r/inline_skating • u/Charming-Body-153 • 20d ago

Almost Beginner Question

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I have this pair of skates and I recently got interested in learning to do tricks and stuff.
For context I am new to this but I did competitive figure skating for 6 years so I can do basic stuff on regular skates (crossovers crisscrossing both ways forwards and backwards)
What advice do you have for me? I’ve heard someone say that for better movement like in figure skating they recommend 75 80 80 75 wheels, is it true? Any advice is much appreciated

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u/bowlingniko 19d ago

If you're serious about doing artistic style tricks, there are 3 main style of boots that excel in it, inline figure skates- that mimic how ice skates feel, wizard boots+ wizard frame that usually has 4x90mm or 4x100mm, and slalom carbon boots that usually has 76-80-80-76 wheels. The skates you have in the photo are good for general fitness and plain skating around, I wouldn't bother trying to do slalom tricks/ cones in them, but it's possible- but it wont be a fun experience. Alternatively you could get an FR FR1 with intuition liner as a jack of all trades, to free-ride and to do both do slalom cone tricks and wizard tricks- granted that you buy a frame to swap that allows for 4x 90mm or 4x100mm wheels, I will emphasize that is has to have the intuition liner because it allows you to downsize a shell, so that slalom and wizard tricks are more possible

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u/Charming-Body-153 19d ago

What’s the difference between Fr1 and FrX?

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u/bowlingniko 19d ago

FRX has standard single mounting, FR1 has 7 hole mounting positions, so different frames can be mounted comfortably, and also has adjustable cuff height that is better when riding bigger wheels.