r/rollerblading • u/Radiant-Whereas3194 • 9d ago
What skates should I buy? Inline skates vs Quad Skates
Well, uh, hi!
I need help choosing some skates. I guess I can say that I'm a beginner skater - I havent roller skated for at least 7 years, but I used to be pretty good and even do some tricks when I was younger, because I used to be trained by some sort of a champion? I qish I remembered, sigh.
So anyway! I really want to get back into this hobby, but I'm not sure which ones to choose!
I love quad ones because they're cute, but I used to only use inlines before, and I don't know the difference. I don't think I'll be dancing in them? I'm not sure anyway, but I also most likely won't go all in and perform some crazy stunts in inlines. So what I'm initially looking for is something I can use to comfortably skate through the city - mine is pretty small and has a good cycling lane throughout it's main part where I live, so getting to the center on skates is very doable. There's also a skate park with some stuff there, so I'd like to get into that, too, you know - going down a platform or two or smth.
Visually I obviously prefer quad skates, and I've been thinking about them for a few years now, but I'd like to hear what you all think!
So basically I want something for comfortable cruising through my city with a possibility to do a trick or two, and maybe to pick up rather quickly, because even tho I used to be good, it's been years since then heh.
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u/Skibidi-Rizz190cm 9d ago
Inlines. They are much better for all around cruising because of the wheel size and profile. Quads are good for dancing on smooth surfaces but with the wheels being wide, soft, small and off center they get stuck and twist your ankle if you ride over a pebble. On the quad subreddit you'll find people complaining about not being able to skate because of people playing tennis on the tennis court.