Help out a new guy?

[Odin248]

Hi. I cant say I have much experience skating, as a matter of fact I have not skated since I was liek 10 and I wasnt too hot then. I am looking to get into skating as a fun way to strengthen my legs for boxing.

I am interested in quad skates really. I have seen some really cool videos of these spanish dudes with really wide wheel base skates (most of them at least) ripping through town and shit.

Are street hockey skates good for this kind of shit? Do most people remove the brake from the front of thier skates like this? I see alot of folks stop ice skate style or by dragging their skate.

If I want to EVENTUALLY (being the key word) be able to do some cool shit like grinding and such in parks indoors and in public then what sort of skates, wheels, and all that jazz should I get? I dont like buying things uninformed or cheap things (cheap as in quality :wink: )

[SK1D]

um, arright im no pro, but heres a tip that helped me

if you have hockey skates already, start with those, if you have to go out and buy some new skates, get some type of downtown ones

start out with some stairs and stuff, like a 3 stair, just jumping off, dont lock your knees, eventually youll get better then start learning some other stuff, yeah, see below, thats me at a 9-stair, i added the phone thing in kuz im cool like that :-P

[Andy Chase]

If your interested in the quad skating look no further than Brian Weinright (might be spelled wrong).

[Odin248]

Is this Brian guy on these forums?

[mjoebe2]

ya listen to Sk1D, he knows how to roll. if you dont want to spend lot of money, but still get a good deal, go to the nearest skate store that sells agressives and ask them for advice. Skateshack helped me good. i got TRS Downtowns and they were $150 from them, and there still worth every penny. but be sure you really know how to skate, else if you decide tricks are too hard, and quit, ur gonna b stuck with them.

[KYSkater]

ya listen to Sk1D, he knows how to roll. if you dont want to spend lot of money, but still get a good deal, go to the nearest skate store that sells agressives and ask them for advice. Skateshack helped me good. i got TRS Downtowns and they were $150 from them, and there still worth every penny. but be sure you really know how to skate, else if you decide tricks are too hard, and quit, ur gonna b stuck with them.

you started skating on Dowtowns? ha, I started on some little Wal-Mart rec skates. then finally got a pair of Vanquish skates from Dick's. And now I've had my Gen. 3s for about 3 years now. Personally I'd go for the cheapest pair of blades you could find if you're just starting out. That way you haven't wasted too much money if it doesn't work out. And if you like blading just work your way up until you find the right skates for your style.

[10]

Skates are skates...unless you intend to grind, any skates will work for vert. What makes or breaks you is your technique. Besides, aggressive skates evolved from inline skates anyways, and around '93, people were shredding vert without UFS or antirockers or soul space.

[u got blades u got a life]

whoever got trs downtowns for £150 didnt get a gd deal ther r £130 at rollersnakes

[marco]

i think as everyone else said already.. get yourself a reasonable set of skates and learn to skate, I mean really learn to skate... once you know how to skate you don't need breaks bcs there are many techniques to break or slow down without having breaks..

skating is progressive, well it should be, i seen kids who can't even skate and are trying to grind which is kind of stupid to me but who am I to say what is correct... all i can tell you that when you know how to skate and really feel comfortable in a pair of skates you can do much more and its easier to learn because you don't have to worry about trying to be stable on the skates and also learn tricks..

the bestw ay to be comfortable on skates its to skate a lot!:) also make sure you learn to skate in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction.. most people learn to skate one way only and have bad probs skating the other way... i hope this makes sense.

luck :)