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How do I start?

Hi all, I've been wanting to go into aggressive skating, but I have no idea how to start (eg. What type of skates to buy, how do i learn it etc)

I'm a fairly average skater, went into a little bit of sliding before, but I've always preferred aggro/street. I can do stuffs like jumps, skating backwards etc on my freestyle skates.

Any suggestion where I should go from here? Would really appreciate your help! :)

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Nestrick on July 21, 2011 at 4:05pm

Rollerwarehouse is a great place to start

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Permalink Reply by Mat Jukes on July 22, 2011 at 4:25am

pick a grind, get used to stalling it, then try to slide it! works for me everytime i learn a new trick. when you got that down and you know two grinds, jump from one to the other and then you ve learnt how to switch up! if you can skate backwards and do jumps on your freestyle skate, move on to grinds :)

as for skates, amall, rollerwarehouse, locoskates are all great. If your in europe grindhouse. de sorted me out too many times!

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Permalink Reply by Regina Lee on July 22, 2011 at 9:25am

Thanks guys. I'm still considering whether to purchase a pair or practise more of my jumps.

Is there any few models of skates that you would recommend me?

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Nestrick on July 22, 2011 at 10:19am

You can still practice all your jumps with a pair of aggressive ones, as far as skates it depends how much your willing to spend. Whats your price range, and size?

Regina Lee said:

Thanks guys. I'm still considering whether to purchase a pair or practise more of my jumps.

Is there any few models of skates that you would recommend me?

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Permalink Reply by Regina Lee on July 26, 2011 at 8:07am

Eh, i supposed less than 130 USD or so? Should I start with a cheap one or smth first? Not very sure about my size

Ryan Nestrick said:

You can still practice all your jumps with a pair of aggressive ones, as far as skates it depends how much your willing to spend. Whats your price range, and size?

Regina Lee said:
Thanks guys. I'm still considering whether to purchase a pair or practise more of my jumps.

Is there any few models of skates that you would recommend me?

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Permalink Reply by Nate Snow on July 26, 2011 at 9:11am

buy a pair of aggressive skates and learns airs and grinds together. rollerblade trs are pretty good fro girls skates i think they make them in smaller sizes. razors are also pretty good.