I've been ice skating for 8 years? Am i a loser?
829644
I don't know how to skate at all. I admire your skill.
851198
Try going to Play it Again Sports or a store like that and find a pair of used skates and experiment with what kind of skates that feel comfortable. \nRegular skate sharpenings will keep the edge on your skates.
251569
it takes good ballence - just get on the skates and practice.  I live near San Francisco, CA, but don't skate because of ballence issues
281713
get a trainer,have a freind help you,practice,try challenging your self,and you can have a older person you know that knows how to play hockey compete against you .you know what i dont even know how to play or any thing i am just a good answerer.lol! good luck
863447
dude you just gotta practice.  thats the only way your gonna get better.  if your serious about skating then thats what you should concentrate on.  most of my friends including myself skate but they are almost all way better than me.  thats all they do.  as for the moving ollie just do the same as you do when your not moving.  dont think about it, just do it
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
898505
pratice at home thats wat i did and i was lv 8 then i quit but go to open gym on saturday if u can and stretch alot u will get there soon belive me i thought i was never goin to get out of lv 4 but i did.\n\n                             Good luck :-) !!!
608446
Not hard at all geezer if there is an ice rink near to you then all you have to do is go down and ask at the main desk most ice rinks have a quite established league and are always looking for new people to join in. If they cant give you an answer there is always the local show off on the ice who more than likely plays hockey just ask him
152336
I have no idea but if you want to join I think you should start practicing for what you would like to do like figure skating or somthing.
1003640
I am not a swimmer or into gymnastics but i have been a figure skater for 10 years. I am 14 now. Some sports is different timing. But ice skating takes so much time to learn everything to be in the Olympics. Also all of the sports that you have put in your question seem like sports that you have to be young and in shape to be good. So start them young with there sports. But if you want to jump into it right now it may work depending on how much effort you give.
994348
Ive been skating for about a year and ive gotten pretty good. the fist thing ur gonna want to learn is manualing (doing a wheely on ur board). once u can do that for a while. learn to ollie, that should olny take about a week or two. then u will want to learn to do a pop shove-it. then u can pretty much take it from there.\ngood luck!
26125
I did both.\n\nFrom my experience, it is easier to rollerblade than to ice skate.\n\nAlthough, when you first learn it, it is easier to fall while rollerblading than ice skating.
433558
Alright man. I had the same problem when I first started skateboarding. I thought that if I bought a cheap wal-mart board then it wouldn't be any good and I would never progress. I eventually bought the cheap board after some thinking. I spent about a whole month just riding up and down my street without doing any tricks. Then, I started trying to ollie. After a couple of weeks I finally got my ollie. \n\nOnce I learned how to ollie, I got interested in skateboarding more. So I saved up some money and finally bought a decent board. My first was a Girl Board. When I was riding it, I felt so good. I skated SOO MUCH BETTER than on my other cheap board. It was a great feeling.\n\nIn conclusion, you don't need to buy some big-shot board at the beginning. Just buy a cheap board and then progress later on. Even if the board does have plastic wheels or whatnot, BUY IT ANYWYAY and just spend hours practicing on it. Then, when you learn some stuff, buy a good board and you will be skating like you have never been before. \n\nHope that helped. Good luck.
800148
Asher j you asked this question before, so I'm going to give you almost  the same answer as before.\n\nI think you're about 3 yrs to late, you should have had a Coach / Trainer at 13 years of age and been training at that point, but if you want it bad enough and are willing to work I'd say you had a shot.\n\nRemember if you choose to do this it becomes your ( job / career ) it's not just the glory you see on Television, you will eat and sleep bicycles seven days a week.
1138662
Okay..\nI'm 13..\nI'm on a mini skate team..\nNOT QUITE SKATERS\n\ntry to make a website on www.freewebs.com\n\nand for the manager thing and logo thing,,,,\nfind someone who you are friends with who skates, maybe someone somewhat older..\ndont go find like some creepy 30 yr old guy...\njust do it for  fun too..\nif your trying to make $$$$ with this.. you aint gonna get any....\n\nvisit our site.....\n\nfreewebs.com/notquiteskaters\n\n\ni would've put the www. but it didnt fit
286878
aww how do i learn to be a skater why do you want to know poser  stop being such a poser
982943
it depends...how often do you skate?have you been to any skateparks?are you comitted to skating?