[–] idontgetbacon ago
Use to live in Phili. First thing you did when you learned how to skate properly was buy a decent pair of skates off your friends/parent's friends. We had a little lake right by my school and on snow days would run home to get our skates and go out for a few hours.
I miss the ice. :(
[–] iammeandyouareme [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My very first true pair that didn't have plastic heels were $50 used skates from another skater at the rink. My mom wanted to make sure that I was going to stick with it before investing a lot into skates.
Then when I started jumping I think maybe 2 years later (?) my coach went to my mom and said "She needs new skates" and my mom said "How do you tell?" and coach proceeded to take one side of the ankle on my boot and easily bend it all the way down to the blade.
Even some of the regulars I see at the rink will skate in the rentals for MONTHS. It's only when they finally get their own skates that they really see improvement. It's not a cheap hobby, but it's definitely better to invest in the equipment because those rentals are just terrible.
[–] idontgetbacon ago
We lived in a small little neighborhood where everyone knew everyone. Clothes, skates, goalie pads... Everything was traded around the neighborhood.
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[–] iammeandyouareme [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Since those skates are probably a year old and get used by hundreds of people, she certainly didn't help, but I wouldn't be shocked if the skates were already bent at the ankle.
But her weight was NOT helping them in the least. (for reference, skates like that are rated about a 30 in stiffness, which is nothing, but works for small children, my skates are rated a 90 and the ankles can't be bent sideways at all)