Which is easier ? Ice Skating Or Inline Skating (roller blading)?

Hi ppl, if you are adept at inline skating, does that makes you an adept skater in the ice skating ring as well ? I havent tried ice skating before, so this questions just suddenly pops into my head =D

Which is easier ? Ice Skating Or Inline Skating (roller blading)?
Stopping, turning, and pushing are all different between ice and rollerblade skating. Spinning and jumping are also radically different. Still, the basic muscles and movements are the same in both, so a lot of your skills are transferable.





I find ice skating easier, but I learned to ice skate before I tried rollerblades. Rollerbladers may find ice skating harder. I think it's easier for someone who can do one of the two sports to learn the other than it is for a person who has never skated before to learn either. (I hope that makes sense.)





Ice skating is more like skiing than rollerblading.
Reply:actually i learned how to roller blade first.. so when i got onto the ice it was an easy transition for me. I think i only fell once when i went ice skating for the first time. if you are okay in inline skating then it will be very easy for you to ice skate. Report It

Reply:Roller blading is easier but Ice skating is more fun because you're gliding across the ice....
Reply:Ice Skating ;)
Reply:It will help knowing how to in-line, yes. Stopping on ice is a lot different, but your ankles will have the strength and flexibility (as well as your toes and tarsals) that you use to skate forward and backward. It will take a learning curve, but yes, it will help you.
Reply:Coming from an ice skating background, I'd have to say ice skating is more "forgiving", not necessarily "easier" as a sport.





That being said, I'd have to say ice skating equipment and surface is "easier" to work with. Most of my ice skating friends would say the same thing (we've all gone out rollerblading together):





1) Rollerblades seem "bulkier" (the boot and the wheels) so it feels like we're skating with bigger "things" on our feet.





2) Because of the "bulk", it's harder to do "skating moves". I know rollerbladers do nearly the same moves as ice skaters, but it's not as "quick" (figure or hockey).





3) Seems like ice is more forgiving. Ice has the slip factor, so you can fudge some moves and still be on your merry way . . . but with cement/floor with wheels there is more traction, more chances to trip (maybe?).





4) Also with the ice being more forgiving, you don't get as scraped up as you would falling on cement/floor (or at least it seems to hurt a heck of a lot more when I fall rollerblading!).





I know hockey players who do both . . . they describe ice as being more forgiving as well. There was one guy though . . . he thought he did better with inline . . . he couldn't deal with the slip and slide factor . . . was more afraid on the ice. So I guess it depends on the person.





I know a lot of ex-roller skaters (the old quad skates) who have excellently adapted to ice skating (figure) . . . they say ice skating is easier . . . and they look like fabulous on the ice with a lot of power (comes from the strength they used with rollers). But quads are a bit different from inline.
Reply:The esey one is roler blading



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