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What are the Types of Skates?

Fitness, aggressive, slalom and more types of skates

What are the Types of Skates?

What are the Types of Skates?

First of all, let's talk about what we should pay attention to when buying skates and how many types of skates there are. If you are going to use skates at the beginner level or for the first time, we recommend that you prefer Fitnesss type skates that you can control and balance more easily. You can learn faster and more balanced with fitness type skates. After improving yourself, you can also turn to the different types of skates you will see below.

We recommend that you consult or rent for the first lesson before buying skates. Then we would like to recommend skates that are suitable for our student's development and your budget. Since there are many wrong skates with a high budget and there are families participating in our lessons, be sure to contact before buying skates. Let's take a look at the types of skates also known as Inline Skating in the world. What should we pay attention to when buying skates? Click here for detailed information!

Fitnes Paten

FİTNESS SKATING

Fitness skates are mostly used for sports. In areas such as the coastal road, it is driven on flat ground and is considered ideal for a start. We can say that skating boots are more comfortable than other types of skates.

Hız Pateni

SPEED SKATING

It is designed to go as fast as possible. Its wheels are larger than other types of skates. Not suitable for the initial phase.

Slalom Paten

SLALOM ROLLER SKATING

It is used to quickly pass between the cones lined up on the ground at certain intervals by slaloming. Slalom skates have high maneuverability and no heel brakes. Not suitable for the initial phase. You can also use your urban skates as slalom skates by replacing the two wheels in the middle with a few millimeters of large wheels.

Agresif Paten

AGGRESSIVE SKATING

It is especially ideal for sliding on ramps and handrails. It is also suitable for jumping from high places. It has small wheels. The purpose of using small wheels is to be resistant to impacts, but at the same time, it is necessary to make more effort to accelerate compared to large wheels. For this reason, it is not suitable for use for sports on the beach.

Urban Paten

URBAN SKATING

In addition to Fitness skates, Urban Roller Skating also allows use on roads and on more uneven surfaces. If desired, it can also be used for the initial stage, but for the first experience, it will be a more accurate practice to switch to urban skating after taking fitness skates and showing some improvement. Since the wheel spaces of urban skates are narrower than fitness skates, it is more difficult to achieve balance.

Hoky Pateni

HOCKEY SKATING

Inline hockey is an alternative type of skating to ice hockey today. However, there are countries where inline hockey attracts a lot of attention and world championships are organized in this sport. Hockey skates are durable but not suitable for everyday use. Inline hockey, as in ice hockey, is a team sport in which two team players try to insert a ball or disc(pak) into the opposing team's goal using slanted sticks.

Quad Paten

QUAD ROLLER SKATING

Shoe-shaped with two wheels at the front and two at the back, the wrist is a short and light skate, a nostalgic type of skate that most of us have tried at least once in the 80s. Although it is not preferred much today, it is a type of skate where you will experience the balance problem at least, but its maneuverability is low compared to today's skates. We can hear you saying "I tried it":) Click here to learn the differences between quad skating and fitness skating!