Ah, rollerblading. The red-headed step child of ‘action sports.’ It’s disliked by other members of the ‘extreme’ community for many, many reasons… Mostly because it looks goofy, though.
I used to do it, and even I think it’s kinda silly. I did it back in it’s infancy… Just when grinds and rail slides were first being done. It really hasn’t evolved all that much since then… Unlike skateboarding and BMX, there’s not much equipment to twirl around or take limbs off of. In rollerblading, your gear is your feet. Well, strapped to your feet, anyway. Tweaking or boning out an air on skates is nothing compared to doing it on a bike or a skateboard.
Oh, I was going somewhere with this… Since people dislike ‘fruitbooting’ (a derogatory term for rollerblading) so much, they love to see them crash. And here is a link to somebody’s Top Ten Rollerblading Mishaps. It’s pretty good (and gnarly) stuff. Even if you like rollerblading it’s a good watch.
If’n you’re too lazy to bother, here’s the #2 crash on the list…Â This is from a video released back when I did this goofy shit.
