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