What’s up Skate Fam! Welcome to the community. Thrilled to have you here. Take a sec to introduce yourself, doesn’t have to be fancy or complicated. Just be yourself. …ill go first. 👋🏽My name is Knejie Allen. I’ve been skating for 10 years. Currently rolling in custom Riedell 3200s w and arius plate and probably some slick wheels (95A+). Im in Kansas City and own a Skate school, SK8SHOT Studios.

I spent the past few days celebrating my birthday so I was MIA from the group. But is it crazy that I be legit dreaming of skating? I hopped back on today for about 30 minutes. But I think I nailed down my front to back transition on one side. Still working on the other. All of you guys’ advice helps. But I’m curious because I changed out my skates and practiced on the 85As and it seems like I was able to get the open book down using both the toe manual and the heel manual. In your experience, does alternating between different wheels seem to help you any, especially when you’re struggling to perfect a move? Do you find that going to a harder or softer wheel seems to make a difference?

March 8, 2026 do-over of Feb. 25. Backwards alternating crossovers concentrating on complete weight transfer - two tries. The wheels are great, thanks again Jay. The bearings... whoever cleaned and oiled these things is trying to kill me. Wait, that was me.

Something isn’t clicking yet. Still feel like I’m dragging my foot and not getting it at all decent enough angle. I know I’m probably not leading enough with my shoulder and also not picking up the trailing foot and turning it. But it’s better than what I was doing weeks ago. Hopefully it’ll come together in the next week or so. I hadn’t skated for 4 days which is way too damn long but it’s been a long week.

Hi Sk8shot Fam! My name is Terrence, and I go by 2 nicknames! Silk is a nickname that got started in my teens (I'm 49), and Pooh Pooh was given to me by my grandmother (she's 93 now) when I was a baby! So, between my government and the 2 nicknames you are welcome to use either you prefer! I actually wrote an introductory post some weeks ago, but it didn't seem to immediately post, so I don't know if it ever did post! I just serve 18 years incarceration from March, 2007 to March 6, 2025, so I haven't been on skates since around 2007, and before then it was several years! What I remember about skating in 2007 after several years of not skating was how easy everything was for me! Like the saying about never forgetting how to ride a bike, skating then still felt easy! At least my ability to roll around the rink! Now I'm ready to learn dance skating or jam skating! I'm not sure what's the proper term! I'll just say skating with the cool moves such as the crazy legs, JB skating, etc. I hope that since I can do basic skating more experienced moves will come relatively easy! With practice of course! I watch a lot of this skater named JRoc! His first name is Jedadiah (I hope I spelled that right)! He seemsto be able to make the skates do whatever he wants them to do! He's on Facebook and YouTube! Check him out! Jedadiah JRoc (forgot his last name)! My question for you all is what is the best skates and parts (wheels, etc.) for a person to practice these dance style moves! In the past I just used rentals, but recently I was reading about certain skates and wheels and other parts for various moves! I want to learn several moves, so is there a go to skate that I can pretty much try any move on? Does anybody have that one pair of skates with parts that you perform a variety of moves on ? Hey guys! I know this is long, so I really appreciate those who read it all! I look forward to your advice! I'm from a little town called Houston, Mississippi by the way, but live in Tupelo, Mississippi now! Blessings to you all!