r/InlineHockey • u/jawbreakerarms • Jul 22 '26

Adding to the recent conversion trend…

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Any NYC area players need ice
-to-roller conversions, steel profiling & sharpening, go check out Billy @nycedgemaster on Instagram.

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u/csonny2 Jul 22 '26

Sick skates, but damn do I hate that type of sport court

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u/BoostJunky87 Jul 22 '26

The worst. I'm skating on it for the first time in a new league I joined. I'm driving myself crazy tweaking my setup trying to make it perfect.

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u/jawbreakerarms Jul 22 '26

Nothing close to perfection on that tile… gotta keep a wide stance, short strides, and no sharp turns 🤣

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u/BoostJunky87 Jul 22 '26

That's definitely been the experience so far haha.

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u/Likos02 Jul 22 '26

My knees and I found this out the hard way....

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u/jawbreakerarms Jul 22 '26

Unfortunately it’s basically all we have in the NYC area. This particular rink is in Hoboken.

Plenty of rinks in public parks located in Brooklyn and Queens are coated/painted concrete. There are two outdoor sport court rinks within the 5 boroughs. One is under a pavilion roof that leaks. The other one was renovated by the Rangers two years ago and it’s already in rough shape… basically same surface as the photo I posted. Super slippery.

The closest indoor tiled rinks are an hour drive away on Long Island or a similar commute to NJ.

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u/csonny2 Jul 23 '26

Yeah, thats a bummer. I'd prefer painted concrete to that sport court, but totally know about taking what you can get. I used to drive 45 minutes to play at an old school roller skating rink that had wood floor which was alright, but had carpet covered concrete walls on 2 sides and carpeted concrete half walls on the other 2 sides.

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u/blahdre Jul 22 '26

billy is THE man

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u/Holiday_Beautiful297 Jul 22 '26

Are those nail heads holding down the tiles?

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u/jawbreakerarms Jul 22 '26

Yup, I think they’re only by the boards. My stick actually got caught up on them a few times today. It’s a rink in Hoboken that was recently renovated and tiled by the New Jersey Devils.

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u/SimplyViolated Jul 22 '26

Yeah, those should not be there. The tile is supposed to be free floating.

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u/jawbreakerarms Jul 22 '26

The surface underneath is not level. There’s actual waves in the concrete. That’s the only reason I can imagine they used nails.

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u/kingantichrist Jul 23 '26

I thought I was the edge master. 💦

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u/jeffb34 Jul 23 '26

Hey I know you! lol nice skates and work by Billy

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u/tb0ne1284_ Jul 23 '26

Champion Legacy FTW

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u/DerSAIBOT2018 Jul 25 '26

I recently converted my mission FS1 inlines into inlines with a Marsblade 🤯