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What are the differrences between hockey inline skates and normal roller blades?
Other than normal roller blades are normally plasic with straps and a brake and hockey skates are usually leather with laces, what are the differences?
Most recreational/fitness inline skates (Rollerblade is only one company that makes them) are not plastic anymore. K2 created the soft boot more than 10 years ago and it has taken over from the old plastic boots.
The big difference is that hockey skates are designed to be more durable to abuse and be more maneuverable.
The leather boots are both for protection from pucks, sticks, and other skates plus a bit of tradition. It would be perfectly feasible for hockey skates to be plastic.
The lack of a brake is because it would be easy to be tripped by your own or other people's skates. It is not needed because you are not stopping from high speeds and are usually trying to change your direction and keep moving towards the next play instead of stopping.
The wheels are smaller and on a shorter wheelbase so that you can turn sharper (freestyle skates also are like this). This is the most important difference. The smaller wheels and short wheelbase sacrifice top cruising speed for this maneuverability but this isn't a problem in a hockey rink.
Many hockey skates use a hi-low wheel setup where the rear wheels are larger than the front wheels. People believe that this gives an advantage in both acceleration (from the rear wheels) and maneuverability (from the front wheels).
Many hockey skates use 688 micro bearings instead of 608 standard bearings. The claim is that they are lighter and accelerate faster. In reality, the difference in weight is minimal. Racers tried micro bearings a few years ago and they disappeared because the weight difference had no effect and they were not as durable.
Many hockey skate use 6mm axles. 6mm axles are used in the cheaper recreational skates. The better rec skates, fitness skates, and racing skates use 8mm axles because they are more durable and easier to work with.