![]() ![]() Nothing comes close to the feeling of smooth wheels on even smoother wooden floor, and Adult Nights at rinks consist of mostly Black and POC folx executing Olympian-level dance moves on their skates, with a seemingly effortless finesse and swag. Without a doubt, my favorite place to roller skate is “the Wood” aka the wooden floors at The Rink at Delanco in Edgewater Park, New Jersey. Shayna "Pigeon" Meikle, owner of Pigeon's Roller Skate Shop in Long Beach, California, and founder of the Los Angeles-based Beach Cities Roller Derby league We all have to fall, but knowing how to do it correctly gives you so much confidence, so it's essential to enjoying your time on wheels.” Learn from the pros-and get the right gear And learn to fall safely! It will save you a lot of pain and hesitation when learning new tricks. I have a series of tutorials I just finished with which you can watch on their IG Live-plus, get all the tips you can by asking more experienced skaters around you. ![]() ![]() Getting used to the balance and feeling of wearing them is really useful before you hit the pavement or rink, or my favorite place to skate, between Santa Monica and Will Rogers beach they just recently repaved the path and it is super smooth and super wide. My tip is to start slow-lacing up at home and spending time just standing in your skates, preferably on carpet or a rug at first. ![]()
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