What you'll need
There are a variety of essentials to bring to skating and each brand of skating requires something different.
Figure
- Flexible and warm clothing
- Blade guards
- Blade soakers
- Skate bag
- Blade cloth
- Gloves
Speed
- Skin suit or Cat suit
- Helmet (compulsory for short track)
- Cut proof gloves
- Cut proof shin pads
- Neck guard
- Blade cloth
- Knee pads
Hockey
- Helmet with cage or visor
- Shoulder and chest pads
- Elbow pads
- Gloves
- Aromoured pants
- Shin guards
- Absorbent base layer, often known as 'Sweats'
- Jersey, often several, a dark one and a light one to allow teams games, and a team specific one
- Hockey socks to cover the shin pads
- Stick
- Stick tape
- Sock tape
- Drinks bottle
- Large kit bag
- Neck guard
- Jock shorts
- Off ice training aids, such as stick handling balls, and pucks designed to be used on concrete or tarmac