| First there was the quad then there was inline and | | | | like the soul grind, acid grind, the 540 spin, the |
| the rest is history. Roller-skating, contrary to | | | | Viking flip and the flatspin. Aggressive inline |
| popular belief, doesn't refer to just the quad or | | | | skaters mostly have a high and hard boot,usually |
| the roller skates. Roller-skating refer to both inline | | | | made of carbon fiber, an outer shell that is hard |
| skates and quad skates. | | | | but light, comfortable inner shell, 54-56 mm |
| The quad skates or the roller skates rolled of the | | | | polyurethane wheels with an opaque nylon hub |
| manufacturer's door back in the 1700s when it | | | | and steel bearings with an ABEC grade of 5-7. |
| was used at a London performance. Roller skates | | | | Two of the most well known aggressive inline |
| were first invented form of pastime. But because | | | | skaters are the very famous Yasutoko brothers, |
| of it obvious difficulty in maneuvering it was | | | | Eiji, and Takeshi. |
| almost cast away for good. | | | | Both started aggressive inline skating at a very |
| In the late 80s none other than the Rollerblade | | | | young age and two of the cornerstones of the |
| Company introduced a form of roller skates to | | | | aggressive inline skating event of the X-games. |
| the public. Rollerblade introduced to the United | | | | Another kind of inline skating is speed skating, as |
| States the very first commercially produced inline | | | | the name suggests it is all about speed. Speed |
| skates. A high boot single line skates that has a | | | | skaters mostly have lower boots for their inlines. |
| heel stop. They called it inline skates. | | | | One of the differences of the two disciplines. |
| Inline skates are more aggressive looking than its | | | | Aggressive inline skaters need higher boots to |
| cousin the quad. The emergence of inline skates | | | | have better support and for protection, but speed |
| popularized by Rollerblade was very much | | | | skaters have lower boots to have more ankle |
| accepted that Rollerblading was used to qualify | | | | flexion. This would allow them faster transfer of |
| any kind of inline skating, which is actually a | | | | power. Speed inlines also have larger wheels. |
| misuse of company trademark. | | | | The wheels vary form sizes of 80-110 mm, the |
| INLINE SKATES TODAY | | | | reason for this is because larger wheels are |
| Inline skates are composed of the boot, the outer | | | | generally faster than smaller ones. Speed can |
| shell, the inner shell or the inner shoe, the wheel | | | | compromise control but speed is what is |
| bearings, frame and other safety accessories. | | | | important in speed skating. |
| When looking for the best kind of inline skates | | | | Competitive skating is more of the art form of |
| you should first take into consideration the kind of | | | | inline. Competitive skating involves dance, |
| activity you would use your new inlines. There are | | | | synchronized movement, and grace. Most of the |
| four basic types of inline skating; aggressive inline, | | | | people that engage in competitive skating prefer a |
| speed skating, competitive skating and free | | | | soft boot like the ones found on a quad. Soft |
| skating. | | | | boots are softer that hard boots but they weigh |
| Aggressive inline is the kind of inline skating that is | | | | almost the same. |
| most common. Aggressive inline skaters often do | | | | Free skating is simply getting from point A to |
| tricks like jumps, grinds, slides and flips. | | | | point B in the fastest possible time in the shortest |
| Aggressive inline also known as trick riding is the | | | | possible route. The demands of free skating are |
| kind of inline skating that we usually see in the | | | | simple... have inlines will travel. |
| X-games. Aggressive inline skaters perform tricks | | | | |