NevyNeverKnowsBest wrote: ⤴Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:16 pm
This is the first time I've heard the name Mission. The skates I primarily use are Powerslides, with 110's. I absolutely love it. I started losing weight a while back ago, and the first thing I wanted to do once I was fit enough was get into skating. Its a great cardio, and I hope to be one day in league with the popular youtubers posting videos of their skate sessions.
Interesting to hear how awkward it is to transition from ice skates to road skates. I've never been ice skating before, so your perspective is neat to hear.
I don't really know if Mission is a popular brand. I assumed it was, but I really don't know much on the roller blading side.
Transitioning between the two isn't that difficult from what I remember. It's generally the same. I remember it was just the first couple of strides that felt weird. On ice you need to pump your legs a bit more.
I noticed the skate you posted has the rear rubber stopper. I remember back when we played road hockey, my skate was a bit old and that stopper loosened. I was skating backwards at the time and the stopper just dropped down onto the pavement, so it was like hitting a speed bump. I fell on my ass pretty hard, and nearly smacked the back of my head on the pavement. That could have been really bad.
I know you can learn to stop on roller blades, similar to how you stop on ice. But I've never tried it. But I think the roller hockey guys do it that way and take that rubber stopper off entirely.
lsemmens wrote: ⤴Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:03 pm
In my youth I learnt how to ice skate (on a rink no larger than a tennis court). It was the only ice rink in town. I then learnt how to roller skate and, while not expert, could certainly hold my own. Rollerblades came about when my kids were growing up, so only had a little of experience on them. Just thinking about it, now, my legs are telling me which muscles are likely to ache if I started skating again.
I'm not too old to have a go, but it is unlikely that I'll go skating again, any time soon. Too many other things that need my attention.
I see you're in Australia. That's interesting. I imagine there aren't a lot of options for ice skating. I'm in Canada. Within about a 5km radius from my house growing up I had like 3 hockey arenas. And in the winter, you used to be able to just skate on a frozen pond. Now they've consolidated a lot of the old barn-like hockey arenas into bigger multi-rink sports complexes that are a lot nicer, but farther away from each other.
I play hockey 4 times a week. So, yeah, you build up a lot of different muscles in your legs. And that leads to some issues with buying pants.
The struggle is real: Why hockey butts, jeans don't mix (ESPN.com)
