They do offer some strange technology. Even after reading most of their explanations I still don’t quite get how this kind of rockering is supposed to help but as I said, I have no clue about hockey. Anyway, fascinating stuff!

You’re welcome!
I’m curious which setup you’ll end up with and if it works out for you. So if you have the time, please feel free to share. Also, if you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Anyway, good luck, I hope you and your son have fun!

Okay, so I assume you want to skate on quads.

I would recommend to just get some cheaper, maybe used skates, I would recommend softer wheels.

Also, get protective gear and wear it:

• helmet
• elbow pads
• kneepads
• wrist protectors
• maybe even a pair of crash pants

The protection can help take away fear of falling, which is so important for making progress.

Start on flat surfaces, learn how to brake as soon as you are able to gain some momentum. There are many good tutorials on youtube (Indy Jamma Jones, Skatie, Dirty School of Skate, …).

If there is a quad skating community in your area try getting in contact, it is much more fun that way. Maybe there are rinks where you live, offering beginner courses. And don’t be afraid of falling, everybody had to start somewhere.

Focus on the basics first, then progress to park and jam stuff. Good luck and have fun!

I’ll join you in your corner. 🫂

They really do look sleek, very nice!

On the one hand I like Lua for its elegant, minimalistic design. I enjoy writing Lua, most of the time when working on Neovim plugins.

On the other hand I value the raw expressive power of C++. It is a beast, but I enjoy taming it.

A lot of effort has gone into improving the performance and speed of all aspects of Inkscape.

Oh yeah! That’s what I want to see.

This involved the refactoring of inefficient code, rewriting how Inkscape works with patterns, moving bitmap tracing into a separate thread and so much more.

Canvas rendering is now both multithreaded, and done outside of Inkscape’s main process thread.

If your computer’s processor has more than one core (which it most likely does), this can result in a 2–4× speedup while zooming / panning / transforming objects.

Nicht direkt ein Ohrwurm, ist mir aber hängen geblieben: Team Scheisse – Schmetterling

I created !onskates@lemmy.graz.social, a community for quad & inline skating. So far there was only a single post from someone other than me. 🥲

I’d also like to go much more niche with a community specifically for wizard skating. But considering the limited popularity of skating communities, there is no need to hurry creating that one.

Damn, actually can’t wait to get there (just have to actually finish something first).