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Just started inline skating again at 40 (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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I went ice skating for the first time in 30 years back in January, and started inline skating again after. I skated some when I was a kid, but I am now better than I was then. I am working on wolverines/turns right now. It's really fun, but I need new wheels on my hand-me-down skates.

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'm happy that skating is coming back. I always preferred it to a bike

Definitely get wrist guards and a helmet! For the hips, nowadays there are also pads for those

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Is inline coming back? I have a much younger sister in college and I she was wearing some really 90s looking jeans a bit back. I really hope inline does make a comeback, because I love skating and it's like $15 to skate for 2 hours at the ice rinks, and $12 dollars at the big indoor inline rink nearby. Skating is so fun, and I get to use my muscle memory from childhood.

    I do need to get new wheels, new bearings, plus at least wrist guards. Wrist guards are more important I think because you can fall pretty well using your skates and wrist guards, so I think it's probably safer to have guards alone rather than a helmet alone, but I am a broke former skateboarder, so I know what risk is. I am broke as hell right now though, otherwise I'd buy both.

    I'd love to start a group skate along either the 202 Parkway Trail or the Peace Valley Trail if anyone is around the BucksMont area in Pennsylvania.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Oh yeah. At least in Poland, among the millenials. When I was getting back into it a few years ago I was rather "one of the weirdos" on the bicycle lanes. Even though "nightskating" groups have already existed it wasn't that common sight on a regular day. Few years later I stopped saying "hi" to other skaters because the other side was more often weirded out on me saying "hi" than seeing another skater - clear sign that it became more popular

    As for a skate group - maybe that would be a use-case for fedihood?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    I am a former comp sci major but no experience running an actual service, but yea anything to promote skating would be good. I never see anyone on inlines. Inlines skaters were called fruit booters in the US back in the day. Homophobic slur thing, so it was never as popular as skateboarding. That is sort of why I didn't start again sooner really.

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