| Aggressive inline skating, or commonly referred to | | | | skating is when skaters use the natural terrain on |
| as Rollerblading, is an extreme sport that has | | | | the streets to perform their tricks. Some of the |
| emerged into the mainstream over the last ten | | | | obstacles used to perform tricks on are handrails, |
| to fifteen years. These skaters usually perform | | | | curbs, ditches, and ledges. Street skating is illegal in |
| many different kinds of tricks on a variety of | | | | some areas, but many skaters do not always |
| courses. The skates used by aggressive inline | | | | conform to the laws and skate there anyway. |
| skaters are usually smaller and softer than other | | | | Park skating is basically a combination of Vert and |
| inline skates. This allows the skaters to accelerate | | | | Street. A Park course is usually constructed to |
| or decelerate faster, and also have more control | | | | have some of the attributes of what skaters can |
| over the skates when performing tricks. However | | | | find on the street, but also have small half pipes |
| these skates have a slower top speed, and are | | | | and boxes that allow skaters to perform some of |
| also usually less durable than normal inline skates, | | | | the higher flying tricks that are harder to perform |
| so these skaters have to replace their wheels | | | | on the street. |
| more often than other skaters. | | | | With the increased success of the X games and |
| The courses used by aggressive inline skaters are | | | | extreme sports in general, aggressive inline |
| commonly referred to as Vert, Street, and Park. | | | | skating has really thrust itself into the mainstream. |
| Vert is when the skaters "drop-in" to a half pipe | | | | More and more kids are starting to play extreme |
| so that they can gain speed and do tricks when | | | | sports which means that this sport will just |
| they shoot up and out of the half pipe. Vert | | | | continue to grow. The professionals of the sport |
| skaters usually perform the most amazing and | | | | continue to strive to out-do one another so the |
| dangerous tricks because they routinely fly more | | | | sky is the limit to where tricks will go in the near |
| than ten feet or more above the half pipe. Street | | | | future. |