Professional quad skates is a sport in order to perform the skater should enjoy skating and in order for the skater to enjoy skating they should be in comfort and since speed skates coaches recommend a lot of modifications to the skate in order to make it faster and lighter they tend to forget about the comfort.

PERFORMANCE = COMFORT

What is professional Quad Skating ?
Quad skating is a sport which is a type of roller skating that has four wheels two in the front and two at the back arranged in a square pattern. Quad skaters often wear specialized boots and frames.

Infinity skating products has written a blog to help you get the maximum out of your Professional Quad Skates.

Here are 6 tips to get the maximum comfort and output of your professional quad skates

Skating insoles:
When you are into speed skating, most of the time you are using a football boot or a carbon boot. If you use the football boot the bottom portion of the potion is very thin.

When you fix the frame into it the screw heads tend to wear out the insoles very quickly, so you should get a pair of skating insoles so that you get better comfort while skating.

If you are using carbon boots it’s best to go for an ankle fit as they are very light but produce a lot of heat during friction. To avoid that friction the ankle fit/ be fit is necessary.

Make sure to get skating Insoles as they have basic cushioning which does not absorb much of your pushes at the same time they have a side lip which is very useful as most skaters get blisters and bruises in and around that location

make sure not to buy regular sports insoles as those usually have extra cushion which would be more comfortable but it absorbs the push which may affect your performance.

Laces:
Having the right length of laces and quality of laces is very important because lets say you are using a football boot customised into a professional quad skate.

The football boot comes with football laces which are very thin and soft. But you’re supposed to go for waxed laces which are slightly thicker so they give you a better grip while tightening and you can probably circulate below your frame and give it a knot as well. 

3. Hanger bushes:

The very important factor in your professional Quad skates is that people always forget hanger bushes, that there is a bush which is placed below your axles. So, that whole portion is called a hanger.

And, between the hangers, you have two bushes on, on each axle. So a total of eight bushes will be required for one skate, which is for both feet, now this is very important for shock absorption.

So when you change those bushes, it gives you better comfort and better shock absorption as well. As you continue to use the bushes, the rubber begins to wear out due to the pressure and weight applied. So it’s better to change your bushes if you want better comfort.

4 Washers

So, usually, when you buy a professional quad skates from the coach or get your skate customized, the washers that they usually use are the ones that are available at the hardware shop. So those are flat washers, which will not give you the optimum performance, on your skates and won’t let your bearings perform, at their maximum speeds.

That’s the reason, we recommend that you use 3D washers, which are made especially for quad skates kits. And, they are, they are flat from one side, and they are elevated, giving a 3D finish on the other side. So when you keep bearings on top when the wheels are placed on top of the washers, the rotation is much smoother, and there is no hindrance between the bearing and the washers while rotating.

5. Skating Socks:

When you skate, you need the best amount of comfort so that you enjoy skating. You don’t feel the pain, and, you don’t wear off your feet very soon and avoid friction. So when you have good, thick cushion socks or skating socks, they will definitely help you, give you better comfort and, also help you in, giving you a better performance.

6.  Tightening your hangers:

When you turn your skates upside down, you will notice that there is a bolt There are two bolts on each skate on each shoe, so these bolts are meant to be snug tight and When they are snug tight, they don’t give any sort of movement and when they don’t give any movement, that’s when your skate performance perfectly and whenever you are giving a push the whole energy is passed on to the wheel and the bearing so that they roll faster and give you a better performance.

Having the right length of laces and quality of laces is very important because lets say you are using a football boot boot push the whole energy is passed on to the wheel and the bearing so that they roll faster and give you a better performance.

If you want to learn how to clean and maintain your bearings, you can check out that post as well.

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