Now that the holidays are behind us and the new year is in full swing, let’s get back to basics! Here at Skate Moore Skate Center, we get a lot of questions about skating, but it boils down to three basics. So here is our Roller Skating 101: How-Tos!

How To Skate Without Falling

• First of all, bend your knees. Now bent them further! You want to bend so far that you can’t see your toes past your knees. The next trick here may seem counter-intuitive but trust us: lean slightly forward rather than backward. Give it a try and see how much more stable you feel!

How To Stop

• If you’re wearing appropriate knee pads, you can just drop gently to one knee to stop yourself. Of course, you can use the heel brakes on your inline skates, or toe stops on your quads. That’s what they’re there for! Finally, try a T-stop: drag one foot behind you perpendicular to the other foot.

How To Prevent Blisters

• We’re way ahead of you!

How To Get Better

• Practice! That’s it. Just keep working at it. You can read “how to skate” articles all day long, but the sooner you put your knowledge into practice, the sooner you’ll master it! Come out to Skate Moore whenever we’re open and see what you can do on the skate floor.

Now that you’ve got the basics, don’t forget that practice makes perfect! We can’t wait to see you at Skate Moore Skate Center.

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Have you made your plans yet? If not (or if you’re just looking for a little something extra), look no further: Skate Moore Skate Center in Moore, OK is hosting a Valentine’s Day Skate from 6:00 to 8:00 on February 14th!

For just $3 per person, you and your sweetie can enjoy all the benefits of a roller skating date:

• It’s Unique and Fun! While everybody else is packed into overcrowded, expensive restaurants with overworked waitstaff, you and your date can enjoy an evening of retro fun without the crowds of cranky diners. Don’t worry about your reservations getting pushed back or your food being cold.

• It’s Casual. No need to kill yourselves dressing up, although you’re welcome to wear your fancy clothes if you want! Just make sure that skirts and pants won’t get caught in your wheels. The point is that a skating date is exactly as low-key as you want it to be. There’s no pressure, and the conversation will flow naturally.

• …But it’s Thoughtful. Because it’s something different and off the beaten path, your date will feel like you’ve put a lot of thought into making the evening a romantic night for both of you!

Remember, the more money save on activities, the more you’ll have for gifts, cards, or even saving for your future together. Bring your date to Skate Moore Center for our $3 Valentine’s Day Skate and let the good times roll. Just be sure to look out for blisters!

Now that the holidays are over and gone, it’s easy to let work take over our schedules. Don’t pack up all the fun with the decorations, though! Making time to have fun is a crucial part of staying healthy, mentally and physically.

Taking time to blow off steam and enjoy ourselves is a good way to relieve and reduce stress. It also means spending more time with our loved ones. The time we have on this earth is short. Shouldn’t we spend some of it making good memories with our family and friends? And besides, do we really need an excuse to do something enjoyable? Not everything we do has to be motivated by what other people think is most important. Sometimes it’s ok to let your hair down and just enjoy things!

Of course, it’s not always easy to slot fun into our schedule. That’s where Skate Moore Skate Center comes in! Between our special events like our upcoming Valentine’s Day Skate and our regular skate sessions, and with our great music and the delicious treats at our snack bar, we make fun easy and affordable. It’s also a great way to meet new friends or connect with old ones.  Plus, roller skating is a good exercise that’s easy on your joints, which is especially useful in the cold months when spending time outdoors just isn’t feasible.

No matter why you’re choosing to make fun a priority, we hope you’ll join us at Skate Moore in Moore, OK. We’re the experts on fun!

Getting fit and staying healthy are some of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions! If you made a similar resolution, you’re not alone, but it can be easy to feel overwhelmed, especially if you’re just starting. Here are some exercise tips for beginners to make getting fit easier! 

• Start Small. By some accounts it takes 28 days to make a habit. When you make fitness goals, start with one or two small changes to your daily routine. As you succeed in making them a habit, you can slowly add new challenges. Don’t overwhelm yourself at the beginning–that’s setting yourself up for failure.

• Forgive Yourself. Everybody makes mistakes and fails sometimes. Don’t beat yourself up–shame isn’t a helpful motivator. Remember that every day is a new opportunity to try again.

• Make it Fun! If you really hate what you’re doing, how likely are you to keep doing it no matter how good for you it may be? That’s where Skate Moore Skate Center comes in! Roller skating is great for burning calories, improving balance, increasing endurance, and strengthening muscles. It’s easier on joints than running or jogging, and it’s not subject to the challenges of the winter weather.

Whether you’re joining us for an open skate session or for one of our special events, at Skate Moore you’ll have so much fun that you won’t even realize that you’re getting a great workout. Plus, at Skate Moore we work hard to make sure roller skating is affordable as well as fun.

The holidays are coming up fast! Are you looking for a few last-minute gifts for the favorite skater in your life? At Skate Moore in Moore, Oklahoma, we have a bunch of really cool ideas for anyone who loves to spend time zipping around the rink at our skate center.

Our pro shop is fully stocked for the holidays with all the coolest gifts a skater could ask for. From skates, accessories, wheels and more, we have what you need to get rolling! Or check out some of these other awesome gift ideas that’ll let the roller skate lover in your family know you care.

If you have a family member who loves to skate, these accessories would make great gifts or stocking stuffers. Check them out and then swing by to see us at Skate Moore to show off that new gear!

• Bags and Totes
• Fun Skating Socks
• Funky Laces
• Skating Jewelry

Our pro shop also carries a complete line of all the top brands when it comes to skates, wheels, bearings and more. If you’re ready to get someone you love a new pair of skates this holiday season, but you aren’t sure where to start, our team of experts can help from start to finish. Of course, once you find the perfect pair of skates, you’re going to want to come back to try them out! Check out our open skate times or give us a call to find out more about booking a private skating party with us!

What better way to show your employees you care during the holidays than to have a fun and family-friendly party to celebrate everyone’s favorite time of the year? And what better place to do it than Skate Moore in Oklahoma City? This time of year puts everyone in good spirits, and when you’re trying to celebrate with your team, we think you should consider an awesome night at our skating center.

Roller skating is a timeless classic that is fun for the entire family and with our private party packages, you can have a night of festive fun with all of your coworkers and their families that everyone will be talking about well into the New Year.

Private Party Packages for the Holidays

At Skate Moore, we have some amazing party packages for skaters young and old. Check out some of the perks of booking a corporate holiday party with us for your corporate holiday party this year:

• 2 hours of skating, partying, and fun
• $500 for up to 50 guests! Invite additional guests for $10 each.
• Available Sunday through Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
• Food packages are available including pizza and extra drinks
• And much more!

Skating is Fun for Everyone

Roller skating makes everyone feel like a kid again. Our skating center has everything you need for your employees and their families to have fun, including skate rentals, lessons, full concessions and more. A classic pastime, roller skating has been keeping kids and adults entertained for decades. Some things never go out of style, and skating is one of them!

Booking a holiday skating party is easy. Just give us a call today to talk to one of our skating pros and we’ll get everything squared away quickly and hassle-free.

With the holidays upon us here in Moore, Oklahoma, it’s time to start thinking about how you and your family can give back to the community this year. At Skate Moore, we love our neighbors and hope all of our skating friends will consider helping out those in need during the season of giving.

There are tons of fun and rewarding ways to help your neighbor that will make a big impact. At Skate Moore, we thought it would be helpful if we gave you a short list of some of our favorite ways to give this year. Volunteering is a great way to help out and to teach your kids a valuable lesson about caring for our local community. Check out our list below and then roll by for a skating session to reward your little ones for doing the right thing!

• Volunteer with a Food Drive – Food drives are a great way to get the community involved in feeding the homeless and less fortunate among us. From collecting nonperishable food items to helping deliver the collections, there are lots of ways to get involved. Give us a call at Skate Moore to find out more!
• Help Save the Planet – Recycling goes a long way to help save resources and make our planet a better place to live. Make it fun by creating decorative boxes for recycling old batteries, electronics and other things that can be reused but aren’t picked up on trash day. Drop off the bins at local stores and pick them up when they’re full! You’ll be helping to teach your kids to be active in helping our environment while doing your part to create a cleaner earth.
• Join Us for a PTA Skate – Getting involved with your school’s PTA night at Skate Moore is a great way to help raise money for your child’s education and have some fun while you’re at it. Check out our PTA page to see when you’re school is scheduled and give us a call to find out more!

Halloween is big fun for the kids but the amount of sugar and empty calories we let our kids consume can be scarier than any ghost or ghoul you might run into on All Hallows Eve. Did you know that there are over 40 million kids between 5- and 14-years old who participate in trick or treating every year? And as fun as it is to conceal your kiddos in creepy costumes to collect buckets full of candy, all that junk food can wreak havoc on your kid’s health.

The average trick or treater collects anywhere between 3,500 to 7,000 calories worth of candy every year on Halloween! And when you consider the fact that it takes more than 15 minutes of moderate cardiovascular exercise to burn off a single bite-sized piece, one thing come to mind; it’s time to get your kids into some fun activities that can give them the extra exercise they need this time of year.

Here at Skate Moore in Oklahoma City, we have just the solution! Roller skating is a great way to burn off that extra sugar while letting your kids have a really great time! A lot of people don’t realize how good skating is for you because it is so much fun. However, the benefits of skating are huge! Check out just a few of them below:

Increased Heart Rate – Skating at a moderate pace increases your heart rate into the fat-burning range of 140-180 beats per minute.

Burn Calories – Spending an hour at our skating center in Moore, Oklahoma, can burn between 300-600 calories.

Complete Aerobic Exercise – Skating works muscles from your head to your toes, giving you a full-body workout.

Bones and Joints – Unlike running and other cardio workouts, skating is easy on your joints. This gives you the workout you need with much less risk of injury.

There are probably a million more benefits that come from skating beyond simply having fun. We’d be more than happy to discuss them all with you during our open skating times here at Skate Moore! Or, feel free to organize a big trip for the whole neighborhood with our awesome party packages! Curious to find out more? Give us a call today at (405) 794-4644.

October is National Roller Skating Month and here at Skate Moore in Oklahoma City, we thought it would be fun to give you a little rundown on the history and evolution of skating! Did you know that the first time roller skates were ever seen was all the way back in 1760? That’s over 250 years ago! And while the initial design did not end up working out well at the time, the concept sparked the imagination of inventors across the world! Within 60 years of the original roller skates’ appearance at a masquerade ball in London, skates similar to the ones we ride today were patented… and the rest is history!

Roller Skating Timeline

• 1760 – John Joseph Merlin invented the first pair of roller skates. Unfortunately, he didn’t create a way to turn or stop and his invention took him crashing into a wall.
• 1819 – Roller skates were patented for the first time.
• 1863 – A skate that finally let people turn and skate around freely (not just in a straight line) was invented in Massachusetts.
• 1880 – Roller skates were used by men to play “roller polo” which was similar to what we call roller hockey today!
• 1970 – Skating took off as a fun pastime as roller rinks became more available and easier to maintain because of the use of modern plastic wheels.
• 1985 – Skating for adults faded out with the era of Disco, but claimed a new following with children ages 5-15.
• Present – Skating, both inline and traditional quad styles, has remained a family friendly, activity for kids and parents alike all over the world!

Roll in For Great Family Fun!

At Skate Moore, we’re keeping the tradition of roller skating alive! We offer excellent birthday party packages, open rink time, concessions and way more! If you want to find out more about our party packages, open skating times, or pricing, give us a call today at (405) 794-4644.