Roller-skating and ice-skating are two different things - I found that out the hard way.
I generally like white skates.
Largely, I began skating because I wanted stuff to do outside of school. My mom decided to put me into figure skating.
I like to skate on the other side of the ice.
I wasn't a great skater and I needed my skates to be perfect - really tight around the ankles. But I couldn't break in new ones because my feet would hurt so much. I wore a size 9 shoe and a 6.5 skate - my foot was really crunched.
I don't really remember a time younger than 5 years old that I didn't have skates on because all I can remember is every day, tying up my skates and a big smile on my face, excited to go on the ice.
People forget the skates are like knives. Those blades are constantly sharpened... that's why they sound the way they sound. They are blades.
For me, the first thing I do when I know I have to do the fastest skater is check my edges and make sure there's no nicks or anything like that.
I got a pair of roller skates for Christmas when I was 4 or 5 or something, so I had a pair as kid. But I also lived on a gravel road so I wasn't really skating up and down the street.
I want kids to enjoy skating and I think it's a great workout.
All I know is that skating is getting better, the guys are getting better throughout the whole age range.
I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
I have skated when I was a child, but it was just with our friends and our parents, no special technique.
