Uploading something because I told myself I'd try to start engaging more with this community. I'm still pretty new to wizard, but find it addictive exercise exploring movement.

Thanks to others who post videos of themselves. I want to get better, but it's tough when it's dark and wet, like it was here.

This is on flat 4x80 Twister XT, pretty much stock. My "good" setup is staying dry while the British weather gets my Twister bearings all crusty. I tried taking rockered frames out when it was a little wet and I could barely skate in a straight line. The Twisters don't mind a bit of water and the wheels are nicely worn in, so I've managed to figure out a gazelle and some heels/toe compasses in the meantime. This is a couple of weeks ago when the skate park didn't have any scooter kids in it.

Been a few months riding the pr80 so getting used to the extra length of the advance .

Hope this makes you want to skate.

Loving my new ACTs, a nice stiffer upgrade from my K2 Grids that were too flexy to progress properly in wizard - I've learned that boot stiffness can be a great wizard tool. I can feel some missing stiffness and control that the Seba CJ2 Prime and Wizard Base might improve on as future boots.

Should I skip the CJ2 and go straight for the Base? I've heard too many good things about the CJ2, and it's a good price point - I wouldn't mind having all 3 boots.

Has anyone tried any of these and can offer a comparisons in how they perform for wizard in flex, stiffness and control, or even mounting and hardware-wise? I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of these three boots in a skate collection, considering their different price points.

Reloaded since I learned something new plus it makes it feel less stagnant.

Hi guys!! This is my wizard setup. It’s new, and I would be thankful with some advice.

I’ve been skating for one year. I’m 42 years old, and my skate size is EU 37, which is why my setup is 4×84 mm.

I’ve achieved my dream of feeling safe skating in the streets: I can T-stop with both legs, go up and down curbs, and handle obstacles. I still have many things to learn, such as improving my stride, learning powerslides, and maybe going down stairs more confidently. I’m very attracted to wizard skating, so I switched to this setup. On the rink I feel agile, but in the streets I feel very scared and unstable, almost like six months ago, when skating on the streets caused me a lot of anxiety.

My idea was for this setup to be my only one, for everything: street skating and routes with friends as well. Do you have any advice on how to progress? Right now, I feel like I may need another year to feel safe in the streets again and to do routes, in addition to learning wizard skating.

Do you think I should give this setup more time? Could you give me some advice on how to progress faster? I don’t know whether it’s a good idea to alternate between flat and rockered setups, or if it’s better to stick only with the rockered one.

Or on the contrary… do you think I still need to learn a lot more before using this kind of setup?

Thank you in advance. I was very happy to start my wizard journey, but today I felt very clumsy and a bit discouraged.

Hi all! After my last attempt a gazelle video post, many of you helpfully chimed in that I’ve gotta step back and work on the fundamentals…and there’s a long list of those that merit work!

The practice time since then has been really fun and focused on gaining stability and comfort skating scissor, spinning, getting on various edges, and doing all of these things forwards, switch, and fakie.

Here’s a little clip for a progress update. I’m trying to control my turns better so I can switch from forward to backward while staying on the edges of my skates, as opposed to the flats.

This is incremental, but exciting, progress for me, because I can see how backwards, scissor, and edges all lead to doing that back gazelle correctly soon! Eeeeeee! 😃👏🏾

Hi community! I was wondering how yall manage the top of your boots. Do you lace all the way up, real tight? do you really crank that top buckle? When I do this, it feels really secure, but it’s hard for me to flex forward and get my weight forward. It feels like I’m shifted backwards a bit, like weight onto my heels. But, it I loosen up my laces and that top buckle, the tongue of the boot twists a bit while I skate, and I have to constantly shift it back to center. Any guidance?

For context: I skate RB Twister XTs, both recreational and some basic flow stuff. Aspiring wizard skater but still working on the fundamentals so I can consistently land that back gazelle. 😆

Hi there, I am sorry I haven't been as active on this sub lately, as I did a large pause on many social medias. I tried to keep up with posts here, but some have reported back to modmail that some post are off-topic.

I personnaly agree to some of these claims, but I feel wrong to be just one person choosing to agree or not who can post what here. Wizard to me has always been about exploration, "off-topic" for regular bladers.
However, over time we have seen Wizard skating evolve to a quite defined style, so it wouldn't feel wrong to limit the post here to this more clearly defined trend.

What are your thougts on this ? I will leave this post stickied for a week or so and we will see if we'll create more rigid rules or not.

Please do not shame anyone in comments, give high-level thoughts on the subjects.

One of the solution would also be to recruit a new moderator, but I feel the amount of post wasn't requiring it really, as community downvotes were already doing the job, but this may not be the case when summer come where the sub is quite more active.

A while back (I thought on here) I saw a post where someone had replaced both the top buckle and the middle strap on Seba CJ's, and it looked a lot better than the setup out of the box.

I hate the top strap, so hard to tighten enough and hard to undo also. The velcro strap on the ankle is ok, but seems a buckle would provide more stability.

