A question for everybody...

[warthog]

Has anybody out there in computer land ever been on Rollerblades???My wife and I are buying some tomorrow...We have never been on them;we know it will be a learning experience;and a lot of good exercise...Bless my wife,she has lost almost 50 lbs.now;and is becoming Mrs.Twiggy!!Last week she told me "ITS FOR ME-AND ITS ALL FOR YOU ONLY"...if ya get the drift...

 

[Pete in MI]

sold them at the yard sale and had never put them on in all that time.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

my kids love them! Just be careful! Congrats to the wife!

 

[AllenOK]

many, many, years ago. It can be a lot of fun. I will admit, I wasn't very good at it, but, I could at least get from Point A to Point B. No backwards skating, cross-over skating (accelerating in a turn), or any of that "extreme" skating stuff.

Make sure that you get some decent pads, knees, wrists, and elbows, and a good helmet. I've taken a few rather nasty spills, and the pads saved me from some severe road-rash.

HH from Allen in OK

 

[warthog]

n/t

 

[Pete in MI]

100 feet above lake level is not a downward hill I want to take on skates...unless a parachute is attached to slow me down.

 

[Hotcz70]

Seriously though...they can be a lot of fun. When my daughter was younger...we went all the time. Buy the elbow and knee pads....you'll need them!

 

[Mike Chgo area]

n/t

 

[TuckyTector(InezKY)]

a cross between Ice Skates and Roller Skates. I've been on them a couple times(and didn't fall). If you can roller skate you shouldn't have any problem with roller blades.
God Bless
HH
KY Bud