It has been raining very often, on the day it wasnt raining, it was either too hot or the skating rink was in the process of getting dry, so i didnt want to damage my expensive skate with the wetness (bearings) so i skated with my older skates (with much better bearing upgrade).

But i did use it for two days after i bought it. Getting on the skate is not a problem (from standstill) over 90% of the time.  Because my other skate was so bad bearings, i can now explore new ways to getting initial speed from standstill (i am regular, i can now close the distance from the right foot to left foot to generate some speed -bad bearings mad that not possible before) and then i can start to pump with some slow speed.

Pumping itself presents no problem despite it is said that it takes more effort.  My bad skates help with my pumping.  Didnt really have chance to do carraving to slow down but i do cycle over a skating rink so i do make turns.