Best Skate Helmet

So you’re a beginner to skateboarding, longboarding, rollerskating, rollerblading, or ice skating. Or you’ve earned some boarding experience and are now looking to get into tougher riding styles such as freeride or downhill skating. Whether you’re new to skating or have been skating for a while, covering your noggin with a worthy brain bucket is … Read more

Best Rollerblades Ever

It’s like the 1990s all over again. It seems like there’s someone skating on rollerblades pretty much everywhere I look these days. And some Generation Xers are coming back to inline skating after a 20-year hiatus. This is a good thing because inline skating burns calories and could even help you make friends. If you’re … Read more

Differences Between Rollerskating and Rollerblading

differences between quadskates vs rollerblades

Rollerskates vs. Rollerblades, what’s the difference? Quite a few performance and design aspects distinguish rollerskates from rollerblades. In this post, I describe the differences between roller skating and rollerblading. I also explain the differences between roller skates and rollerblades. By the way, roller skates are also known as quad skates while rollerblades are also known … Read more

Best Inline Skate Wheels for Asphalt

best inline skate wheels for asphalt

What happens when you have every piece of equipment you need for your next outdoor inline hockey game but your skates just won’t roll? Because you mounted useless wheels onto the chassis? Nothing! Until you take action and equip your skates with proper outdoor inline hockey wheels, nothing happens. And that’s where this guide on … Read more

Best Inline Skates for Rough Roads

Best Inline Skates for rough roads

Skating on rough roads entails more than merely blading outdoors. It’s riding your rollerblades over insanely rough terrain, over extremely uneven surfaces that overwhelm any wheels smaller than 100mm. Blading overly demanding off-road riding environments necessitates riding the best inline skates for rough roads your budget can accommodate. Related: Best Inline Skates for Wide Feet … Read more

Best Rollerblades for Wide Feet

best rollerblades for wide feet

Shopping for good inline skates and other types of rollerblades has always been a little confusing. But when it comes to choosing the best rollerblades for wide feet, the process tends to get even more challenging. For some reason, skate companies don’t indicate the width of their boots. They leave it all to you to … Read more

Why is Skating So Tiring? Find Out Now

Ice skating is a lower-impact exercise compared to biking and running, but it’s also a full-body workout that can be totes tiring. And the same goes for skateboarding, roller skating, and inline skating. Skating, like running, uses pretty much every muscle of the body. Naturally, these muscles get tired after some time working out. But … Read more

Inline Skate Frame Buying Guide

inline skate frames Buying guide

Maybe you’re looking to buy your first-ever pair of beginner skates for rollerblading. Or you’re hunting around for the best components so you can build your skates from the ground up. Without good frames to mount your inline skate wheels onto, you won’t like your skates/skating very much. In this inline skate frame buying guide, … Read more