How hard is it to rollerblade?

If you are comfortable with wheels on your feet you will be fine...It is so great to cruze around on a nice summer day, do it and have fun.

I only tried them once but I didn't think it was any harder than 4 wheel skates.

Its has a lot to do with balance, it you are okay on rollerskates, you should be able to get that hang of i t-andits a great workout! Good luck!

depends on the person....I pesonally have three broken arms from various contraptions with small wheels....lol. You, on the other hand, will probably be fine!

You have 3 arms? lol

I'm saving to buy a pair of quads at the moment - don't fancy rollerblades for some reason! I've never done either before and have always wanted to learn! Think I'll be strapping cushions to myself for the first few times!!

Good luck! x

I absolutely love to rollerblade...but they hate me, haha. Rollerblading was one of the contributing factors in my knee surgery back when I was younger -- but it was mostly my own fault for being clumsy and opting out of protective gear. Like someone said before, I definitely recommend the guards if you choose to rollerblade, and it is a ridiculous amount of fun, so I say go for it!

I think one of the main different things about rollerskating vs. rollerblading is the location of the brakes -- I can't remember if you can change the position of the brakes on the rollerblades but mine were on the back; aren't rollerskate brakes on the front? Might take some getting used to.

I loved to roller skate as a little girl, and in my early 20s I bought a pair of roller blades. I loved either one, but I will admit that I found the roller blades to be harder on my ankles. Of course that could be due to size and age!

A little anecdote: My baby sister was 13 and I was 25 and she and I went rollerblading. There was this hill behind my house that had recently been paved, and she and I were dying to go down it. We roller bladed up that hill and then had to take a ten minute break! During that entire time, there was absolutely NO traffic. So once we were rested, we started down, her in the lead, so if she fell, I would know to stop and help her. She takes off. Then I take off. Immediately there are two problems: 1. I was going a LOT faster than what I had anticipated and 2. Two cars are behind us. Now, we were going slow for a car, but for humans on wheels, plummeting to their inevitable deaths, it seemed like we were riding rocket ships. Or at least that's how I thought of it. Because of my heavier weight (I was around 220 at the time), I quickly surpassed my sister. We both made it safely over the huge hump where the drain was at the bottom of the hill, and though we were still cruising, it was clear we were in control, as we went up the next small hill, I slowed down more and she passed me. The cars eased past both of us, when just as the second car was passing me- WHAM! I wiped OUT. Destiny was ahead of me at this point and didn't know I'd fallen. My right thigh had mega road burn, but other than that, I was just fine. I was so shaky, I didn't think I would make it back up, but I was panicked because Des was now out of site, and despite the earlier irresponsibility (you've been paying attention to the fact that we went down a PUBLIC STREET, right?) I was concerned about her falling, getting run over, kidnapped, you name it.

I finally got up and started off again, but my momentum was gone, and I was shaking so bad, I could barely stand, plus my leg hurt pretty bad! Des had apparently noticed my absence and had come back to check on me. When she saw my leg, she freaked out, but I was so glad I was the one who paid the price for my foolishness, that I wasn't worried about it. (I hadn't had a good look at it yet, or I would have either been crying or passed out.)

I told her I had been terrified that those cars were going to hit her. She said, "What cars?"
"How did you not see them?!" I exclaimed.
"I was praying," she calmly replied.
"What?!?!" I exclaimed. Again. With more exclamation marks.
"When I started going so fast, it terrified me, so I thought I better start praying."
"But Destiny, why weren't you able to see the cars?" I was totally confused.
"Tonya, I close my eyes when I pray."

So yeah, wear protective gear.

rollerblades are awesome and such a great workout! not hard to pick up either just make sure to wear pants the first time incase u fall!