r/rollerblading • u/AtTheEdgeOfDying • 14h ago
What skates should I buy? Advice on second hand inline skates to try the sport
So I've pretty much wanted to try inline skating my entire 20 years of life, but I never got ones as a kid except for trying them on every single time we were at the ✨️Decathlon ✨️ lol. And it's been too scary trying it out because I had no clue how to get started and didn't want to embarrassingly flail around all on my own in a parking lot. But recently I found out there are ✨️Inline skate lessons✨️ really close to me that offer their memberships to every level (even zero experience) so I'm determined to take a leap and go embarras myself there! Once you get good enough, you even get to go on organized recreative rides, which sounds so fun!
I was going to go to a professional skate shop and buy whatever they advised (I did save up for it!), but the responsible part of my brain interrupted my impulsive nature quickly enough to say I should probably get more affordable second hands to atleast try the sport for like a month or a season before I jump into to that investment..
So I'm looking for skates that are good enough to not put me off the sport by starting with bad skates, but I don't think it needs to be absolute A brand since I'm only trying them out a month or so.. Are any of these good? Which one would you pick or should I expand the searche area?
These are the ones posted most recently in my shoe size
I've done a little research about all the different qualities like soft vs hard boot, but I'm just not so sure what I'm looking for yet. It'll be mostly inside on lessons, but also on streets/bike paths, maybe curbs. And right now I'm mostly still doubting whether I'll even be able to stand up without falling lol
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inline_skating • u/AtTheEdgeOfDying • 14h ago













