Hi everyone I'm new to the community but I love skating I'm currently learning how to do the backward crossover ,do yall have any tips?

Since getting introduced to wheelies and manuals, I've struggled a lot with balance, and I think I may have happened upon a significant improvement: changing up my lacing. Apparently, there's a remarkable number of ways to lace your skates up! And while some people take full advantage of this as an opportunity to flex their style, it can also be a way to really lock in your skate fit. In the picture below, I've changed my lacing from an out-in(from outside the eyelet to inside on the cross between eyelet pairs) on the left skate, to an in-out (from inside to outside the eyelet between eyelet pairs) on the right skate (obviously I'll lace them both like the one on the right😉). I hope that makes sense, lacing really is kind of complicated. Regardless though, the fit is night and day. On my manuals, I feel my heel lift off and my toe shift forward in the toe box in my left skate, while the right heel only comes up a little bit, and the toe stays LOCKED in place, and I feel a lot more in control. Best of all, I haven't felt any discomfort from pressure, if only a little numbness. For anyone who wants to try, I followed the pictures on the guide at: https://edeaskates.com/en/lacing-properly/ It says it's for ice skates, but I think there's some good bits of advice for roller skate lacing as well. Cheers!

What do you guys use to clean wheels ?

I'm looking into buying new wheels for my dance skates, and I want to have more slide and control with spins and transitions and things. I'm realizing my current setup is actually making these kinds of things a LOT harder. Any recommendations for wheel brands and sizes? I'm thinking of getting the Riva Wheels 96a 57mm - any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks a bunch!

I bought a new skate backpack and I absolutely love it. It’s designed for ice skates but works great for roller skates. The skates go into enclosed bags on the sides and the middle compartment is large enough to hold my wrist guards, knee pads, and an extra set of wheels. It also has a small zippered pouch inside where I put my tools and toe plugs/jam plugs (whichever isn’t on my skates). There’s no outside pouch to fit a water bottle, but I think it would also fit inside the main compartment. It’s way more ergonomic than the over-the-shoulder skate bag I was using. https://a.co/d/eHgQiH7