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Hockey Equipment For Ice and Inline: Hockey Skates
Hockey Equipment for ice and inline hockey are two very different things. Why are they so different in nature you ask? Well, for one, one sport uses wheels. The other sport uses a sharp metal blade. You might find some similar things in both hockey equipment, but you should know what makes each of them.
Like I said, the blade is used for ice hockey. The blade on an ice hockey skate, helps dig into the ice and then glide along it. So the hockey player has both speed an control. They can also stop by tearing into the ice with their feet. This usually sends up particles of ice and a cool wooshing affect. It’s also commonly known as the hockey stop.
Can you hockey stop on roller blades. Let’s say for example you have a pair of inline Reebok Hockey skates. Can you stop? Will you need a special pair of Roller Hockey skates? Will you need RBK11’s or another special skate. No, it’s all in the wheels. It’s probably easier to do a hockey stop on inline hockey skates with a pair of super hard outdoors wheels. The reasoning for this is that it most likely will slide along the surface. Soft roller hockey wheels tend to grip the surface and will cause you problems. Just remember skating on the hard wheels you might not get a chance to hockey stop if you keep sliding while trying to skate. Remember, it’s all about the surface and the wheels.
Which is faster? I would say that ice hockey skates are definitely faster, but inline hockey wheels are catching up. The better the wheel and bearing technology is, the faster hockey players can skate. There some pretty fast bearings out there.
If there is one similarity that I have to mention, it has to be that both ice hockey and Roller Hockey Skates need to be maintenanced. You havet to sharpen the ice hockey blades and you have to lubricate your bearings if you want to have fast skates in both sports. Hockey equipment is a simple thing to understand.
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Wayne Ovechkin is a big fan of hockey gear.
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