Skate Shoes Kenya

Kids Skating shoes Nairobi Kenya

Roller skates are a perfect way of starting off the school holidays. Apart from introducing your child to a new hobby, skating gives you an opportunity to have an activity both you and your little ones can enjoy together.
Its one of the few sporting items that will equally thrill an 18 year old as much as it would a 2 year old.

Roller skating activities are not just limited to skates shoes only.There are also skatebords, long boards and ice skating categories for the adrenaline junkies.Here are some few choices you have when it comes to choosing the perfect activities for you or your loved ones: Long boards, skate boards, Inline skate shoes, quad skates and ice skates.

1. Quad roller skates-These type of skate shoes have 2 wheels on each side of each individual shoe: 2 wheels on the front and 2 wheels at the back (Sort of like a vehicle as opposed to inline skates that have 4 wheels aligned on the center and on a straight line on each shoe). They are the easiest set of wheels to ride on and hence perfect for kids who just started out skating and first timers in general. Both adults and children have been catered for by these category. Some kid's entry point skates shoes having 4 different adjustable sizes to stop your wallet from incurring extra costs after every few months due to kids accelerated growths.
2. Inline roller skates-These are by far the most popular than the rest.Although they are not as simple to learn as their quad counterparts, mastering them is no rocket science. Their popularity and market density ensures more options which inturn pays off through lighter price tags and high quality products.Just like the quads,most of them (children's roller skates) come with 4 adjustable size points. You also get the advantage of being faster and the luxury of inter changing your wheels to larger ones if you were planning to go pro.
3. Ice Skates- Although we live at the equater,ice skating is not an unheard of activity in kenya. several establishments such as the panari ice skating rinks in Nairobi are offering people the expirience.
4. Skate board-Simply made from plywood or sometimes plastic with 4 wheels on the underside,skateboards are a platform one moves by pushing using one foot while balancing your body with the other.They can also be propelled using gravity by standing on a downward slope. In recent years, there have been a newplayer in the scene:Electic Skateboards.These are propelled via inbuilt batteries which inturn can be controlled using a hand held blue-tooth remote device.
5. Long boards- They are as their names suggests. They are very similar to the conventional skate board but are longer and have larger soft wheels build and designed for high efficiency. They are commonly used for cruising down hill at greate speeds moistly in tarmaced roads but you could easily find some designed specifically for rough roads. Apart from its hefty price tags,the only other downside to these riding discipline is its only recommended to individuals expirienced in other boarding activities such as skate boarding, surfboarding or snow boarding due to its high stakes and risks to injuries.