Any advice on rollerblading?
412913
A lot of sporting goods stores now sell padded shorts, a sort of "tush cushion" You might want to look into a pair as usually anyone learning to balance on ice skates or roller blades for the first time end up "sitting down" a lot in a BIG hurry. A piece of safety equipment overlooked till the bottom is sore. LOL
240819
practice and keep skating!work on your turns and skating technique and speed will come!
208453
Put band-aids on your heals at the first sight of a blister...\nAlso keeps it from burning....
333843
I am an ice skater and i had the same problem as you. You just need to go on it a lot and get friends to help or a lesson!
240375
you don't need an instuctor, it's hard at first, but it's very easy to learn.  Just have a friend of yours learn w/you or help you out every time you decide to go on a walk.  She walks, you try and rollerblade and she'll help.  I learned in my court.  I just kept trying every night, going in a circle until I got it.  Don't worry you'll get it.
415867
This is gonna sound funny, but it's not. There is a park in the South Hills called South Park. There is a 2 mile bike path all along the main road [flat], and walking trails [hills] throughout the park. Perfect place to rollerblade. I live 5 minutes away and that's where we always go to blade. They even have a deck hockey rink for public use if your into playing hockey while rollerblading.\nHave Fun.
464787
go to a outdoor/sporting goods store and buy a sharping stone then just glide the blade along the stone but be careful not to cut your self!
616065
find the right size skates, lace them up properly. the skate blade should feel like an extension of your foot. no ankle bending if you lace em up right. hope you have good balance! keep practicing, soon you will skate like the wind.
111671
This is your lucky day!  I used to teach skating lessons back when people skated on 4 wheelers.  I'm assuming they still come equipped with a rubber toe stop on the front.  The first thing to learn is to drag the toe stop behind you while skating forward and slowly bring yourself to a stop.  Once you've mastered this, you'll realize how geeky it is.\n\nThe next thing to do is to learn how to skate backwards.  Starting at a standstill with your toes pointed together, force your feet apart in an outwards motion and then bring them back together again.  Sort of like doing an hourglass over and over.  This will get you going in a backwards motion.  To stop, simply lean forward on both toe stops.  It's fun when you're going fast.\n\nAs you become better, you'll learn how to stop without the toe stops when you're skating forward.  One way is to drag one foot behind the other in a sort of t-shape.  So instead of dragging the toe stop, you're dragging the inner front and rear wheel of the skate that's stopping you.\n\nEventually, you'll learn how to stop much the way skiers do, by turning both skates sideways and catching the inner edge of the right foot and the outer edge of the left foot at the same time.
463216
Well you should start taking lessons or get a coach that can help you or just ask people in the rink if you have any specific questions
170435
Well . . . first, get a really good handheld video camera. Find a few places to skate Then the best way is to tape your friends naturally. You get problems if you start controlling moves. You'll be amazed of the stuff you get when you let your skating flow. It may take hours of filming. When you get enough of what you want, use a computer program, like MovieMaker, and put it all together. Be careful. :)
656889
Work on style.  Learn how to flex your knees more.  If you dig ramps, keep your back foot off the tail, but centered over the bolts...\n\nLearn to use your shoulders to control your board.  That's actually the big secret in skating, that using your shoulders teaches you how to steer and pivot
420249
it's probably possible, but start off with the basics and focus on breaking the skates in. after if you can't do your one foot spin, try something else unless you HAVE to do it. otherwise, do another move. maybe one foot spins and work your way up. contact your local rink.(i've been skating since i was four so i should know)
1181124
Start by making the letter "C" with each skate (obviously the left one will be a backwards "C").  Make sure to bend at the knees.\n\nOnce you get that mastered, you can try and learn how to crossover going backwards, which you can do quicker...and it looks pretty cool, too.
1085856
Learn to defend yourself.. martial arts, or keep a brick in your purse, so when you swing it... ouch. Swiss army knives are good to have, as well, but only in close combat.... high heels and pointy toes are good. Screw metal onto your heel of the shoe. guys or girls. Metal hurts when you squish somebody's foot, it has happened to me... Preferably something sorta like tap shoes would work.
317216
http://www.londonskaters.com/main_how_to.htm\n\nThis link has some tutorials for the advanced inline skater
214421
yea dont give up, it may seem hard at first but once you get used to it, its easy. ive been skating since i was 6 and i am pro now and im only 13 good luck