Buying Ice Skates: What to Know Before You Shop in 2024 

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When those people say 20 minute drive is too far remember… in whole Russia just 3 pro figure skating shops and each of them placed in big cities and we have to drive 3h there and another 3h back to get fitted There also no any skating rink near the shops

Just came across this video. Being from Jersey as well, I’m glad to see that there’s a pro shop that sells skates besides hockey. My 5 year old daughter just started lessons and want to consider getting her own.

There is a lot of useful information in this video. A lot of which I knew already and great tips for skaters. I have always been a fan of Jacksons but unfortunately have found the moulds of the Jacksons have changed. I have 2 pairs but they are very different because originally I wanted to try on and purchase the exact same pair of Jacksons but found that they were completely different as they were no longer produced in Europe but Canada and now probably made in China. I love my thicker English Sheffield blades leather heel skates rather then the plastic or synthetic heel skates. I don't like thin blades and the size and shape of the toe pick is really important to me. I use soakers but still use skate guards to walk around off rink in as I don't want to kill myself off ice especially on hard surfaces. I do find skate bags sometimes annoying as they are designed sometimes too big - so big they can fit a pair of ski boots in them! In Australia it is very difficult to get a good pair of ice skates so I get mine from Canada but you are right about hockey hockey hockey and less figure skates being sold in sport stores now. Yes first sharpening is included with purchase except if you buy them from Walmart for example. I would not purchase a pair of skates without them being sharpened as to get my skates sharpened in Australia I used to have to drive for kms to a private skate sharpener out in the suburbs just to get my skates sharpened or risk leaving them at the rink for a few days to get them sharpened. One thing that I was told about the difference between "recreational ice skates" and " "figure skates" is recreational ice skate have fixed rivets on the boot so you can't customize the attachment of the blade to the boot. I believe the toe picks on recreational skates are a little different in shape and size as well. This is expected as jumps and spins are not expected by skaters in recreational skates. One other thing I have found is travelling with my skates between Australia and Canada with extreme hot snd cold has caused my skates to deteriorate- mainly peeling and soles coming apart from the boot. Probably because I forget to air them out.

a little over a month ago, i got a pair of new skates because i’d gotten interested in figure skating again (i took classes a few years back but nothing past beginner) and i bought roces paradise ice skates. they feel comfortable and the rink closest to my house provides blade sharpening, so that isn’t a problem. i’m worried that over time, maybe because the skates weren’t as expensive as ‘professional’ skates, they might not provide ankle support and that might lead to damage/ an injury. unfortunately, there aren’t any figure skating stores near me as i bought my skates abroad and because i don’t live in the us. i feel conflicted, because i dont want to sustain any injuries that could be caused by the wrong shoe, but i don’t want to keep making my parents spend money, i need advice

I recognize the Polar Skate Shop when I see it! ❤

Thank you for this video. My daughter has an appointment with Greg for her first fitting in two days. We're about 40 miles away, but everything closer was hockey-centered and I wasn't convinced that the rink's in-house shop, where she will receive her lessons, was the best option. So, again, thank you for sharing such important information.

I have the special Jackson insoles in a pair of Jackson Freestyle Fusion skates, and I LOVE the insoles and the skates. I'm an adult in low freestyle and the Freestyle Fusions work perfectly for me; also, I intend to study artistic figures in the future and I think they'll be good for that. Anyway, the guy at the shop was a bit not happy when he saw that I'd changed the insoles, but I am happy. However there's another warning for your viewers: Freestyle Fusions come with the blades already on. They're good blades, but on my pair one was mounted at a weird angle, which led to several nasty falls before I realized I wasn't the entire problem. I had had to order online and didn't know to look at the way the blades were mounted. My advice, for what it's worth: if you order online, the next thing you should do is get to the nearest figure-skating specialty shop (mine's an hour away) and have them look at the skates before you use them. Sometimes you'll even find out you made a mistake in your choice, but that's okay. They'll have the answer.

