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She Was a Sk8r Girl☆Trying Rollerblading For the First Time as An Adult

I had a pair of rollerblades when I was a kid that were given to me by a family friend. From time to time I'd mess around on them, riding up and down the hallway in my house but I never really had the confidence or dedication to practice with them enough to actually get halfway decent. Over the last few years though, I've been seeing lots of cute videos on social media and the occasional skaters out in public so my interest in skating grew and I developed the desire to take up the activity again as an adult.

I wanted to get rollerblades (inline skates) rather than quads as these were the types of skates I'd had as a child, plus I'd also wanted to take up ice-skating which is fundamentally the same procress as rollerblading. I did go ice-skating a couple of years back and really enjoyed it. Things did get busy however, and I haven't been since but I do definitely want to try going again.

 

A couple of weeks ago I bought a pair of rollersblades and a set of pads (knees, elbows, and wrist guards) secondhand online. It took forever for me to finally get the chance to properly try them out (there were so many rollerskating events in Birmingham over the past few weeks but things kept getting in the way of me attending annoyingly) but today I was actually able to go to the park and skate a little.

 

It was a bit scary at first. I inititally started skating in an area of the park where I hadn't realized there was a slight slope so you can imagine my surprise and horror as my feet started rolling along without my permission. We eventually found an area that was more level though so I was slowly able to get the hang of the basic movements that I'd learnt beforehand from watching YouTube videos.

 

On the way back though - after a mostly successful first attempt - I fell on my bum which in itself is not surprising, but sadly on the way down one of the straps on my skates snapped! I was so sad as I'd only just got them, it was literally my first time using them, and I only fell once for the whole trip and that was enough to break them. It's probably my own fault though, for buying the cheapest secondhand skates I could find. I'll either have to invest in a newer pair or see if I can replace the strap. 

 

Aside from the little hiccup at the end, I really enjoyed skating and can't wait to try it again. Hopefully I'll be albe to attend an event sometime soon as they look like a lot of fun. 

Did you skate as a kid? Or perhaps, you still do it now? If you've never skated, is it something you'd like to try in the future? Let me know in the comments!


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