my friend texted me "Hey, do you wanna go inline skating?" and i have no clue what inline skating is
Its just a type of roller skates
oh okay i see. Can you tell me more about them?
Yeah inline skates have five wheels in a row instead of two in the front and back
oh i think i've had those when i was a kid! i don't even know if i still remember how to skate
Some of them have a rubber stop on the back so you can slow down by leaning back
oh yes, that's right. i remember that ! Do you by any chance know when they were invented?
with single- to many-rowed devices worn on feet in 1760. Inline skates, skates designed to work like ice skates during periods of warm weather, were invented by Louis Legrange of France in 1849. Legrange designed the skates for an opera where a character was to appear to be skating on ice. The skates were problematic and unsuccessful as the wearer could not turn nor could they stop.
At some point between 1895 and 1899 the UK engineering company D. Napier & Son made Ritter "road skates", which had
Inline skates
Inline skates are a type of roller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have two front and two rear wheels, inline skates typically have two to five wheels arranged in a single line. Some, especially those for recreation, have a rubber "stop" or "brake" block attached to the rear of one or occasionally both of the skates so that the skater can slow down or stop by leaning back on the foot with the brake skate.
The modern style of inline skates