Starting doing something you’ve never done before? Getting back into something you used to do? Is it fun and exciting? Is it challenging?

I recently starting to learn roller skating (quad skating). It is so thrilling! I can’t do a lot yet, I can barely stop, can’t skate backwards, and definitely no transitions. I can skate forward, scissor, scooter push, and I am getting tight with turns.

I take classes on the weekends, which are an hour, and then I skate 3 more hours in the regular session.

I am inching my way through the fundamentals, and I am not falling as often as I did just a week ago. I am wearing a helmet, because I care about my head, but I have become comfortable enough to take it off since it is not required, just wrist guards.

I own my own skates, Riedell R3s with Sonar Caymans (indoors), and Sketchers 4 Wheelers (outdoors), which I modified by replacing the plastic plates and trucks with Sure-Grip Super X. Now they are not so scary.

ALSO! I just got my first skate board! I walked into a local skate shop I had no idea existed until someone mentioned it, and only went in to see what offerings they had for roller skates so I would not have to order online. They got wheels and bearings, plus tools and protective gear, which is all I need and expected.

I walked out with an 8.5 Real deck (recycled), Ventura trucks, Slime Balls 78a wheels, Bones Reds bearings, and black tape. Assembly was free in-house and the dude got it together under 10.

I have yet to ride it, but I learned there is a skate park near me, so I have a lot to look forward to!

Edit: fixed details

  • anameEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m moving to a swedish speaking area in few weeks so I started learning swedish on duolingo a bit over two months ago. I’ve had studied swedish in school since it’s our other official language, but I was never interested in it and went with the lowest grades usually.

    68 day duolingo streak, reading swedish wews and swedish communities on reddit/lemmy/mastodon as well as watching childrens’ shows in swedish on netflix has done wonders restoring my long forgotten swedish skills.

    Basically a free hobby, unless you count netflix subscription, but I had it anyway before starting.

    • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That is awesome! There is nothing more rewarding than learning a new language. It is even more rewarding to relearn a language you had dismissed and reach new levels of understanding and fluency. I hope you are conversational by the time you move!

      • anameEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks!

        I doubt I’ll be conversational by the time I move because that is what I lack in my language immersion at the moment, but I’m sure I’ll soon be after I move since I’ll be needing to use it constantly :)

        • DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Nothing more motivating than having no recourse but to use the language of the population you are in. Happy immersion!

          • anameEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Thanks a lot! You’re very kind.

    • s_sEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      it’s our other official language

      Finland?

        • s_sEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I only guessed because Linus Torvalds is a Swedish-speaking Finn. 🙃

          • anameEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I guess Finland is the only country in the world where Swedish is the second official language