A week of holidays with nowhere to go (& all your friends gone out of station already) can leave you desperate sometimes. Well I always wanted to learn to skate! 
It’s been a long long time since i did something even minutely adventurous and I always wanted to learn boxing and skating. Of the two, I thought skating seems like something I can do on my own. So off I went with the money I had saved and I got my self a pair of skates. Inline skates are certainly the more difficult kind to learn on..but they fascinate me more…here’s my pair: 
my skates
Well my first day was spent in choosing the right ones..and buying accessories like knee, elbow and wrist pads. Whoa!! I’ve fallen only twice yet though…
I learned to take baby steps the next day. Standing up was easy..thanks to a dude named Dhruv in my colony, who let me try out his skates some years ago even though he was younger than me. (maybe I liked it so much then, that I’ve always wanted to learn it ever since) And then I was successful in moving forward with each foot about one foot distance at a time. I practiced where my father plays table tennis. The wooden floors gave me the confidence to fall whenever i liked. 
Now I’ve been bugging my mother in the house…doing all my chores in skates the whole day..it slows me down considerably, but its many times more exciting! Now i can move forward easily..but I’m failing to get into motion with the sweeping strides that i see most skaters take. I asked a friend of mine who skates pretty well on his own pair of inline skates for some tips..He told me to incline the lagging leg by 45 degrees and push on it whenever i move forward. I’ll try that soon I haven’t dared to go on the roads yet, not with the vehicles around at least..maybe I’ll try doing it late tonight..
Will be updating on future developments soon.
Wish me luck!!
