Starting doing something you’ve never done before? Getting back into something you used to do? Is it fun and exciting? Is it challenging?

I recently starting to learn roller skating (quad skating). It is so thrilling! I can’t do a lot yet, I can barely stop, can’t skate backwards, and definitely no transitions. I can skate forward, scissor, scooter push, and I am getting tight with turns.

I take classes on the weekends, which are an hour, and then I skate 3 more hours in the regular session.

I am inching my way through the fundamentals, and I am not falling as often as I did just a week ago. I am wearing a helmet, because I care about my head, but I have become comfortable enough to take it off since it is not required, just wrist guards.

I own my own skates, Riedell R3s with Sonar Caymans (indoors), and Sketchers 4 Wheelers (outdoors), which I modified by replacing the plastic plates and trucks with Sure-Grip Super X. Now they are not so scary.

ALSO! I just got my first skate board! I walked into a local skate shop I had no idea existed until someone mentioned it, and only went in to see what offerings they had for roller skates so I would not have to order online. They got wheels and bearings, plus tools and protective gear, which is all I need and expected.

I walked out with an 8.5 Real deck (recycled), Ventura trucks, Slime Balls 78a wheels, Bones Reds bearings, and black tape. Assembly was free in-house and the dude got it together under 10.

I have yet to ride it, but I learned there is a skate park near me, so I have a lot to look forward to!

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  • dill@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Don’t learn to ride at the skatepark, go to big smooth parking lot. Top floor of a parking garage is usually empty and nice and buttery concrete.
    Also, DONT PUSH MONGO!

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOP
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      1 year ago

      Thank you for the advice! I definitely plan to watch a lot of youtube videos before taking it out to the street. I am so not ready for a skate park, I just love the discovery of one near me.

      I will be on the lookout for smooth asphalt. The roads were I live are awful.

      I shall not push mongo!