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You love to skate, you happily identify with the affectionate nickname of “rink rat,” and you finally took the plunge and bought your very own roller skates. Congratulations! Now you won’t just save on skate rental fees; you can also enjoy customizing your roller skates to express your own personal style! 

If you have your own roller skates, check out these ideas to customize your roller skates from your fellow skaters at Skate World Deer Park. 

How to Customize Your Skates

The possibilities are endless for customizing your skates, so it can be helpful to consider your options and narrow them down before you make any changes or commit to expensive purchases. These are just some of the ways to personalize your roller skates: 

Replace Your Skate Laces

One of the easiest ways to add personal style to your roller skates is so simple: Just replace the laces! There are a huge number of options when it comes to laces, from a rainbow of colors and glittery options to patterns like cheetah print or camo. 

Add Light-up Accessories

Nothing looks cooler on the skating rink than glowing skates! With the low lights, disco ball reflections, and party atmosphere, light-up skating accessories are right at home and can make a huge statement. There are light-up laces, glow-in-the-dark and/or LED lighted wheels, and even LED light strips that you can mount to your skate plates to give an underglow effect. 

Change the Wheels

As we mentioned, glowing or lighted skate wheels are a good way to make a statement, and wheels also come in a huge variety of colors. Just remember to pay attention to the size and hardness of the wheel in addition to its appearance. You’ll need different characteristics depending on whether or not you’re skating inside on a rink or outside on the sidewalk, jam skating or playing roller derby, and even your own weight. 

Protect Your Skates

If you’ve invested in a pair of skates, you probably want to keep them looking good for as long as possible. Fortunately you can do it in style with toe guards or boot covers! Toe guards come in lots of colors and materials as do boot covers. 

To start customizing your skates, visit RC Sports and find the items you’d like to purchase. Let us know and we’ll be happy to order them for you. We hope to see you here at our Deer Park skating rink soon, so head over to our schedule to plan your visit!

If there were ever a mantra for roller skaters, it has to be this familiar chorus from 1990s one-hit-wonder Chumbawamba: “I get knocked down, but I get up again, you’re never gonna keep me down!” Falling is inevitable when learning how to roller skate (or for experienced skaters learning how to do new moves), but there are ways to protect yourself. Check out these tips to learn how to make falling on skates hurt less, from your friends at Skate World Deer Park. 

Tips to Make Falling on Skates Less Painful

• Whenever possible, try to fall forward, not backward. Mastering this skill is a huge help because you can go down on one knee and often this will allow you to regain your balance and right yourself fairly quickly. 
• You want to avoid falling backward on skates as much as possible because it reduces your ability to control your fall, and you’re more likely to end up with a bruised tailbone. If you’ve ever fallen flat on your tailbone, you know that it’s a painful injury that can take time to heal. 
• Unfortunately, sometimes you may not be able to help falling backwards. But don’t worry, there’s still something you can do to soften the blow! Pick a cheek and fall on one side of your bum or the other. By shifting your weight to one side, you’ll be able to absorb the impact on your gluteus maximus muscle, which is usually less painful that a hit straight to the tailbone. 
• Remember to protect your hands if you fall on skates! If you must use your hands to break your fall or get yourself back up, make fists rather than having your fingers splayed out across the floor where they could fall victim to another skater’s wheels. Even better, learn how to get up from a fall without using your hands. It’s actually a very easy skill to learn once you see it in action. 
• If you’re learning to roller skate, you can’t go wrong with safety gear. Wrist guards, elbow and knee pads, a helmet, and even padded shorts can help you master the skills you need without hurting yourself.

If you’re interested in learning how to roller skate, check out our skate lessons for kids and adults in Deer Park! 

Whether it’s a rainy summer day or just way too hot to be outdoors, Skate World Deer Park is the perfect place to bring your kids from daycare, church, or summer camp to have a great time and keep cool and dry. There’s something for everyone!

Daycare

If you are looking to take your daycare students on a exciting and affordable day trip, look no further! Here at Skate World, we offer several daycare special outing options that range from just skating and drinks to skating and lunch for all your students. Your students will enjoy the thrill of skating or maybe even get to skate for the first time. The best part? It only costs $5-$7 per skater with our discounted group pricing!

Church

Learning about the Bible is always a good time in a church setting, but try changing it up a bit! Take a break from the chapel and try coming to a skating rink instead. Have some fun, food, and fellowship with the Vacation Bible School or Youth Group at your church. At Skate World, we offer discounts for groups of over 100 people, so gather the entire congregation and head on out.

Summer Camp

We know sweltering Texas summer days can get long and sweaty, so we’re offering you the perfect solution: skating! Luckily for you, Skate World has fantastic air conditioning (among other things). Bring the kids from summer camp to Skate World to teach them a thrilling new skill or hobby, while also avoiding killer sunburns and heat exhaustion. We’ve got your back!

No matter the institution, anyone can come to Skate World to have a good time this summer. Contact us for more summer fun opportunities.