Aimée - You've hit all the essential information for beginner figure skaters. Have you produced a video for adults or kids choosing between their first pair of hockey and figure skates? Keep up all the excellent content. We're a figure and hockey shop at City Ice Pavilion in LIC and soon at WIA in Flushing. Would you be able to willing to do any content for specific shops? Love to chat with you. LMN TY - David - Owner

Thanks for video keep going greeting from morocco

I'm already at a loss with the first tip, I live in FL so no kind of figure skate shops here 😭

Omg how funny! My skate tech’s name is Greg too! But out in Arizona 😂❤

Is so hard finding skates where I live. (all the schools of the city skates in the same rink -a recreational one so is very small -) so you can imagine how hard it is.. The best option is online but i don't want to do that. The other option is an Argentina brand call Mora, but i can't find opinions about the duration and resistance.. (but all the brands that are import are very expensive for the average Argentinian salary) But anything is best than the plastic rental ones. I actually broke my nail doing a toe loop with those. 😭 Thank you for your recommendations

Hi Amiée!, I’m currently planing to upgrade from Jackson to Eden skates, Although I’m quite worry about fitting in and how long it would take for me to be used to the edea skates. I’m 14 years old, free style 1. I’ve been using Jackson beginner skates for 1 year now and it’s overused. I’m planning to buy ice fly in the future, can I have any recommendations if I should buy one or are the shoes too advanced for me? Thank you :)

Hello, I'm planning to upgrade from Jackson Artiste to Jackson freestyles. I'm at isiasia Freestyle 1 now and was wondering if the support in Jackson freestyles would be enough to last me through around freestyle 3 or 4 . Any opinions?

Hello,I bought a second hand Jackson mystique. It fits my feet well, but there are slight scratches on the ankle part of the skate. This is in my mind, "I wonder if the ankles of these skates are broken?" I started to think. How can we find out that a skate has a problem in the ankle part?

Unfortunately we don’t have good skate shops in Sweden.. and as and adult skater I was new to the figureskating and I got to a skate shop close to where I live and I lost a lot of money on that’s because I bought wrong brand and wrong width and they sharpened actually wrong as well.. so I ordered a custom Riedell boots and they have served me well in more than five years of skating, competitive and the first boots was too light support and I got too light blade, it was the worst blade ever!! So I bought custom made boots, that was amazing!! Now I ordered new custom made boots from Belati in Italy, and can’t wait to go on the ice with them!! And I have blades for triples and quads but they actually fit me and my skating.

I asked my Learn to Skate director but he just directed me to an online jackson website. What should I do? I also want to be able to use my first pair of skates to at least start learning jumps but good enough for the basics 1-6 and a beginner...

I live in texas, no snow and one rink in all of my town and we have like one shop that only specializes in football but sells skates too and it’s so hard to get a good brand😭

Oh wow that’s so interesting, I’m a 15 year old and I started my basic training for ice skating(I fell on my butt 5 times) it’s my second time at my rank. I actually was asking my mom if I should buy skates, because I’ve haven’t been doing research that rental skates are bad. In your personal opinion should I buy skates even thought my foot is still growing? And I’m kinda intimidated after watching this video. I have been using rental skates and the people who were teaching always talking about how they don’t like the rental skates provided, so I’m just curious in terms of rental skates are they ok for the beginning when I’m just trying to learn how to skate. Cause I do want to figure skate, but the closest rink is 30 min away and I don’t really skate everyday, just 1 hour every week.

Hi!! I want to buy Jackson’s soft skates are these good? I’m a size 3 uk and the ones I might get are also size 3 Uk. But they are online because my country doesn’t sell ice skates 🥲 the ones I’d get online look really good quality and only worn once should I do it?

