Great comparison for those who want to make an informed decision. It's also cool that you had a friend to rollerskate next to you, for an easier comparison. It does kill my ear though, when people say "verse," instead of "versus." Two entirely different concepts.
@@PollySkates hey a question... I want to learn skating and I don't have anyone to help me (to help me balance and none of my friends know how to skate) ...should I buy roller skates or roller blades?
Can you send me some rollerblades and rollerskates I like your village video and subscribe and I follow you can you please send me some rollerblades and rollerskates
The problem for me is that I have been skating on ice for my whole life. Whenever I put on rollers I always forget you can't just stop normally and eat it.
I was in a store trying on roller blades for the first time and started going backwards. Only to realize I didn’t know how to stop. No toe picks! The salesman told me to just roll into the t-shirts to stop. 😂 Hapoy to say I eventually learned how to stop without the t-shirts.
A good desperate stopping technique is to get low then drop to a seated position. A bad desperate stopping technique is crashing into something or trying to grab something while your legs slide out from under you.
Also: rollerskates are a bit safer for people whose knees dislocate easily. The teetering side to side on inline skates when trying to find your balance can definitely cause a kneecap to dislocate (especially if you have damaged ligaments). Roller skates put much less stress on your ligaments so they are a great option for those of us who want to skate in spite of bad knees!
do you know how they compare in regards to hip instability? I'm considering both and I have some hip issues; my instinct is that roller skating could potentially be worse for hips ?
both are so fun. i never understood debates about which is “better” and this video is a perfect example of how they’re both great for different reasons! if you have something more specific you want to do then one might be better then the other for that purpose, but both are really fun and enjoyable
The first time I tried using rollerskates I was at a rink, I was like 8 and I fell in front of adults and they laughed at me 🥲, I guess we had similar situations.
Dude yeah I SWEARRR it was like once u learned how to do one thing they were bullying u 4 not knowing how to do a certain trick or how to skate backwards as well 💀💀
@@kitty-gf2wd i had a birthday party when i was young i think it might have been my 7th birthday, it was (obviously) my birthday and i was bullied a lot as a kid so when i was able to invite one of the popular kids i was so happy, but i fell on my arm and i later learned i slightly (bruised? Cracked?not sure) my bone and i started crying obviously and my grandmother comforted me but my mom started apologizing to the kid and yelled at me for having such bad balance and how i was embarrassing her and I'm being bullied because i can't do a simply thing like balance on four wheels in four different positions and not even the harder one like her and the kid (blades). I never talked to the popular kid again and I didn't rollerskate for a while after that, and i actually had to fake a fever because my arm hurt so bad lol i just wish i went to the E.R. because it took so long for my arm to fix itself and now laying on it a certain way is extremely painful lmao 😂
When I was a kid, everyone had a pair of roller blades and literally every kid outside would be on them and every store seemed to have them on sale. I don't know what happened but the next summer all the sales disappeared and no kid was playing on them anymore. The last two decades, I honestly don't think I've seen them sold in any major retailer aside from maybe a couple dedicated sports stores and definitely not seen anyone skate outside either. I miss that one summer
I remember that! One year skating was so big and then it disappeared all of a sudden, i was too young to start (my mum was so protective 😑) but ive never seen any on sale anywhere since. I’m hoping to start skating now, hopefully it becomes a bigger thing again tho
My take on why it went away is because of loitering laws as well as the streets where kids would often skate where become to dangerous to do that on for a multitude of reasons.
I have done both and each one has its own advantages and disadvantages… Rollerblades are faster and your center of balance is in the center/back of your foot because of the flat design, making it easier to go side to side for speed. Roller skates / quads are slower but easier to balance on, and it’s much easier to turn in quads which is great for dancing… however, I do figure skate (on ice) and I’ve gotten so used to that side to side type of balance that I find it easier to balance on rollerblades now because I can move my foot side to side MUCH easier which ultimately gives me more control and allows me to balance for longer. I prefer rollerblades most of the time, but for the chill days or around the house I prefer quads
I used to rollerblade all the time when I was a kid. I was teaching myself to go backwards in the driveway when Zena, our Jack Russell Terrier, ran behind me and I fell, breaking my left wrist, and spraining my right. I never really started skating again, but I wish I had! I’m 35 and pregnant right now, so I definitely shouldn’t try to start again now, but after I have our daughter I might try to pick it up again. I loved the freedom I felt while skating and want to have that again. My husband also used to rollerblade, so maybe we can make it a family thing!
