I need help picking out ice skates.?

When I was first starting to skate, I purchased used skates from a store called Play It Again Sports. Even though they were used...they were wonderul! I got them for only 15 dollars, they worked great, and they lasted a very long time. If you are not at a high level, then buying used skates are perfect for you! Brand new skates are expensive and take about 3-weeks of skating to break in. When skates are not broken in, you can't skate very good and they hurt like crazy! Used skates are already broken in, so it saves a bunch of time!

If you are competing in ice-skating right now, then don't get used skates. If you arn't competing for like a year from now, then used skates are fine. But if you need brand new skates for competing, read this:

The type of skates you need depends on your level and what jumps and spins you can do. If you are just starting to skate- Riedell is a good brand that arn't that expensive. The higher you go the more high quality and expensive the skates get. For instance, the highest jump I can land is a flip jump so I have Harlicks (which were custom fitted for me) and you have to buy the blade seperate from the boot when you're at that high of a level, so all together my skates were about 800 dollars. When I get to an axel, I will need new better skates.

Rinkrat is absolutely right. The toe picks initiate many, if not all, jumps, spins and other figure skating "tricks". Watch any of the figure skating on TV and you'll see right away. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think you can get figure skates (blades) without toe picks. This may help the initial learning process as you're less likely to get the picks unintentionally caught and thus fall. Sorry I cant' help more. I skate with hockey skates and I'm really not all that good anyway! Good Luck!

Not even worth a try finding ice skates like that, get some Nike Bauer Vapor skates for around $80-100.

I just got ccm powerlines (also known as ccm 660) for $30 at my local sports authority. SA is running a sale this week I hear. I wear a size 12, but they have 9 and 10s in stock. My brother had to get some too. They were $30 also.

try sports authority. the skates at ice rinks are probably over your price range but sports authority has some skates in your budget. but keep in mind that they arent very good quality. like their more for recreational occasional skating rather than figure skating.

I don't think you can find any brand new, good quality skates to that price...