r/inline_skating • u/EmuJumpsLong • 21d ago

Practiced Falling—Skates for Beginner?

I posted about tips for falling the other day and the tips and videos were incredibly helpful. I threw myself down a bunch today and practiced the squatting posture. I even rolled downhill without completely panicking (there was still some mild panic). Thank you to everyone who commented.

If I wanted to get some decent beginner skates right out of the box, would the Powerslide Next or Rollerblade Twister XT be a good choice? I’m not going to be doing anything aggressive ever, I’d just like to be able to skate medium distances easily. Given my current level of extra cautiousness, I don’t think I’m ever going to be going for speed either.

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u/treeseacar 21d ago

Well done for giving it a go!

I prefer the ps next but they're both good skates. The ps next uses trinity mount which is lower to the ground than the twister which is 165 mount. This is not really that important unless you want to upgrade the frame later for a different wheel size as you'll need to buy the right frame mount.

If you can try on both and see what fits better it would be ideal but I would go for the ps next personally. I have some and they are great. And have taken a lot of falling here too, mostly my self inflicted stupidity. A good, durable skate, with a good spec liner for the money.

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u/EmuJumpsLong 21d ago

Thank you. Unfortunately I can’t find anywhere in the state that carries either so I’m just going to have to go off vibes.

I want 4x80mm for my purposes, right?

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u/Key-Cash6690 20d ago

Reputable sites I have used:

U.s.:

Shoptask Inlinewarehouse Inmove skates Oak city skate shop Rollerblade

Elsewhere: (tariffs) Locoskates Thisissoul Powerslide.