@@PollySkates yea same in my opinion rollerblades are easier then roller skates I know I started on normal skates but roller blades are so smooth and they are way better for cross overs and jumping up and down curbs
Same I thought rollerblades are just roller skates in a single line in my country roller skates are called Skates and roller blades are called in line skates at least in the place I live in
@@i.am.ded.This is true, "rollerblades" are actually called inline skates. It's just here in the US, the biggest inline skate seller brand name is "Rollerblade" So, the skates they sell all have "Rollerblade" written on them. People find it easier to say rollerblades instead of inline skates, and leaves less confusion when talking about either inline skates or quad skates. We just say blades or skates instead, pretty often.
They’re not hard at all. I feel like roller skates are a little harder to learn tbh. It might be a little difficult to find balance on blades at first but moving and turning is definitely easier on blades.
Blades are actually really easy to balance on due to built in support. You’re literally locked in. Your literally supported from your toes to your lower calf.
I perfer rollerskates over rollerblades, but i might get some in the future for distance traveling. But i really enjoy my rollerskates for the skatepark :))
I’m an inline skater through and through, but some of the incredible dancing/tricks I’ve seen folks do on quads makes me want to learn!! Good comparison ~
If you want to cover pretty long distances, the lower cuff models, sometimes called marathon skates, with 3_5 80-110mm wheels are great. True Speedskates, in my experience, are only good if you truly skate often enough so your ankles get and stay strong. Fit also needs to be tighter and less cushy. Both will also require more strength for the same brake pressure ( if you use a heel brake pad)
Thanks for making this! I’d love for my younger sisters to watch & understand .. people try to say they’re the same, the similarities are there but the little things make all the difference!
Honestly, Rollerblades are a way where if you fall any direction you can literally stand back up, think about which direction you wanna fall and do that. This resulted in me learning how to do the plank.
I know both rollerblading and rollerskating..I got my rollerskates at six and rollerskates at 9..Idk if it was the age difference but seriously learning rollerblading was easier to learn,balance and do tricks with. I love doing both ❤
When I was young, my parents bought me rollerblades for my bday and for me it was pretty tough at first. I always thought that rollerblades and rollerskates were the same but got older and knew the difference. My little sister also had a pair of rollerblades as well and she actually was better rollerblading than I was as a child.
I remember as a kid people would judge you if you didn't "graduate" to roller blades, but I LOVED learning the dances on skates instead. I'm so glad people still love it 💚💚💚💚
Yessss so right!!! I said blades have more, didn’t say quads have none. Just speaking generally too there’s definitely blades out there with awful ankles and quads with really good support like the Jak 2
I actually really appreciate that, I was always under the assumption that rollerblades would be worse on my ankles, and that’s what kind of steered me away from when I was younger, just due to breaking my ankle for a separate instance in my life.
Im a figure rollerskater (not a really good one but I'm improving) and I've always found rollerblades so difficult and almost impossible to use, idk I've always loved rollerskates and how versatile they are. Also, there are different wheels for different purposes, like if you want to use them outside u would use softer wheels and for inside use we use harder and smaller wheels (there are more differences, like figure rollerblading but thats a different story😅)
A long time ago a company of something had roller blades with suspension on them and I think a friend of mine has them as he showed me a long time ago they were a great feeling
If you search on RU-vid there’s some videos that show you different ways to stop. I personal enjoy racing down hills and the T-stop is my personal favorite. But it depends if you have skates or rollerblades?
my elementary school would host skate nights at the local skating rink so i've been skating since i was pretty little, i switched from skates to blades when i was maybe 8 and since then i've found skates so much more difficult to use
Rollerblades are also good for practicing snow skiing and ice skating. I highly recommend doing a deep dive into rollerblades. They have a lot of similarities to roller skating but they’re also very different. For example, you can actually “rocker” most rollerblades so that you can carve a lot tighter. There’s just so many little things like that.
I have always rollerbladed! When I roller skate 🛼 I always feel the need to walk not glide. How should I fix this? Also how do I practice my jumps on blades? Thank you!!
it could be related to the tightness of the screw that regulates the looseness of the wheels or to the material of the wheels (depending on the surface you skate on you will use different wheels. generally if you dont skate on competition rings you will need wheels made of a softer rubber made to skate on concrete/streets, so that they can absorb a bit of the unevenness of the floor. if these are not the problems, it could be simply that your legs have yet to develop the strength to push yourself and the skates forward so you would only need to practice more. hope this helps :)
They work differently. To glide on roller skates, you should push side to side in a V shape Unlike on rollerblades where you can glide even if they are paralle | | Remember Roller skates - V shape Rollerblades - | | shape
My daughter picked up roller skating only six months ago. Two months in, she scored some in-lines. She lives both. She likes to wear an inline on one side and a rolller skate on the other. Then switches them and carries on. She’s funny.
