Is there a difference between artistic roller skating boots and figure skating boots?

I was searching a website and found the Reidell makes both figure and artistic skating boots. I've participated in both sports, but really don't see a difference in the boots--except for price. Does anyone know what the difference is? Theoretically couldn't I just use roller skating boots instead of figure skating ones?

Is there a difference between artistic roller skating boots and figure skating boots?
Roller artistic boots are less "stiff" than ice figure skating boots. Riedell upped the support in their Ice figure skating boots within the past 15 years. They also added heat-molding to their ice skates, which I do not believe they added to the roller artistic boots. (I could be wrong.)





Since ice skating blades are so much lighter than roller skate carriages, the soles of ice skating boots are lighter/thinner. Reinforcements were added to prevent the heavier skate assemblies from damaging the boots.





I know of several people who've taken retired (broken-down) ice figure skating boots, removed the blades, and added roller blade assemblies (PicSkates). Recycling is a good thing, according to them!
Reply:First I'm going to start with assuming that you're referring to roller figure skating as opposed to ice figure skating, and artistic roller skating as dance roller skating.





Dance boots and figure boots vary in their support. Skating figures relies on balance and precision so they are MUCH stiffer and hard to break in. A pair of figure skates will usually cost A LOT more between the plates, type of wheels, rating of bearings, and so forth. With everything new, my last pair of figure skates was about $700+ and that was nine years ago. Dance/Artistic skates are much easier to break in and you need that flexibility to skate well.



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