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Inline Skating
Inline skating was really invented in the summer of 1980, two hockey playing brothers were rummaging through a garage sale when they came upon some very early and crude inline skates. These brothers lived in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. They brought the skates home and began modifications on their first skates which started as off season training for hockey players. In the basement of their mother's home the inline skate was fully developed. Soon enough Nordic and Alpine skiers were jumping on the chance to train when the streets were bare. Soon after the inline skates were on the market the two-by-two skates came out and the original inline skates where forgotten just as quick as they where introduced. Until about 15 years ago, the tandem-wheel skates reigned supreme. (rollerblade.com, 3/5/99) The intent of this paper is to explain the history of aggressive inline skating; the history of aggressive inline skating including the origin of skating, the progress of stunts, and the people that make it popular will be expounded upon this paper. Yes, believe it or not, the inline skate was introduced before the 'roller rink' tandem axle skates. Even though they were out first they were very unpopular for about six or seven years, a few innovations were still struggling to be out on the market. After less than a decade of reforming by kids and adults of America, the 2-by-2 wheeled skates were gone. They are still sometimes used by professional RollerJam© athletes. Other than that they are out of commission. (rollerblade.com, 3/5/99) These days the RollerBlade© company is the leader in the industry surpassing brands like Oxygen©, K2©, and Roces©. The reason that these smaller companies are and always will be in the shadow of the big boys at RollerBlade© is that they were the first company to show these skates not only in this country but also in foreign countries such as Australia. New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Denmar... Please login to view comments from other users.
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