Is 30 years too old to start skating?

Am I too old? Went to a sports shop and they didn't have skates the size of an adult shoe. They looked at me weird when I said I need training skates. And they refused to let me wear the biggest size they had because it could break under my weight (I weight 50kg).

The other store I went to, only has 1 adult size. They looked at me weird too when I said it's for myself. They had inline skates for adults, but no training skates in adult size. As if adults can't train?

I felt kind of discouraged.

One person I met online I told my plan to start skating, and they just sent me a 😳 emoji.

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OogieBoogie · F

If.you wanna do it there are heaps of places to order skates online .

But id also really recommend kneepads and wrist guards . Falling over as an adult is a lot harder on the body.

If youve no experience, roller skates are a tad easier ....but then when you go to blades you have to relearn at lot of stuff as the feel and motion is a bit different .

Plus roller skates are pretty retro 🤗

Edit : one thing you can also look into is the type of wheels on your skates . They make them for different surfaces and purposes .
Some are softer and slower but give good feel over concrete, whole others are harder but give good speed on a rink .

assemblingaknob · 26-30, F

@OogieBoogie thank you I really appreciate it!!!!!