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For everyone with wheels on their shoes: any kind of roller skates, quad skates, inline skates (rollerblades) or whatever else.

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What kind of skating do you like? Street, park, speed, dance, …? Why do you enjoy it?

Also, would you like to try some other types of skating? Why? And what’s holding you back?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Currently I enjoy wizard skating the most: It’s full of technical challenges, but it also has a relatively low risk of injury.

I’d like to do more aggressive street stuff, but neither do I want to buy another pair of skates nor do I want to change frames frequently.

For now I’ll keep improving my wizard skills until I feel confident enough to try more park and street tricks.

These two videos convinced me to give wizard skating a try:

Previously I only skated quads, but I felt more comfortable on blades relatively quickly.