I have never been skating, but it looks like great fun. Do you skate?
I used to Inline skates when I was young. They were a different type of roller skate.
I've never heard of that. What does it involve?
Well the inline skate has 2-5 wheels in a single line, wheres the quad skate have two front and two rear wheels.
Oh yes, I've seen them but didn't know what they were called. It must be much more difficult than regular roller skating.
Its easier than it looks really. Some inline skates will have a rubber brake on the back for recreational users.
I'd certainly make use of that brake, lol! Are their competitions relating to inline skating?
was developed as a substitute for ice skates, for use by a Russian athlete training on solid ground for Olympic long track speed skating events. "Life" magazine published a photo of American skater Eric Heiden, training for the 1980 Olympics, using such skates on a Wisconsin road.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Rollerblade, Inc., a company founded by Scott and Brennan Olson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, widely promoted inline skating through the registered trademark "Rollerblade".
History.
John Joseph Merlin experimented
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