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Artistic Inline Skate Frames: PIC vs. Traix
by Roxanne Freeman

Roxanne Freeman shares her opinions how about how the PIC artistic inline skate frame compares to the Triax frame.

I agree with what most people say about the Triax/quad, PIC/ice skate issues. Most everyone I know who has quad experience is very happy on the Triax. Same goes for the ice skaters and PIC skates. From someone who doesn't have either kind of experience, but strictly in-line, I can vouch for the fact that the PIC Skate is wonderfully fun, but it did take some adjustment from Rollerblades. I actually tried a pair of Triax, before I tried PIC skates, and I think I wore them for all of 45 minutes before going back to regular in-lines. When I tried the Pic skate, I was much more comfortable and familiar with the feel, but I did have to relearn some of what I considered to be "bad habits". I didn't realize that I was simply readjusting my center and learning about edges.

There are two things I can't do on PIC Skates that I would like to be able to: Flying Camels and Sit Spins. I have read Jo Ann Schneider Farris's, and even though she warns that the Flying Camel is one of the more difficult moves to master on PIC Skates, I've heard it can be done. I am wondering now if I should make the transition to ice skating just so I can get some experience, and then perhaps my muscle memory will take over. (I'll confess, I actually did try ice skating a while back. I used some of the horrid rental skates that really don't give a fair evaluation of what ice skating feels like, but it was just so.....slippery!)

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