Hi Aimee. I want to know if Edea or Risport has width boots. My brand should be Jackson, but I can't find on my area. I am from South America, and I need to go to Argentina to buy new skates. They don't have Jackson boots. So the only choice to find Jackson is buying online, and you don't reccomend buy boots on internet. So, what are your tips for wide feet and buying boots which are not on the rigth width? I suffer a lot from my arches, even I had Risport RF3 and I couldn't handle it and I had to sell it. What about GH Skates with semi custom fit? Please, I need your advice, I am the only one in my country who skates with my own skates. I send a big hug from Uruguay. Thanks in advance. ❤️

Hi Aimee! I’ve recently learned that my last 2 pairs of skates have broken down within 5 months but my mom never agreed that I need a stiffer boot, she has finally agreed but will not let me get new boots but she says I have to wait but at this point the skates I have are a hazard to skate in. I’m wondering which boot I should use. I’m currently in the Edea overture and working on axel and novice moves pending test results, I’m 13 and 111 lbs and 5’ 0” tall. My last 2 pair of overture have broken down on only my right skate and the Part where the ankle meets the foot but only in the right skate my left is completely fine, idk if this is normal or if I’m not tying then tight enough. They won’t tie any tighter so I don’t think that’s the issue, I’m just wondering, is it me, or do I need stiffer skates?

Should a beginner (only done figure skating for around a year and normal skating for 7 years) get the Edea chorus boots?

I planned on picking up figure skating as a hobby this upcoming year but I’m not sure if I should consider buying soft skates or not if I plan on learning a bit more than just how to skate forward.

Hey! I just got the Jackson Mystique and they fit great but I get this pain only in my right boot to the right of the ball of my foot. I had previously had a pair of Rydell skates and had the same problem. Should I bring these back and see if it is something a molding could fix?

When you say air out, do I take off the soakers too or leave the soakers on indoors?

I have so much trouble with my new skates. They are the Scott Hamiltons though it doesn not fit my wide feet (EE) so I got them heat molded and stretched. I asked onljne and someone told me they were for recreational beginner skating and for children, not for an adult in skating lessons like me. I am very confused cause other videos on youtube praise them and my fitter gave me these. I really don't want to waste my money but it feels like I have to buy new skates. All the fitters I talked to apparently just keep recommending me recreational skates (at least that is what people on reddit tell me) and I should not listen to them. I am very confused.

what do i do if my state doesn't have any skate shops? edit: i live in Arkansas

hii, okay so i’ve been skating since june 2018, i’ve gone thru 2 skates already and on my 3rd jackson mystique. i started when i was 10, and now i’m 16 in january. i’m 163 cm and 52-54 kg (have to check), size 8 feet. i have very very weird feet tho.. they’re narrow. when i’m skating for a few hours, (mainly doing crossovers), the balls of my feet always hurt. and it’s been the same with every single pair of mystiques i’ve had. im in aussie skate free skate 1, almost free skate 2. even with my school shoes (school uniform shoes) i’ve had the same problems with walking, my feet get so sore when walking for a few hours too. a few weeks ago when i was going over my waltz jump with my coach, i noticed that my heel kept slipping up into my boot when i jumped. my foot was jumping up, but not with my skate. so im not going high enough in the skates but i am when im off the ice. she suggested thicker socks, (my coach, which i’ve been doing) and i feel like my toes get scrunched in the socks. it feels like i cant let them breathe, and the balls of my foot hurt 10x more. i bought these new jackson mystiques only a few months ago like march or something, and already there’s 2 creases on the tongue. when i got the skates, nobody came over to us to help us try them on, we just bought them..? i told my dad earlier today that i might need new skates and he told me “but we only got those a few months ago?” i hate asking for things bc it’s expensive.. i told him something about edea overtures, and he gasped at the price. anyways, i still need help and i’m not quite sure on what to do. after i skate my feet r in excruciating pain for 2-4 hrs afterwards, then it goes.

Can you review classique Jackson ice skates?it’s okay to learn basics I’m14 can I jump on them without break them like waltz jump and loop?I’m confused.

where did you get that map of certified skate techs at 3:10?

Just yesterday I asked my pro shop, if they have the Jackson Supreme insoles (as they have some Jackson skates), but they are not available in Europe! They are US only. You can only get them if you know a private seller with US contacts, add then shipping cost and customs duty. It's just not worth it. We only have Edea insoles, but they don't help with pronation, only with shock-absorption. The options are a) to ignore the issue and just compensate or b) get the boot to an orthopedic technician for custom insoles (and I don't know how much they know about the skating motion).