I found that buying a gummier wheel made my skates much smoother because they absorb cracks and terrain much better for trail skating! Definitely look into your wheels. A hard wheel would be good for indoor skating/roller rink but not great for outdoors
With balance and roller skates, I tried flat ones first and found myself falling backwards a lot- then moved to a healed boot and my balance was way better, makes sense of course
Was skating outdoor on inlines for 10 years almost every day and had a lot of fun, but about 2½ years ago I starded to play roller derby and I'm having so much more fun on quads. I love doing little foot work stuff that I just can't do on inlines. And the toe stops, they are the most fun thing about quads imo bc you can do so much with them. I also feel more secure going fast on quads because I can just turn around and break on my toe stops, inlines are more limited for high speed breaking, especially on bad asphalt, so I never felt like I could go max speed on them. I also found the inlines I could get at my local sports store to be very fragile, they'd hold up at max 2 years before breaking in a way that wasn't fixable. My first quads now broke as well (rip R3s) but that was to be expected from playing roller derby with that setup. My new ones are great and I'm looking into getting a park skating setup bc I don't like using my derby skates for both (and having to put on and take off slide blocks every time I go to the skate park is kind of annoying imo) Anyway, both are great, but I have a lot more fun with quads (roller skates)
@@PollySkates I didn’t actually think you would reply thank you. You’re such a big creator I think that would happen, I did roller derby for like four years the sport was fun but the girls I played with were kind of toxic
I used roller blades it's wasn't very hard to learn but it's very fun both are amazing but my feet used to hurt bc I used to wobble my feet alot and didn't balance properly 🤷♀️
I was given a pair of "inlines"(blades, no idea why we called them inlines lol) when I was 6-7 and my gosh I could not figure out how to comfortably go more than a few feet without losing balance. Started rollerskating at a nearby rink (which has sadly closed) and it just worked so much better for me. I've tried both again recently and blades still don't work for me. I don't think they fit right though, the support was clearly supposed to be there but my ankles just wobbled inside them. So it's skates every time for me, but who knows, maybe I'll pick it up eventually.
Their actual names are “inline skates” not rollerblades. Rollerblade is a company that produces good quality inline skates and was very popular back in the day. We probably just refer to all inline skates as rollerblades because everyone was probably buying from rollerblade before
I learned rollerblading first, and after that, it felt so easy to rollerSKATE. Rollerblading will always be in my heart. Funny enough, I know that my Christmas gift is the cutest pair of rollerblades! My dad cannot keep a secret lol
Love roller blades, I self taught at age 5 with the roller blades then my dad thought I was good enough to drop me in ice skates. Ice skating comes naturally for me. I’m not a pro in either sport just doing it for fun.
I think it just comes down to personal preference, what do you feel most comfortable flying down the road on. I mean if you feel more confident on Rollerblades by all means rollerblade but if you feel best on a set of roller skates well skate to your heart's content.
ive tried both and like skates over blades bc i can stand easier on skates, when i try to stand or anything on blades i fall down bc the blades are all centered down the middle of my foot instead of supporting all sides like skates
Thank you I definitely try those out now I used to have beginners skate cause I was little and I was nervous of falling over I had to say it’s not just a design with the in-line skates. They actually can do more plus a look much more cooler.
i like how roller blades look more honestly. they just give that cool badass vibe you know? anyway i am probably biased because i used to ride one basicly everyday
what if you made custom roller blades that were splayed out and had two per shoe. would that be the best of both worlds. easy to get into due to the width, easy to balance due to the width, and better heel support due to the length?
