Roller Skate Aesthetic
Once you have the right size, fasten laces and straps firmly — a skate you can move in is a skate you can't steer.
Stand on a sheet of paper against a wall, heel touching the wall. Mark the tip of your longest toe, then measure heel to mark in millimetres. Do it late in the day, when your foot is at its widest, with the socks you skate in. Measure both feet and use the longer one. Most pain beginners blame on skating (blisters, numb toes, heel lift) is actually a sizing problem.
Brands do not agree: Impala says take your usual size and go up a full size between half sizes, Rio Roller says its sizes often run a little big, and Powerslide asks you to add 3 to 5 mm to your foot length. That is why this calculator uses each brand's published chart and shows its own advice.
It depends on the brand, so follow its own advice. Impala, for example, recommends your usual size and the next full size up if you are between half sizes. Powerslide and Chaya ask you to add a few millimetres to your measured foot length before reading the chart.
No. A skate size is not a shoe size and it varies a lot between makers. Always check the chart of the brand you are buying.
Look at the width of the model, not only its length: choose a model with a wider last or width options (Powerslide lists five widths; Chaya describes its truFIT last as medium to wide in the front). Check the model page.
Impala, Rio Roller, Chaya, Powerslide and K2, from their own published charts. More brands are added only when an official chart is available.
Each brand's own size chart, with the source link and date shown in the result. Some charts are model-specific: check the chart on your exact model.
Data collected 2026-10-07. Charts can change; the brand's own page always wins.