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| General skating usually including a brake on one foot | Used when playing hockey - have close together wheels for fast turns and no brakes | 4 Wheels but side-by-side - as I remember when I was a lad :) | A cross between Recreational and Hockey (a bit more comfy) - good for cones | Small wheels and a sturdy boot - used for street skating e.g.: grinding | Ice hockey skates |
The skates have bearings : these are ABEC rated - the higher the number the faster they will spin. The rating is in odd numbers up to 9. ABEC 5 is reasonable. Modern skates feel very fast when you first try them but on a nice flat surface it's not too bad and you'll soon be able to manage them. Buying slow skates means you will probably want to change them later.
Skates have wheel in different sizes. The bigger the wheels then the easier it is to go over small stones outside but they aren't so manoeuvrable inside (i.e.: on cones)
Skates have frames in different sizes (where the wheels attach). The longer the frames then the bigger the wheels you can fit. Longer frames are more stable (at speed) but they make fast turning harder.
Some Skates have a brake - just one - which you can usually take off. Having a brake is good as a beginner, taking it off sounds madness but there are other ways of stopping than you can learn. Only leisure skates tend to have a brake as standard although you can buy brakes as accessories for Freeskates.
| Location | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Thornbury | Adult Skate 19:00 - 20:00 Main Hall |
Family Skate 18:30 - 20:30 |
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| Bradley Stoke | Family Skate 18:15 - 19:45 |
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| Yate | Family Skate 18:15 - 19:45 |
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| Cardiff | 2nd Saturday of Month |
www.spsc.org.uk - Stratford Park Skating Club at Stroud, Gloucestershire
www.downlandsartistic.co.uk - Sir Thomas Richies School, Gloucester
www.gloucesterboxers.co.uk - Roller Hockey in Gloucester at Sir Thomas Richies School
www.cardiffskate.co.uk - Skating in Cardiff, calendar and forum
www.skateaway.org.uk - Cardiff and South Wales
www.paris-roller.com - oh yes ! The ultimate Skate ! in Paris every Friday night at 10pm by the Montparnasse Tower
www.lfns.co.uk - The London Friday Night Skate (and Sunday Stroll) site
www.cskate.co.uk - This is a community site for anything to do with roller skating (inline or quad) in Camberley and the surrounding area (Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire)
www.goodwoodmarathon.co.uk - The Goodwood Roller Marathon
www.rollermania.com - In Bristol at 62 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5LE (0117) 927 9981
www.prolineskates.com - In Cardiff at 15-17 Wyndham Arcade, Cardiff CF10 1FJ (029) 20 237360
Skate & Ski - 104 High Street, Bristol, BS16 5HL (0117) 970 1356 - cannot find a website for this
www.serpentineroad.com - Named after the place in London to skate on a Sunday
www.skateaddict.org - Skating videos from London
www.skaliweb.com - Site of Barbaz Guillaume - just awesome skating videos and tutorials!