As a small kid I loooved rollerblades- I wasn’t good at it but it was still fun! And now as an almost 18 year old, I play roller derby! So I switched to quad skates. Since ive been skating on quads for much longer and actually learned technique, I find roller skating suuuper easy- but definitely annoying on concrete or polished wood cause it’s either too rough or too slippery. I think it just depends on whichever one you grow up learning and adapting to. Whether or not you know how to skate- learning is always gonna be hard no matter the style of skating- so it’s just your preference of how you wanna skate:)
I like roller blades. I could never figure out how to turn with roller skates without almost falling over but roller blades are so easy for me and are just like ice skates. I feel like roller blades flow a lot easier
For me rollerblades are so smooth, fun, and nostalgic. I remember my 5th grade party where we all set up the gym as a roller blading rink, and it was just so fun ❤
As someone who wants to learn, what do people recommend i start with? And any tips for learning? Like staying balanced, getting over the mental block, etc
Yep and roller skates on Christmas Day costed my mom and dad 20,000$ and me going to 5 different hospitals and 8 months in a wheel chair. And over 4,000 for new clothes cause I gained weight and physical therapy and lots of gas and drs appointments and pain and my grades and can’t even walk right 2 years later. December 25th 2023 will mark 3 years. And we can’t forget depression anxiety and stress and can’t go back and go what I love. And now my mental health is terrible. It has also costed us 9 ambulance rides my life flashing before my eyes. My sleeping schedule is now 💩 Cause when we got back home from 9 am - 5am next day. Also an eating disorder from not getting to eat that day because they didn’t know it I needed surgery, teachers getting mad at me thro zoom. And did I mention we had Covid the day I broke it too. Yea. That’s what roller skates can do ❤ Also. My mom and fams mental health. And guilt because they bought me the shoes. As well as my whole let was the wrong way. My knee and my heel of my foot should not me seen together at the same time. My knee broke.as well at ankle and 2 bones in my leg also dr author wanted to be the star when it rains storms or snows so yea ALL AT 10 AT THE TIME NOW IM 13 😂 😭😭
I have a passion for skating I'm a blade skater, I'm now working on tricks I litterally rode it for 3 hours but for those training I'd say follow your passion
As a little professional skater,I mostly prefer Rollerblads to people who already can skate.Rollerskates were used for a beginner's first skates as they have 4 wheels.I love Rollerblades tho.
I have beginner inliners that are somewhere between inliners and skates. It looks like i will be able to make a decision after i properly try both individually to test it out enough times to know what i want. I suppose we can all have multiple pairs of them when needed.
I used to go to the skating rink every weekend from Friday-Sunday as a pre-teen. I LIVED for the rink. I started on the quads and I just couldn't find my balance so i was constantly falling. I couldn't really afford the extra 3 dollars for the blades because I didnt want to spend the extra money to try them and risk not liking them cause then my whole night would have been ruined, so i just didnt try them for the longest time. Then one day my sisters friend let me try her blades. They were half a size too big but the moment I stepped onto the floor, I new that they were the Skates for me. I switched to blades right away after that and have never used quads since. Quads are a nice introduction to skating, especially for kids but if you're more into speed and have odd ankles like myself, blades are the way to go. I also find tricks to be a lot easier on blades because the quads contradict each other. Switching feet is weird because they are wide and constantly hit the floor. At least for me. Everyone's experiences are different because my sister LIVED for the quads lol. Side note: you said that the quads are more flowy and I see so many people flow so gracefully on them and it just looks so beautiful, but for me the blades are more flowy. I love doing tricks on them. I want to like the quads but I think my brain is just more geared to the blades. I'm also blind in one eye so maybe that has something to do with why the blades are weird for me.
At my skating rink, if you have blades, you’re cool, if you can use the skates you’re talented. You’re automatically 10x cooler if you have Tours, and 100x cooler if you have Missions.
I’ve been rollerblading since I was 4 and I’m 15 now so that’s 11 years I’ve rollerbladed and I’ve done roller skating when I was prolly 7 and I STILL to this day love rollerblading better
Guys if you are thinking to get roller blades, read this at the bottom. Make sure you think about your feet, some people a pigeon toed or penguin toed, which makes it harder to skate with regular ones. Also if you have flat feet, make sure you get shoe bottoms because it’ll hurt when you start learning how to skate. When you buy skates make sure they are the hard shell boots. They are better than the soft ones. Your feet should always stay straight and if your having trouble to move, put your feet in a v shape and start pushing yourself. If you fall, an easy way to get back up is to put your hands onto a knee, and push yourself up. If you feel like you’re going to fall backwards lean forward just so slightly so you don’t fall. *when your learning, GET A HELMET, KNEE PADS, AND ELBOW PADS! falling in rollerblades are NOT fun*
all the years i went to the skating rink i got roller skates and i could not go 5ft from the wall before i felt like i was gonna break a bone. my last time i went i said screw this im getting roller blades, THEY WERE SO MUCH EASIER OH MY GOD. i was actually able to move around and state close to the center and around the sitting area and i actually had fun
