A little question about Riedell Ice Skates!?

Question

i am looking to get a pair of Riedell Ice Skates, But, first, like, are they made for figure skarers, or can regular skaters use them too>?

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Answer 1

The Riedell website can give you info . . .

http://www.riedellskates.com/ice/index.h...

To decipher the types:

The Soft Series Skates are for just "skating around".  Those skates are made for "comfort" - and purely for recreational skating - not for doing "true" figure moves.  These are a skate set - boots that come with blades.  If you're planning to further yourself in skating - don't get these.

The Beginner skates may be what you are you looking for.  These boots also come with a blade.  Beginning figure skaters or what you call "regular" skaters can use them (if you mean just "skating around").  The standard blades may be about the same quality on all of them,  but the boot itself is a bit stiffer with each model # (Yellow Ribbon being lowest, Bue Ribbon being highest).  If you are wanting to eventually start lessons, Blue Ribbon may be good to start off with.  Or if you just want to "skate around", any of them should be fine as they are nice beginner boots (like I said, Yellow Ribbon lowest quality, Blue Ribbon being the highest for beginners - you choose) . . . and for sure they'll be better than rentals!!  

However, these beginner boots have PVC soles with the blades riveted on them.  Eventually as you get more advanced in skating when you take lessons, you would need to move on to the next level boot/blades - where you would have to purchase them separately.  The higher boots have all leather soles and the advanced blades are screwed onto them.  You can do some jumps and spins on the Beginner boots, but soon enough you will realize you need the support of a stiffer boot (and higher quality blade) to move on.  

Intermediate and Advanced boots are what you DO NOT need at the moment.  They will be too stiff for your needs right now.  And an advanced blade would be totally unnecessary.  Get them when you are at a point in your skating where you are truly doing jumps and spins (by that time, you'll be more knowledgable about skates and what to get).    

Hope that helps!!

Answer 2

By regular, do you mean just recreational ice skaters? Riedells  are 100% made for figure skaters. Sure, they have beginner-level skates that you could use, but why would you? They're so much more expensive...why not just get skates from a sports store or something if you're not a figure skater? Besides, I wouldn't recommend Riedell to anyone, figure skater or otherwise, unless you have a very narrow foot.

Answer 3

Riedell skates can be used as recreational or figure skates depending on which one it is. Yellow-Blue ribbon can be used as both and anything above that are figure skates.

Answer 4

Gosh, I wish people would stop saying "regular" skates.  Whatever.  I am pretty sure that Riedell does not make any type of skates except figure skates.  That is a very good choice, a huge percent of beginner-intermediate (meaning waltz jumps through double jumps) use Riedells.

Answer 5

The boot is VERY important - it's what gives you support and stability.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE STRONG ANKLES - whatever that means.  

Riedell has the largest selection of recreational figure skates.  I suggest going to your local pro shop to be measured and fitted correctly.  A poor fitting boot is the reason more skaters quit.  

I recommend the Riedell model 21 or 121 (depending on the size of your foot) for recreational skating.  It has a nice blade and plenty of support - you wouldn't need to upgrade unless you decided to start jumping.

DO NOT get skates from a sporting good store.  They have no support and nickel blades instead of steel blades - nickel cannot be sharpened.