Just bought my own skates and I’m still trying to break them in, yet I still have growing feet so my mother was not so happy.

2024🎉🎉🎉

It's so hard to find wide skates for size 2 feet.

Please start talking about where to buy an talk about different skates

I live in new york state what do i do about buying skates then?

I would like to know the budget i should look at if i want to buy new ice skates from a pro shop?

What store should I go to? (I am in Wisconsin)

hello Aimee! I have a question so today I tried my sister’s skates but it felt so weird I felt that the blade in my foot is that normal? And I was thinking about getting those skates with a higher blade is that good for beginners?

Hey! I'm planning on getting the Edea Overtures and I've been to a shop already. They measured my feet and appearently I got size 240 or at max 245. I didn't buy the skates in that store yet tho since the blades I wanted with them were sold out. Now I found the Overture + Rotation set in another shop, but online. On the website it says, that Overtures usually are smaller? Now, I do have size 240, but since it appearently isn't true to size, I'd need size 245? Unfortunately sizes 245 and 250 are sold out. Should I just go with the 240?

My feet are around 17-18cm which size should i buy?

Any advice for a 3y old kid. Double or single blade skates? Tx

What if you don’t want figure skates what if you want hockey skates or recreational skates i don’t want figure skates i’m a beginner skater. I just want to have fun skating.

You think the Decathlon skates are good?

I just start skating and i want to buy risport antares is it worth it? And whats the retail prices? Is there any other skates you recomend for totally beginner???

I type in figure skating specialty shop and the only thing that comes up in google maps is a lot of dicks and some hocky shops. How can we search for local specialty shops around milwaukee or chicago?

So sorry for the bible I left written down here. Hello Aimee I hope you're doing well. I have a situation that I would love you or anyone to help me out with... You see I'm from a country where there are no rinks and we don't have the weather to have our own natural ones. The only rinks that we have are some small ones at christmas festivals that are packed with people and only last one month at a year. So as you could imagine we don't have pro skating shops here. There's only one shop in the whole country that has very few figure skates. For fear of them selling out I bought a pair of cheap skates that seem like they don't have patting on the sides and surprise! They are too big. I can't change them because the size that I have is the smallest the have in the shop and they don't sell any other brand or model. Now I'm starting preparations to move to another country so I can skate year around. Here's the real question: What do you recommend me to do? Should I travel with the skates, probably pay the extra cost of "special baggage" in the plane, maybe have trouble going into security in the airport... get there and skate with a couple of thick socks even if they could cause me blisters? Or try to sell them here before leaving, get my money back and then buy skates when I get to the country I'm moving to? I know the answer may seem obvious but just have in mind that even if the skates are almost new, trying to sell them in a country where no one skates is really hard and I adore those skates. They are the first personal skates that I've ever had and bought with my own money... Just makes me so sad. + At this point I have to learn how to skate all over again so these skates would be just to start out, then I would buy another pair. Thanks for reading, who ever dared to.

Can someone actually " under boot" in skates?. I see alot of videos on Instagram of skaters that are the at the Same level thar I'm kinda at. They Have MUCH better skates. One girl is apparently self taught and wears jackson premieres. I skated at a kid wasn't high level, and wore risport lasers back. I am in Jackson freestyle now. I find them just okay. I don't know if I under booted, or I just think I'm better than what I am.

Any recommendations in Northern California? We went to an ice skating ring in silicon valley and they wanted $900 for a pair of woman skates! Geez!

Can you make a video about vegan fiugre skates?

Hey Aimee! I've been wanting to start figure skating but there aren't any places for me to get skates near me (in the uk), so what would you recommend me doing. 💗

i dont know if there are any good skate shops in my area im in minnesota

Guys, I'm desperate. Where are you buying it??? I ordered a pair of RF3 pro Risport skates in NOV 2022 and even now in AUG 2023 I have no news on how it's going... Hole Spain is out of stock, lol...

guilty of leaving my skates in the car 😅😅😅

The Edeas are the ones that you definitely can't leave in your car.

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How are skates so expensive, I just buy a 99 dollar one and call it a day😂