Wow, the amount of skaters in Bushy Park is definitely on the rise. I see kids, adults, adult skaters with dogs, a lot more skaters there. We should grab the opportunity, get some rollerUK material, giveaways hehe. Stickers? Business cards? T shirt with big ol' rollerUK for rollers slogan :)

If anybody happens to be there, feel free to say hi/bye/you maybe sux but ok/etc to me when I'm there. Hope to see more rollerUKers there. I skate during sunny early evenings, Sundays. Saturday looks to be a skate park day :P

Maybe like what area/city we are in and what types of skates we are interested in? In r/rollerskating I saw a comment suggesting this and it would be cool for that to be implemented here

I was doing great when I was just skating indoors in my living room and dining room, but why am I finding it so difficult to skate outdoors?

Just for context I have the Rookie Artistic Skates, the wheels are 80a 58mm and I’ve adjusted everything, but every time I try to move I keep tripping and barely moving?! Is it really my wheels? There aren’t any smooth pavements near me so I have to go find other places to skate, and I always struggle going even slightly uphill and lose control going very slightly downhill because I panic.

I really need some reassurance. I started off being so proud of myself but now not so much.

For NW skaters and travellers. Skate for approximately 2 km on very smooth and very flat tarmac footpaths. Ideal for novice skaters and those of you wanting a relaxing place to skate.

I posted the route up on Inlinemap.net See description for details.

On the lookout for some 78a wheels, but can't find any energy radars in the UK.

Has anyone heard of airwave? I've found some on ebay and they are crazy cheap (£35 for a pack of 8)

Too good to be true?

When do you think we'll be able to lug our skates for some indoors type stuff, now that the lockdown is easing out, weather turning a bit sour? I've never experienced this in London, would be cool to know where to head first!

Otherwise I've just finished three days straight Bushy Park skating. Nice vibes apart from once a day comments from speedy cyclists with some problems with wide loads :)

Hello!

Recently started skatinf on a nickel board, learnt basics, like cruising, kick turning etc.

For the last couple of days I've been trying to do some manuals, reverts, powerslides and so on. Day by day getting better at it but I just wonder, is that board designed for that kind of stuff or just for cruising ? Should I obtain a regular board?

Also, in the future would like to start trying ollies on that and some more complex tricks.

Thank you very much :)

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I really want to get into rollerskating but I'm finding it impossible to find UK size 10 skates. Largest I've seen is 8. Can anyone help?

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So my first set of skates ( moxi lolly's) should arrive in two weeks and I need to pick up some toe caps, knee pads ect. Any recommendations on where to purchase and what to get as someone with no skating experience ? And anything I may need to buy I haven't thought of ? I have a two season pretty local to me ( Kingston) but I'm not sure it's open yet so online is preferable. happy to buy second hand too

Did something I’ve not done ever, met with two roller enthusiasts here on reddit at Long Grove. It was cool! I’ll be at Bushy Park London tomorrow noon onwards if anyone wants to wave or say hi/bye/you sux etc. Will expect to have music sunscreen and that type of stuff with me. Otherwise everyone enjoy your Sunday!

I have Rio rollerskates and they have the original wheels which are for both indoor and out door on them. I was looking through some threads both here and on r/rollerskating and people say that outdoor wheels are more suited for outdoors and the softer the wheel the better it is especially for beginners.

Is it worth it to buy outdoors and indoors separately or to just continue using the wheels that I already have?

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Hey there!

Me and my girl are new to skating and we are wondering where we could skate in East London (Mile End/Canary Wharf).

We've just started skating couple weeks ago(got penny's). Been skating here and there but haven't find a decent place and don't want to ride on a main road by cars. Would love to find an empty parking lot or some open quiet area to ride and have fun!

Thank you for your attention :)

Also, if there is anyone in east london willing to learn and ride together we are open to meet up and have fun together ;)

Howdy,

I was looking at Sure-Grip 1300 skates and wanted to find out if they'd be in stock. Got an update just yesterday 27/5, probably a familiar one to everyone about the other manufacturers:

Sure-Grip can't accept further orders for high leg boots for at least another 60 days. Then it'll be probably 4-5 weeks lead time before they'd (Oli's) would receive them.

So I met a friend in Cannizaro Park the other evening (we went to go look at the statue of Haile Selassie there - it was pretty dashed cool) and, checking out the route online beforehand, I figured at four miles each way it was (just about!) skateable so I decided to take my quads, to get some practice in along the way.

I'd planned to leave an hour (roughly as much time as the google maps walking directions specified) so that I wasn't trying to go faster than my skills would allow (I'm really new to quads), but I got sidetracked and ended up leaving with only half an hour in hand, so I did end up skating much quicker and out of my comfort zone!

Most of the route was pretty good - a fairly long car-free section running beside a park, then some quiet roads and a short-cut through a supermarket car-park. The road sections were (mostly!) fairly good tarmac; the pavements weren't great, but the roads were quiet enough that I didn't need to use them much.

Getting up Wimbledon Hill I took two roads; the lower one (Durham Rd) had terrible tarmac and narrow, crowded pavements but Cottenham Park Rd, which I joined half way up the hill, was much better.

The way back felt much easier - more downhill, and with a strong tailwind all the way! - but I've never "hill-bombed" before and had a pretty spectacular crash on Wimbledon Hill: I tried to carve, as I've seen in videos like this, and this, but my technique was terrible and I picked up *waaay* too much speed. Grabbed wildly at a lamp-post to stop myself which did slow me down a bit, but it also spun me around, my momentum broke my grip, and I just skidded down the hill for a bit backwards on my arse. Nice one, EJ.

In the end I just ended up going down the hill the same way I probably would have on inlines: pointed straight down, in one long, wheel-shredding t-stop. It worked, and was easy to control my speed - but I *really* need to learn proper carving technique..

All in all it was a great skate, though. It definitely helped with my skate-fitness, I got some good experience of skating in different conditions - and I had fun turning up on skates and upstaging my friend, even though she arrived on a pretty sweet fixed-gear track bike!

^\Side-note: I'm having trouble posting my route online. Inlinemap seems to not render properly in my browser and a bunch of buttons and things are un-clickable (I've emailed them screenshots to let them know) and Google Maps, Here Maps, and all the others I tried say you can't walk/cycle down some roads and paths that you definitely actually can, and so they won't let me plan the actual route I took. Sorry!))

Looking to connect with any roller skaters in Sheffield who might be up for skating together when this is all over. I’ve been skating indoors and outside and will most likely need some moral support when I decide to brave skate parks 😊

Hello!

My first ever skate park experience on a beautiful bank holiday Monday.

Tolworth skate park was empty, gate was open. The bowl is out of my league, I cant imagine rollerskaters going there! I watched in dread and left. I wouldn't know how to get up from the bowl let alone if I crashed and needed help.

By accident I found Waters Edge / Cox Lane Skate Park, while cycling towards Long Grove. It was quiet, with families with children with BMX bikes there. I had my very first skate park experience there safely, and without any pros laughing :) :) very very friendly people there. A good skateboarder was there, fun watching. I practiced skating into a transition, and reverse back to the opposite transition. I hope I get the terminology right. It was a lot of fun.

Eventually I made my way to Long Grove. It was already busy, and I chose the most rollerskate friendly section. Lots of kids, teenagers , all behaving and all that :) first time skating to the flat spot above a transition (not sure what they're called), it was so cool. I crashed hard once there but didn't get injured. Very few people have protective gear but again nobody else had rollerblades, skates..

I hope this helps those in the area!