaters usually have no trouble with inline skating. So, if you can ice skate, you can inline skate and if you can inline skate, you can ice skate.When two feet are on the ground while inline skating, the right skate should be out in front and the left skate should stay behind. This is called a staggered stance. The staggered stance keeps the skater stable and balanced. Also, the skate with the heel brake is in the position it should be in if the skater needs to stop or slow down.
I stumbled on a very original inline skating poem. The poem's title is "In-Line Skating" and the author is Mary T. Hoffman. What I like about the poem is that the author is a grandmother and inline skating makes her happy!Recently, I WALKED inside a Safeway supermarket and was told to remove the wheels that are embedded inside my Heelys shoe as I entered the store. I explained that my Heelys are not the kind of Heelys that allow wheels to be removed and only some Heelys have that feature. I explained that Heelys are allowed in many places that don't allow inline skates and I've been shopping for over a year at other Safeways with my Heelys on. Roller skaters who are used to skating on traditional quad roller skates have an easy time transitioning to ice, but ice skaters have a terrible time getting used to skating on traditional quad roller skates.The good news is that ice skaters usually have no trouble with inline skating. So, if you can ice skate, you can inline skate and if you can inline skate, you can ice skate.
