Hi all! I am a very inexperienced skating parent and I really appreciate the comments and advice that I've seen on this forum. Now I have a question that I would love to hear some thoughts on.
My 5 year-old daughter has been skating for a few months. We started out with used skates (Riedell) because I wasn't sure if she was going to keep up with the hobby but she's advancing quite quickly and would spend 7 days a week skating if we had the time. As the skates she has been using lost a hook, I started looking into getting her another pair. Her teacher said that used skates would still be fine for her and suggested that, for the skills she's currently learning, we look for a pair of Riedell Emerald's or Model 17. However, she said if we found a comparable pair of Jackson's, that would be fine.
So I got a great deal on very lightly used Jackson Mystique's after reading a post on Kinzie's Closet that correlated them with the Emeralds. However, my daughter just hates them. She says that the "bottoms of the skates hurt." She's skated in them three times and still is having problems with the skates. We've checked her feet against the insoles to make sure that it wasn't a size issue. I've also been having her walk around the house in them to see if that will help to break them in. I've read a lot of posts on this forum that say new skates take a long time to break in but is this normal? If I was to get a pair of Emeralds, would she have the same issue? Or is there a significant difference in shape/padding/etc.? Should I buy her a pair of completely new skates? (She skates on average 3-4 days a week for 1-2 hours generally so she does put some wear on them.)
I would love any advice on breaking in skates, what we might be doing wrong, etc.
My 5 year-old daughter has been skating for a few months. We started out with used skates (Riedell) because I wasn't sure if she was going to keep up with the hobby but she's advancing quite quickly and would spend 7 days a week skating if we had the time. As the skates she has been using lost a hook, I started looking into getting her another pair. Her teacher said that used skates would still be fine for her and suggested that, for the skills she's currently learning, we look for a pair of Riedell Emerald's or Model 17. However, she said if we found a comparable pair of Jackson's, that would be fine.
So I got a great deal on very lightly used Jackson Mystique's after reading a post on Kinzie's Closet that correlated them with the Emeralds. However, my daughter just hates them. She says that the "bottoms of the skates hurt." She's skated in them three times and still is having problems with the skates. We've checked her feet against the insoles to make sure that it wasn't a size issue. I've also been having her walk around the house in them to see if that will help to break them in. I've read a lot of posts on this forum that say new skates take a long time to break in but is this normal? If I was to get a pair of Emeralds, would she have the same issue? Or is there a significant difference in shape/padding/etc.? Should I buy her a pair of completely new skates? (She skates on average 3-4 days a week for 1-2 hours generally so she does put some wear on them.)
I would love any advice on breaking in skates, what we might be doing wrong, etc.