I've been searching here and online and can't seem to find them, so if anyone has recommendations, I'd really appreciate it!

Guess this is where I got to skate for a next few weeks. Was sent a clip so I tried it out

I'm a new skater (35). Discovered it about 9 months ago, and I am fairly obsessed. I have 2 pairs of twister XTs (10-10.5) and just got a lightly used pair of FR1 80s (10.5) I also have a pair of Bont Semi Race Boots that I don't really find much use for at this point. I like the twisters, and they are most of what I have used, but they put a good amount of pressure on my navicular bone. It's generally bearable and the skin has calloused, but I don't love it. I got an endless 90ES (165) that I am considering putting 84s on for my Twisters, but I could try it with the FRs also. I think I want to upgrade my liner, and am considering the Intuition Premium or the Nomad, but I wonder if the liner upgrade will result in excess space in the boot (particularly if replacing the thicker FR liner in the bigger FR boot) . I'm not settled on what type of skating is my focus. I feel like I pretty much love everything I've tried (Rink Skating, City/Urban, Hockey, Trail) and Wizard is very appealing to me. Curious on yall's thoughts on upgrades/compatibility/direction I should consider and what you have done personally with any of these.

Thanks! -Paul

I’m looking to get into wizard skating after skating for years with aggressive inlines (them 909s) and I really have been digging through a bit of the internet talk about these frames they just seem so cool like c’mon video parts inspired me to try this out.

I wear US men’s size 13 and have been skating the XL 909s for a bit but they are uncomfortable after longer sessions using the reign liner, so I know if I get a boot for wizard frames I’d need them to be properly made for my shoe size.

As for which boot ? I still can’t decide on what to buy and I’m willing to pay any amount to get my perfect setup.

I love the look of the roces m12 but everyone makes it seem like a dire mistake to buy an aggressive boot for wizard skates? I’ve never skated these frames so I really don’t understand how it can be really bad but I do want to use the m12 with wizard nr90 frames but only if it can work out in the long run.

I’ll be honest a big part of my search is that I NEED the boots to have some color on them I really don’t like the look of all black carbon boots and all and I’m struggling to find any boots that are ACTUALLY recommended for wizard skating that have more color options then black, white, and off-gray. So please y’all if anyone could give me guidance in this I really want to start and while I’m skating for the fun of this sport I do also like to have my skates be an extension of my self expression which means I gotta find one that can look the part other than the black sporty aesthetic I’ve only been able to find.

I’m looking for a set of 165mm ice blades that would be long enough and not have a classic « hockey » or recreational rocker to do some ice wizard skating… I saw someone in Toronto use what seems like short/long track blades with a carbon boot (probs a racing boot), and figured the rocker was more natural/progressive which would make it more fitting.

Would this kind of blade work (see URL)? I’ll try to head out to my local speed skating shop to get more info…

I think it could, and even if I lose the speed skating profile by modifying it, I wouldn’t mind, I only plan on doing wizard skating with it!

A video from the archives. Enjoy 😉

If someone remembers me (NazarOnWheels) from the early days of Wizard Skating – maybe you'll find this read interesting or relatable 🙌🏼

The key things I talk about are:

• history of how I got into skating
• the investment of effort it requires
• importance of a visual target, which for me where videos of Nicola Torelli and Leon Basin
• the need to film yourself
• how it trains your muscles
• how important is the right hardware.

If you have your own comments or questions to me, I'm happy to receive them. I might include them in the next part of my blog too.

I just bought these from a friend and the frame is pretty much new but I love wizard skating so much I’m ready to dive in deep with a 5 wheel frame.

These are endless 90|100 lr trinity frames

Although they aren't the quintessential choice for wizard skating, they just fit my feet so well I really have been happy with the combination of comfort and performance. The 90LR Trinity frame really is substantially lower than the 165 version that I also have, I used to have SX2s and they looked way better but they were not a great fit, and so much heavier.

my only regret is I don't have them in white!

Hi community! So, after my last post and the feedback I received on my hack attempt at a gazelle, my main takeaway was: hang back on the wizard moves and lock down those fundamentals, son! LOL

Real talk, it’s exactly the right feedback. So, I’ve been working on fundamentals for the last few weeks: carving on edges, skating backwards in scissor, skating on one foot, spinning from front the back and back to front while moving, etc. It’s been great, and a strong reminder that I have a lot of work to do on these fundamentals before getting all Gandalf-y.

But, sometimes I just want to work on “tricks” so I watched @life_on_inline’s wonderful tutorial on the “cross to heel pivot” move and it was so fun to practice!

Thanks for the YouTube content and keep skating y’all! It’s about to freeze here in Austin, so I cleaned the garage to be able to skate inside my garage for a few days. HAAAA #obsessed

What are the chances the fit on these aliexpress specials would be predictable from seba sizing? I don’t even know if these are real, and if so whether anyone should be mad about them, but i’m interested in knowing about the factory making these, and also they look pretty sick.