Getting Started

• Choose comfortable Skates.
• Purchase all safety gear; helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist pads.
• Get instructed on how to "rollerblade".
• Practice walking on grass first.
• Practice breaking turning and falling.

Rules

• You must obey all the rules of the roadway at all times.
• You should always travel in the same direction as the traffic when on the roadway.
• You must not roller blade where there are signs saying that skates are not allowed.
• You should always give the right-of-way to persons walking on a sidewalk.
• Never allow yourself to be towed behind a bicycle or motor vehicle.
• Never play tag or race on or near a roadway.

Watch Out! Always avoid:

• Loose gravel
• Fallen leaves
• Fallen branches or debris
• Litter
• Cracks in the pavement
• Water/Oil
• Tar on the Roadways
• Railway Tracks