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Street skating is the most challenging of all disciplines but how do you know if your skills are up to it? Find out what street skating is and whether you’re ready for it with these pre-requisite skills before taking on your first street skate.
At some point in your roller skating journey you will want to learn how to skate backwards. It’s fun, it’s different and looks kinda cool, but when you first start skating backwards is difficult because your body and brain aren’t used to doing everything the wrong way around.
This video shows you how to get started with inline skating for beginners on rollerblades (a.k.a. inline skates). This tutorial on our Youtube channel is a quick summary of the most important basics you need (but it's by no means a thorough investigation as I've done...
If you’ve recently started quad skating and want to learn how to skate dance, let Asha guide you through your first steps in this video tutorial showing the best feet position and weight distribution for balance and stability.
Systematically Improve your skating stride with more power and efficiency by following this essential speed and fitness training drill video tutorial from Asha.
Learning how to skate backwards is a challenge that’s much harder to master without professional guidance on these best exercises and techniques to keep you rolling safely.
Learning how to stop on roller skates is undoubtably the biggest challenge for beginners when strapping wheels to your feet. Here’s 4 stopping methods every beginner should know.
Rollerskating on wet or damp surfaces creates extra challenges in stopping, turning and striding, whether you're on quads or inline skates, so it's useful to know how to adapt your skating so you can still get home when caught in the rain. You can make equipment...
The global pandemic has created a boom in rollerskating. Many beginner skaters have no doubt been enticed onto skates because it looks fun, free and judging by scores of videos on Instagram, (ours included?!) pretty cool. I can confirm after 37 years of skating...
Buying inline skates is exciting, but for the new beginner skater — unfamiliar with the many potential choices of boot, frame, and wheel — it's also daunting. But knowing what type of inline skating discipline interests you will help narrow the field. When you first...
If you're a beginner wanting to know how to start inline skating without getting hurt, you'll probably have a look online for tips and advice. But beware. A quick Google search of this question surfaces some shockingly bad advice for beginners. In particular,...
Skatefresh would be nothing without our students. We are proud of and grateful to every single one of them, whether they’ve attended classes in London or Brighton or are using our training courses online. Our most well-known student is Edwina Ellis (@edwina_l8rsk8r )...
Which is better for knee pain, soft or hard boots? This Blog Question came from Melissa Espy. A: I am so sorry to hear of your knee pain, I presume while you are skating. It’s very hard for me to know what’s wrong in your case: first, I am not a doctor, and second, I...
Many people take up skating later in life as a fun way to stay in shape and get fit. And skating for weight loss is definitely possible if you skate for increasing lengths of time with fairly constant exertion. Skating’s popularity as a fitness activity comes from its...
The 2020 pandemic quad skating revolution is here! This year there's been a huge increase in quad skating for beginners, with new ‘quaddies’ moving on from their few square metres of indoor-sheltered skate practice area onto car courts, park paths, bike...
Many beginner skaters when first starting out will ask themselves, is inline skating hard? And the answer: well, it's not easy. But that can always change, with practice. Attaching wheels to your feet is an altogether different reality to walking or running. No...
The short answer to whether rollerskating is good exercise, is “Hell yes! What are you waiting for?” Also known as quad skating, this is a great low impact way to exercise and a full-body workout. Even just standing and balancing on wheels requires you to engage your...
Most beginner skaters, are afraid of falling over, as they should be: it hurts! But falls are also opportunities for learning, whether on inline skates or quads. It's important to ask yourself, what, technically, caused the fall? Only awareness of this, and ability to...
There are plenty of differences between 3 and 4 wheel inline skates, including stability, height, manoeuvrability and speed. For many intermediate skaters looking to upgrade, the question of which wheels to choose and why, is a common one. In this blog I will answer a...
Q -Hi Asha. I am 29. I skated on and off since I was 8 but only recently I got excited and bought a new pair of roller blades. I am trying my best to learn how to push forward in the correct way (not the V-shape) and I am also trying to learn how to brake (following...