Inline Skating question.?

During the summer I really want to pick up inline Skating. I've wanted to every since I first tried inline skates and realized how FAST you can go! I Also want to learn how to do major tricks but thats for later. Well my real question is, How expensive are Inline skates? Where can I get them? What is the best brand I can look into for them? Is there anything I should 'beware' of when looking for skates?





Thanks a lot!

Inline Skating question.?
Good quality lower end skates can be had for about $100 and anywhere up to custom (made to a cast of your foot) racing skates up to about $2000.





The two major brands for recreational skates in the US are Rollerblade and K2. Bladerunner is a low end skate made by Rollerblade. They are now admitting to making them on their web site.


With other brands, you may have a hard time finding replacement parts (primarily brakes) in the future.





What kind of "tricks" are you thinking about?


If you are thinking about grinding (sliding on edges of objects) or big jumps, you will be getting into agressive skates.


If you are thinking about small jumps, spins, and dance moves, you can do them on recreational skates but may want to move up to "street" skates.





Hopefully you live in a big enough city to have some local sporting goods stores that carry them. Fit is critical and you can't try many skates on at an online store.


If your city doesn't have a store, try to get to the nearest large city for a shopping day to try skates on.





The usual big box sports stores: ***** (www.dickssportinggoods.com) and Sports Authority (www.sportsauthority.com/) typicaly have the lower to mid range recreational skates.


Local specialty sporting goods stores may carry better skates but you have to look harder to find the stores.


If you can find a local inline skate club (good time for a google search) in your area, they can tell you what stores carry good skates.





There are also a few large online skate stores like www.skates.com and www.inlinewarehouse.com .


Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, it is harder to find a skate that fits well.





You want the skates to fit snug around your entire foot but not smash the toes. Loose may feel good in the store but they can cause you pain if your feet move around in them while skating.


Even different models within one brand will fit differently. Try on everything that is in your size and price range.





Ignore any "ABEC" rating hype. It is almost meaningless to inline skates but makers love to act as if it is critical. The wheels are way more important to your rolling speed than the bearings but it doesn't make for good advertising.





Metal frames (the part that holds the wheels) are better than plastic (even if they try to say that their plastic has carbon or other items).





Wheels smaller than 80mm are becoming hard to find and should only be considered for specialty skates.


Larger wheels roll easier than smaller wheels but a beginner might have problems with 90 or 100mm wheels.
Reply:they're not that much.But at academy they're expensive.Any sport store should have them.they're all good brands.nothing to beawear of.hope my answer help.



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