Thanks for pointing me to KORDHELL!
Sounds nice, would you share a video of someone skating the style you strive for?
I happened to listen to Look Mum No Computer when I started learning inline skating. Today, I still enjoy listening to these two albums in particular:
Also, I really enjoyed the track in the beginning of The Wizard of Wall Street, Slowdance, and sometimes listened to it when skating; unfortunately, I don’t like any of the artist’s other songs.
When I need something more upbeat, I often go for Thick Boy Records.
Currently I enjoy wizard skating the most: It’s full of technical challenges, but it also has a relatively low risk of injury.
I’d like to do more aggressive street stuff, but neither do I want to buy another pair of skates nor do I want to change frames frequently.
For now I’ll keep improving my wizard skills until I feel confident enough to try more park and street tricks.
These two videos convinced me to give wizard skating a try:
Previously I only skated quads, but I felt more comfortable on blades relatively quickly.
I’ll join you in your corner. 🫂
They really do look sleek, very nice!
What kind of surface do you usually skate on? Maybe your streets are more on the rougher side?
Also, the hardness of the wheels might not be optimal for durability.
When you decide to get new wheels you might check out this video first, it also talks about rotating the wheels (which, I suppose, is the same as twisting them?).
Thanks for the info, glad you found a nice setup! Never considered heating the boot itself, seems kinda risky.
It turned out that the Intuition liners do adapt to your feet after skating them for a while. I could even put the valcro butterflies back on for better responsiveness without introducing new hot spots.
How about the 2nd Skin liners? Did they require much breaking in? Or did they fit right away?
They do offer some strange technology. Even after reading most of their explanations I still don’t quite get how this kind of rockering is supposed to help but as I said, I have no clue about hockey. Anyway, fascinating stuff!
I created [email protected], a community for quad & inline skating. So far there was only a single post from someone other than me. 🥲
I’d also like to go much more niche with a community specifically for wizard skating. But considering the limited popularity of skating communities, there is no need to hurry creating that one.
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Nils Frahm, his albums are quite different from each other; here are some I like in no particular order: