With Summer fast approaching, it may be time for you to get your skates ready for warmer weather.
Unless of course, you live in warmer, drier parts of the world and your Winter has been a slightly cooler Summer and your skates have been in use all along.
But for those whose skates have been in the closet for all the wet out there, here are a few tips for getting your skates back to performance ready:

• Spin your wheels. Are they spinning nice and free? Trying adjusting the axel bolts with the hex wrench that came with your LandRollers. They should be just tight enough that any more and the wheel will slow.
• Take your hex wrench and tighten all the hex bolts on the skate, just to be sure. There are 2 hex bolts connecting the frame to the boot, 2 for the brake arm, and 1 for each wheel.
• This is not a “have to” but you can take a silicon based lubricant and give each the bearing of each spinning wheel a spritz on the front and back. This will help keep grit from working its way into the interior and making the inside dirty and slow. NEVER use a degreaser like WD40. This will destroy your bearings.
• Take a good look at your wheels and brake pad. Do they need to be replaced? Pushing a severely worn out wheel can be dangerous. Same thing with a brake pad. Better to have spares on hand and ready to go.
• Are your safety pads ready to go? If they have damage from last Summer and you just haven’t replaced them, you are asking for trouble. Don’t wait until you fall, do it now.

While there are definitely additional and more detailed things you can do to keep your skates in top condition, these are some solid basic things that will go a long way towards extending the life of your skates.

Go forth and roll.