- Joined
- Mar 9, 2021
Beginner adult here, took a few figure skating lessons as a kid but pretty much starting anew since January this year.
I got fitted for figure skates and the Edea Chorus fit me really well. I am looking to get some inline frames mounted so I can continue practicing over the summer as rinks are closed where I live. However, I'm thinking it's a bit steep to get 2 pairs of the Chorus (1 for ice and 1 for roller), and my pro shop is completely sold out of the more beginner level skates. I'm 55 kg, 165 cm, learning crossovers, edges, waltz jumps.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for if I should just take the plunge with the Chorus, or if I am looking online anyways, if a roller-specific Edea boot might work better for inline off-ice skating. All I have managed to find out about the differences is that the Roller boots have ventilation holes and a nylon sole. Are they also lighter to compensate for the weight of rollers? I don't want to change the boots too much from ice, to try to maximize transfer of skills to the ice, so are the roller boots similar enough in feel to the ice boots?
Also, has anyone tried interchanging blades and frames on their skates and is this reasonable to do 2x a year (i.e. to blades for the winter, and rollers for the summer)? I am thinking if this is reasonably easy to do, maybe I could just get the 1 pair of boots to use for both.
I got fitted for figure skates and the Edea Chorus fit me really well. I am looking to get some inline frames mounted so I can continue practicing over the summer as rinks are closed where I live. However, I'm thinking it's a bit steep to get 2 pairs of the Chorus (1 for ice and 1 for roller), and my pro shop is completely sold out of the more beginner level skates. I'm 55 kg, 165 cm, learning crossovers, edges, waltz jumps.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for if I should just take the plunge with the Chorus, or if I am looking online anyways, if a roller-specific Edea boot might work better for inline off-ice skating. All I have managed to find out about the differences is that the Roller boots have ventilation holes and a nylon sole. Are they also lighter to compensate for the weight of rollers? I don't want to change the boots too much from ice, to try to maximize transfer of skills to the ice, so are the roller boots similar enough in feel to the ice boots?
Also, has anyone tried interchanging blades and frames on their skates and is this reasonable to do 2x a year (i.e. to blades for the winter, and rollers for the summer)? I am thinking if this is reasonably easy to do, maybe I could just get the 1 pair of boots to use for both.