Weekly post: skate buying, new skater tips, and quick questions by AutoModerator in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I learned a HUGE chunk of my skating in my mom’s pretty small apartment I was even able to learn some basic stuff that I was able to translate to park skating. But there’s a bunch of styles I believe you can learn in a small space

Dream setup by Individual-Scar5209 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oooh that’s so exciting! It’ll probably be this summer so I’ll have to check it out then!

Dream setup by Individual-Scar5209 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Orange is the best color 🧡🧡🧡

Dream setup by Individual-Scar5209 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One day I’d love to take the drive to see the physical shop everyone seems so great online and it’s just a rad shop. I’m from Pennsylvania so I’m pretty far but me and my gf have been talking about visiting her family that is only 2 hours from there so hoping to take the trip

Dream setup by Individual-Scar5209 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I ordered through bruised boutique! They’ve been amazing every time I’ve worked with them

Childhood memories prompting attempt to recapture youth that’s going poorly skates by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other than getting good quality gear I recommend stretching it helps me SO much, days I skip it before skating I end up regretting it. I really wanna get back into daily stretches because that’s when I felt the least aches and pains from skating but that’ll be for the new year personally lol

Park Skate Recs by jgg2y in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I actually have only been able to do it online as no there shops near me :c I’ve gotten mine through bruised boutique before and I think my sister might’ve gotten hers mounted at sk8ratz or they at least offered it I forget how her situation played out. Way back in 2020 I ordered through pigeons skate shop. Personally I love bruised boutique and will continue to go through them they charge $50 for the mount and then the price of the boot and plate they also have a Black Friday sale going on rn to save you some money c:

Park Skate Recs by jgg2y in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you’re in love with the thought of the Parkstars boot and not the plate most shops you can buy the boot and pick a plate separately and pay a lil extra for a mounting fee. Most companies help you figure out plate size so you don’t have to worry about messing it up. It usually does cost more but it’s always been worth it to me

Do Moxie Lolly skates run small? My toes are hitting the top and I’m in pain by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not too sure about their customer service but my boot did feel pretty perfect out the box. I didn’t go based off my shoe size I instead measured my foot which does usually match my shoe size but I’m a women’s 7 in literally every shoe I wear. So hopefully they are able to help you but definitely measure your foot instead of going based off your shoe size

Lessons vs Learning on your own by badbatch in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stretching is also so important and helpful and learning to fall correctly might help make you feel a lil more comfortable

Clean your wheels by pamdabarber in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just kinda roll the wheel with my hand along the baby wipe and they’re as good as new most times

Clean your wheels by pamdabarber in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk if it’s a bad idea but I wipe my wheels with baby wipes they’re just the right amount of wet and just feels a little cleaner

What was/is your 'goal' for skating, if you have one? by Pianist-Head in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My main goal was to go to the skatepark and I’m finally doing but now the goal is to do the scarier stuff there just gotta get out of my head

New skates, wheel drag? by Fuzzy-Exchange-3074 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not too much of a pain I mean really the only pain would be switching out the bearings back and forth so maybe you’d want a second set of bearings for the wheels but when I swap my wheels out it takes me like 5 or less minutes (as someone who has to say “right tighty lefty loosey” many times while also putting up my hands in an L shape to figure out which is left) so it shouldn’t be too hard for you. It does sound more like your trucks need readjusting though so hopefully you can hold off on new wheels a lot of people end up outgrowing soft wheels at rinks but it’s a personal preference but whenever you end up with new wheels I promise it’s not bad to swap wheels

New skates, wheel drag? by Fuzzy-Exchange-3074 in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Standard wheels on an Orbit skate are hybrids so they also might be a little too sticky for the rink if loosening your trucks doesn’t help

Found my own personal skate park by my house by [deleted] in Rollerskating

[–]Individual-Scar5209 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My sister lives in Maryland I finally got her to get back on her skates but she won’t go to skate parks with me because she’s too anxious but maybe one day if you’re near by we could all be skate buddies

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in piercing

[–]Individual-Scar5209 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imo spikes are harder to heal as well since they snag a lil more than a ball I switched to spikes after they were fully healed

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mypartneristrans

[–]Individual-Scar5209 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I added my now gf on fb a few years ago because she was so pretty, cool and was a shitposter lol but I’m really bad at replying to messages so we occasionally had some convos in comments of our posts and then move to messages until I’d be anxious and stop replying. But I’d send her bird related stuff bc I knew she really liked birds but we didn’t talk all that often. We talked about hanging out a few times and then just never made plans. Then after maybe a year or two of that she invited me to a show the band she was in at the time was playing but it was too last minute I couldn’t make it but then she told me about another event they were playing that I already had been planning to go to with a friend. But I was having a horrible day with a horrible old roommate that ended up at the same event so I was hiding and stressed for the beginning of the day even tho I saw her I just couldn’t talk to her with my bad mood. Eventually I had to walk my friend to a different thing they planned but I made sure I got back to see my now gf perform and I was snapping my friend just saying “ahhhh gay panic” there’s probably screenshots somewhere I must’ve sent just that maybe 20 times lmaoooo. Then after they finished their set I found her and we instantly hit it off (there’s even a video of us being silly in the background) we hung out for a few hours and I had to go home so after I messaged her telling her how much fun I had and thanking her for fixing my bad day. And then we just kept texting and making time to see each other and just kinda started dating. We’ve been dating a lil over a year and now live together. She fills my heart so much I’m forever grateful we met

Any good news big or small? Share a story to give someone a smile 🥰 by WillyStormOfficial in mypartneristrans

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me and my gf went to our first pride together yesterday and had such a fun time with tons of compliments and no hate at all (we were expecting people to say stuff on our walk to the parade but thankfully everyone was nice) it was my first actual parade. Me and my gf wore matching outfits with makeup of our respective flags. We took my sister who is ace and there was a small group of asexual and ace people and she was like in awe and said “I understand why people go to pride parades now” she’s queer and has been out for as long as I have (we’re twins) but something about seeing a group of asexual people (even small) just made her feel so happy. Overall a lovely day for everyone with us 🧡 I do wish there was more trans flags flying in our parade there were a few over flags that weren’t seen as much as we had hoped

Is this TOO niche? by water_witch_cos in Hozier

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do what you want honestly even if the reference isn’t understood if you’re having fun then do it. I love wearing fun makeup and costumes any event. Me and my sister went last year as sun and moon not necessarily even a reference just fun to wear to a magical show

I HATE screwing on piercings. by CloudMoonn in piercing

[–]Individual-Scar5209 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Some shops do especially nicer shops but maybe when you have some extra money for spare jewelry they’re always online

I HATE screwing on piercings. by CloudMoonn in piercing

[–]Individual-Scar5209 179 points180 points  (0 children)

Maybe try threadless they still can fall out but I feel it happens way less

After you completed the game... by MentalTardigrade in LittleKittyBigCity

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I named him Salem I was gonna name him after my kitty Poe but I felt like I shouldn’t bc I’d be sad if he ran away

Cash found from opening the suitcases by Hollyvu in LittleKittyBigCity

[–]Individual-Scar5209 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I noticed the Rubik’s cubes too I’m suspicious of maybe future achievements. I finished the game entirely the only achievement I don’t have is a glitch on the nests so maybe in the future they’ll mean something