I like to skate. Specifically inline skating! What about you?
I used to love inline skating as a kid. Is it still popular these days?
At least in the 1980s! "Life" magazine published a piece on an American skater training for the Olympics.
Oh wow. Way back in the 80's. That is really cool.
Yes! But inline skates have been around since 1849! They were invented by Louis Legrange in France!
I wonder what those looked like? Are there different kinds of modern inline skates?
Yes. The common skate used for recreation includes a rubber "stop" that can be used as a brake. Other versions do not include this feature.
Oh I see. Do people still participate in inline skate races?
Aggressive inline skating
Aggressive skating (referred to by participants as rollerblading, blading, skating or rolling) is a sub discipline of inline skating primarily focused on the execution of tricks in the action sports canon. Aggressive inline skates are specially modified to accommodate grinds and jumps. Aggressive skating can take place on found street obstacles or at skate parks.
Since 1994, the sport has been chronicled in various skating films and "edits."
Hardware.
Aggressive skates are identifiable from recreational or speed skates by a prominent
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