Hi fellow bladers,

I'm curious what everyone thinks about this.

Let's say we're comparing the absolute peak of each discipline. World class athletes, years of dedicated practice, technical complexity, physical demands, mental commitment, consistency, and the time required to reach that level.

Obviously, every discipline has its own challenges, but if you had to pick ONE that requires the greatest overall combination of skill, dedication, and athletic ability, what would it be?

Poll options:

Aggressive street / park

Aggressive vert

Freestyle slalom

Wizard skating

Urban freeride / freestyle slides

Speed skating / downhill

My take:

Aggressive vert and street are obvious contenders because of their technical demands, commitment, and consequences of failure.

But freestyle slalom and wizard skating might actually have the highest ceilings when it comes to pure precision, balance, and movement complexity.

Urban freeride is another interesting one because of the sheer adaptability required in unpredictable environments.

And then there's elite speed skating, where the physical demands are absolutely ridiculous.

I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who've practiced multiple disciplines.

Which one do you think has the highest skill ceiling, and why?

Feel free to nominate disciplines that didn't fit into the poll, including artistic inline, skate cross, and inline hockey.

Does anybody have experience or tips for somebody like me? When my legs and knees are straight, my feet point maybe 45° outwards, which makes rollerblading straight pretty challenging. I was wondering if maybe setting up the rollers to combat that was a good idea or if I should focus on exercises or something like that. Any ideas are welcome.

I am finally starting to learn parrallel turns after learning anti parrellel and crossovers. When i was learning crossovers, i only skated in a rink. When i got back to campus and started skating outside i noticed it was still hard to learn crossovers turning right despite being very good going left.

Now that i am learning correct parrellel turns, i am trying to learn both ways at the same time and it is very difficult. I finally started being able to turn and when i tried doing it the other way i almost fell.

It was actually easier to go backwards that is is to learn to turn right. I thought it was only hard with crossovers because i never had the opprotunity to turn right but now i feel like its similar to trying to write with your left hand

Day 3 of practicing this transition! (Is it called something? Idk.) The physics of it is starting to feel right. When I started it still looked really hoppy.

Happy for any tips/feedback!

Recently my girlfriend expressed an interest in wanting to skate. She doesn’t mind inline vs quads, and I prefer for her to learn inline since we plan to mainly do trails/paved routes and I feel like I can help her more easily since I also use inlines.

What are some good inline skates for women? Her feet are a bit wider than usual and she buys wider shoes as well if that helps. I’ve been looking online and was considering the Rollerblade Macroblade 84s or the 90s, or something like the Powerslide Phuzion Argon 80s. I haven’t done a thorough review on the fit or how good they are yet though, and I figured I’d ask the community here to get some other opinions. We definitely need the heel brake for her lol!

And if any fellas with skater gfs can share their setup, that would also help!

Just bought these baddies last night for 100$ from Facebook marketplace I haven't taken my own personal pictures of the skates yet. So I, tested them out for 3 hours at the boat launch parking lot in Everett though I was a little embarrassed because they light up, it was like a light show and I felt like my practice was some people's entertainment lol but I tried to just focus on me and my practicing. I practiced my one leg gliding. These are about one size and a half smaller than my regular size and I felt so much more stable. My one leg gliding practice seemed almost promising in comparison to my other skates which are seba highlight '80s. However, I didn't size down with my highlight 80s, so with the skate being a little too big I was getting discouraged but Now with such a snug boot I feel so much more confident. However, my One of my feet was going numb but it was like such a great, uncomfortable, tight, terribly tight but makes me feel safe and secure Type of tight because I know what it feels like to have extra room for errors in my skates, and it's not a good feeling. To the guy on here that gives tips about like your posture and having your ankle bent leaning towards the tongue of the inline skate. Thank you because that tip really really helped me.

Looking to buy inline skates for outdoor street skating. I’m an intermediate roller skater but haven’t rollerbladed in years. Would you recommend 3 or 4 wheels? What wheel size and brands are best? Looking for something comfortable, stable, and good quality. Thanks!

I'm a size 11 us men's and i noticed that some frames feel unstable so I'm just trying to see what size frames people use for this particular size. and im trying to find a middle ground with having quick turns and stability. and i just purchased the flying eagle F4 ravens.

Sorry for my bad English....

Anybody have tried or used the iqon ag30 boots on on 3x110 frame ?

Short question, long stories:

I m a pretty old skaters and I used to ride the Salomon fsk deemax 2 since 2003 or 2004 mostly for commute and ballads but not very often for many years. Before that I practiced aggressive skate with my beloved oxygen argon until somes injury who made me go toa least traumatic practice.

Two years or three years ago I decided to try a 3x110 setup, powerslide core next 110, I like the facts that a can ride on almost any surface without any trouble. It's a pretty decent setup to commute.

The transition to the 3x110 setup was ok, but for me the boots is a bit too stiff, but I think it's because I'm used to the fsk .

I've heard that iqon had buy the fsk boots mould and sell a copy named iqon ag30, i would like to try to put the frame from the Next core on this boot, is it possible ?

Maybe this boot is not as stiff or rigid for this setup ?

Edit : My bad I read a little too fast the technical information of the ag30 boot, they are not compatible with the Next core Trinity frame. But I'm interested of your advice or feedback about a 3x100/110 setup with these boots

I did everything I always do, “puck” my bearings on the spacer tightly, tighten my axles good and snug (they’re brand new so loctite already on them), wheels are brand new Hydrogens. I used some non-serviceable bearings that barely had any use, cleaning them as much as you can before getting them snug in the wheels. Wondering if that’s just the rocker jiggling? But I also feel like it shouldn’t do that rattling if the axles and wheel build are snug. 😅

Only ever used the default Lightning frame before so this is my first Endless frame. This was the inaugural run to test them out.