I am in the market for a new pair of inline skates. I like the models with the heel brake.
That would make using inline skates so much easier, I would fall without a rubber stop or brake attached to rear of the skates haha
The professionals can drag the inline skate sideways to slow down. I tried that and ended up on my posterior, lol.
I feel like they would be harder to use since they have two to five wheels in a single line as opposed to quad skates that have two wheels in the front and back
I actually never learned how to roller skate. I got a pair of inline skates as a gift when I was younger and have done it ever since.
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