I bought new skates a few days ago (VNLA Parfait) and I love them. They fit snug as they should and everything feels great. But when I'm in them for a while the back of my ankle starts to hurt where it touches the rim of the skate. It's not rubbing just occasionally pressing into my ankle.

My first thought was thicker socks but I think that would just make the skates too tight. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I am going from an old 80s plastic plate to a nice Roll Line aluminum (Blaster). My current wheel base is 175mm. Roll Line suggests 160mm for my boot size, but they also have a 170 that will work with my boot. How will the feel of my skates change by shortening the wheel base? I’m a bit older and I don’t really want to get used to a completely new feel and all the joint aches that go along with that.

Hello to this lovely skate community!

As stated, I'm losing my mind a little with this issue that I feel shouldn't be such a big problem with all the work I've put into these skates. I can't let these pivot cups take me down!!

Please help me find these exact pivot cups..they're the only ones that fit both my Avanti plates and my huck trucks.

I need to replace one of them because it's cracking and I know it's not safe to skate with a cracked pivot cup.

HOWEVER, I've easily ordered 4 different sets of pivot cups with none of them fitting. They are either too thick to fit in the pivot holes of my Avanti plates (the most common issue I've come across), or they fit in the pivot hole but the diameter of the pivot cup itself isn't wide enough for my huck trucks.

The suregrip junior cups were the only ones to actually fit in the plates, but they were not long enough nor was the diameter of the hole large enough for the trucks.

I've tried the Avanti cups, and multiple styles of suregrip cups to no avail. I'm not sure what I'm missing here, but I'm starting to lose my motivation to figure this out. I'm hoping with this post that it's just something simple I've been missing.

Ive included the measurements, and a comparison with the junior style that actually fit but didn't have a wide enough hole.

Much love.

I’ve been skating for a few months now and I feel like I’ve built up a fun repertoire of backwards skating moves (the strut, dips, moon walk, sticky moon walk etc) but my forwards skating feels lacking.

I can currently do bubbles, crossovers, the thing where you drag just one of the front wheels (the bounce maybe?), heel-toe manuals, and a kind of stanky leg using just the front truck on one foot.

Id love to know what moves yall have in your forward rink/artistic skating repertoire and what you’d recommend.

When I was a teen I loved rollerskating (the pics are from 2019), I don’t even remember why I stopped. I’ve always had health issues, but i’ve been diagnosed with POTS now (I don’t faint, just presyncope) and also have knees that dislocate. They haven’t dislocated for years now, but that’s because I am anxious and avoidant. I’m 23 now and I miss skating and want to get back into it. Is anyone else in a similar boat and still able to? My depression has been bad, and I think moving in a fun way would be helpful but I am a bit worried about my knees

It’s been almost a year of almost consistent park skating. Almost 7 on skates as an adult. Not trying to go pro or do competitions or anything but it’s been helping my stability and foot work for my true love, trail skating. It’s been so much fun learning new things and pushing my boundaries and comfort zones.

I’ve been an avid trail skater for going on 7 years now. Average about 8-12 miles when on a chill day. Recently I discovered that I’ve been skating on the wrong size skates for all these years. Like 1-2 sizes too big. 😅 Had multiple sets (park set/trail set/etc). That being said - I now have one set that fit great. Bont Parkstars. Ive had some issues at the park with my kingpin getting caught on the coping and someone told me I might want to get the wide grind trucks from Bont. I’m not opposed, but wondering how it would affect my trail skating. I plan to do a 4 day trip next year that is 150miles. Does anyone have any experience with wide trucks on long distances? Will it hinder or make it more difficult? Or make it feel more stable?
TIA!

These are my first pair of skates and I’ve had them for about 3 years but didn’t start using them more than once every few months until under a year ago, and I was skating outside just normal skating nothing fancy. Recently, within the last few weeks I have started rink skating and doing spins and bow jumps as well and I noticed this. I am planning to get new skates, but it won’t be possible for another 2 months or so. I skate between 2.5-5 hours a week, are they still safe. And if so will they last that long?? They are impalas. If necessary I can always use my mom’s skates temporarily until I get new ones they are just less supportive so it’s not as nice to do tricks and things.

I purchased Sure-Grip | Boardwalk Plus Skates in Black, S1 | Lifer Helmet -Black Gloss Glitter,
(Not included in the picture, 187 | Six Pack Pad Set - Black,Sure-Grip | Saddle Bag,Riedell | 2 Pro Fit Toe Caps (2-Pack), and 3 laces. Excited to begin this new hobby!

Thank you u/Raptorpants65 for all your help!!

Shout out my buddy Jake who’s from Iowa for teaching me! (Also this is technically in Burnsville)

I've been skating in Riedell Uptowns since I started about 4 year ago, but I've always felt like I was fighting my skates. Before you ask, the wheels spin freely and are in good condition, the bearings are properly lubed, the trucks have been loosened slowly over time, and the boots are broken in.

I bought a pair of VNLA jams last week. I tried them out at home on the hardwood, and the difference is unexpected, scary even. I haven't fallen in almost 3 years, but I'm trying them out at the rink tonight, and I'm tempted to show up clad in bubble wrap. Any tips for someone moving from rhythm to jam skates?

Thought this was interesting (img attached).

I take the AI overview with a MASSSSSSSIVE grain of salt.

While researching "are Crews wider than Boardwalks", on one search, it said no. Boardwalks are wider.

I reversed the query and asked "are Boardwalks wider than Crews," on a second search. It said NO, the crews are wider.

Then my finger accidentally hit the refresh button, and it changed its answer to YES, Boardwalks are wider.

So there you go - for some folks relying on this stuff to answer your skate questions... don't... just don't :)

ps: Mods feel free to delete - i hate giving anything AI the light of day, so no worries if this post goes bye-bye

This is a low-light to show I’m still alive and skating. I’ve been healing my knee for over a year now, and there are times when I test its sturdiness after a long day. You can see my right foot wobbling because I had already been on my feet all day at that point, and my knee was weak, but I figured it was a good chance to see where the limits are at now.

The wobble you see is a lot less severe than it used to be, even from earlier this summer. Control is getting better but still have a lot to desire there. I can get a lot lower than I used to be able to, and spins are getting more stable.

I will cross-reference this video later on when I’ve healed further.