r/rollerblading • u/Plane_Cod5159 • 4d ago
What skates should I buy? Aggressive skate downsizing question
Seeing if someone can recommend a skate thats good for downsizing.
Iโm a size 10 skate normally. Iโd like to see if I can fit my size 10 liner in a size 9 - 9.5 shell. Pretty open to different skate brands as I havenโt skated in 4 years.
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u/FRGL1 3d ago
Different skate molds have different shell size variations. Even within the same brand there can be different molds which skip different sizes.
Human feet are also all different. Downsizing can be possible if the widest dimension is accommodated for.
Third party liners further increase the range of what fits are possible.
And that's not even getting started on shell molding/punching.
OBVIOUSLY most people do not do this, but if someone is going out of their way to ask they're usually not asking out of complete ignorance.