All About Inline Skating/Roller Blading

[Swimclasses2012]

I picked up roller blading from youtube and practiced on my own. Its quite simple. Afterwhich, i teached my kids how to skate. You may want to try my method if you have the time. Cheer... :siam:

[Blessed Homemaker]

Where to find K2 and Rollerblades? I’ve been to a few shops along ECP, they have very limited models.

[cantbearit2]

Blessed Homemaker:

Where to find K2 and Rollerblades? I've been to a few shops along ECP, they have very limited models.

Hee...juz went dn to skateline shop at 269 Upper Paya Lebar & bought some skates for my DDs & myself. U can check it out.

[cimman]

Swimclasses2012:

I picked up roller blading from youtube and practiced on my own. Its quite simple. Afterwhich, i teached my kids how to skate. You may want to try my method if you have the time. Cheer... :siam:

in the early days, there were no lessons, no instructors and no group. One just put on a pair skate and roll..... ah, those were the good ole days, wild, free and experimental. Nowadays, things are so well defined. Gone are the pioneering days... There were no lessons to catch butterflys, no lessons to learn how to catch grasshoppers, heck, no lessons even for badminton, but we picked it up anyway.

[micollh]

DS started Inline skating with InlineX on weekends, after 2nd lessons, we bought her a set of her skates and guards/hat… as the gear tt’s available for used provided by inlineX is either too big, stink and loose… they should look into this to up their standard… but so far, the young instructors are ok, they manage to guide the kids from zero skill to now, after 4 lessons, DD can skate on her own… pretty impressive !! do try it out !

[Blessed Homemaker]

Thanks! I bought mine online from US.

cantbearit2:

Blessed Homemaker:

Where to find K2 and Rollerblades? I've been to a few shops along ECP, they have very limited models.

Hee...juz went dn to skateline shop at 269 Upper Paya Lebar & bought some skates for my DDs & myself. U can check it out.

[coolit]

There are some groups or organisations that do it at the void deck, i saw such groups before. Does anyone know of reputable ones that do this? - go to your house void deck to conduct lessons?

[justlynne]

micolh, oh no, sorry to hear about that.


My colleague was just telling me a similar not so positive experience with inlinex too. For her case, she went for the holiday camp and got the so called ‘free skates’ and it turned out the class size was big, got sales talk, terrible, service and skates also too big. Big skates are a no no, can twist ankle from what i understand. just be careful, If the deal sounds too good, there’s bound to be some compromise.

But to be fair, on the rental gears, i think should not rent lah, cos it is shared sweat and smells. should buy the gears…i think not unique to that skate school.

(this is our personal and probably biased comments, your own experience may differ from ours, we are just sharing our two cents views)

[i3mum]

Does anyone has any feedback if a 2 hours roller blading camp (3 days- 2 hours each) is sufficient for a child to learn blading?

[cimman]

i3mum:

Does anyone has any feedback if a 2 hours roller blading camp (3 days- 2 hours each) is sufficient for a child to learn blading?

well, it all depends on how you define sufficient. You should be able to skate forward and brake in that time frame. However, some people skate like they're walking, so it all depends. Ideally, you should at least learn how to skate gracefully and at a brisk pace.

If you want to turn corners or put some speed into your skates, it will take longer than that.

I'm conducting a free Rollerblading class on 20 May, 2pm at McDonald's Bishan Park. The details are here: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=35511
If you're interested, do register your interest in the thread. I welcome parents to join in as well. It is always great to skate together as a family.