Where will you be using your skates?

Will you be skating inside or outside?  (This means what type of surface will you be skating on)

• concrete​ (some rinks)

• wood floor (rink)

• asphalt

• trail skating (which could also be concrete or asphalt with the occasional debris i.e., tree limbs pine cones

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What type of skating will you be doing?

• ARTISTIC

 Typically this style of skating is what you would see while watching ice skating competitions.​​​

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• ​SPEED

 This style of skating is kind of self-explanatory. Imagine watching the Olympic speed skate competition, now imagine the skater​ in a pair of quad skates.

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• JAM

Jam skaters share some of the qualities of a speed/artistic skater. A Jam skater values speed as well as quick movements. When you think of Jam skating think of "Soul Train" (for those who don't know what soul train is, it's a dance show that aired in the early 70s hosted by Don Cornelius.)​

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• DERBY

Roller derby is an aggressive form of skating. Derby is a skating sport, so these skaters favor speed and maneuverability. 

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What's the deal with indoor wheels?

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• Indoor wheels are hard, enabling the skater to glide across indoor surfaces i.e., the skating rink.

•  The durometer of a wheel is the hardness of a wheel. The durometer of a wheel is measured from 0 to 100. Anything 90A (The letter A after the number means the wheels are made of Urethane) and above is considered an indoor wheel.  The higher the number the harder the wheel the less grip you will have ( Imagine you're rock climbing. You reach up to grab a rock, but there really isn't enough rock to grip, so your hand slips, and you lose your balance, but luckily you catch yourself, this is a good way to describe the feel of an indoor wheel.)

What's the deal with outdoor wheels?

Outdoor wheels are softer to absorb shock while cruising outside. This means again, debris i.e., sticks, pine cones, and rocks. Any Durometer below 90A is considered an outdoor wheel.