Rollerblading = Groundskiing

aidansheahan

aidansheahan

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Newschoolers! I wanted to make this Thread to just Share how inspired I am by Rollerblading. To me it is so much the same as Skiing however it is very Accessible like Skateboarding. I really encourage more Skiers to get Rollerblades, don't Sleep. You can wear Highly Steezy Clothing and it is a similar Lifestyle to skiing where you pull up to a Skatepark and Session features over and over again. It gives you a similar feeling to skiing of Freedom where your Outside but also practicing an Art and Filming it. It feels so much like skiing to me! Anyways I am currently Filming a Rollerblade Film and will share it on Newschoolers when it is Finished. ^_^ get bladezZz ^_^
 
Aggressive inline and park skiing aren't exactly the same, but many times I've seen skilled freeskiers get blades and instantly have a lot of fundamentals that first-time aggressive skaters need to take weeks to learn. Look at how good Cal Carson has gotten in only 3 years of blading--all that park skiing balance and muscle memory carried over.

Honestly I think aggressive inline is way underrated by everybody, especially the freeskiing community. I always find it crazy how freeskiing and aggressive inline went through literally the same aesthetic phases (4XL clothes, gangsta rap, big ass tricks) back in the day, but neither community really seemed aware of the other.
 
Was just skating woth a friend who boots. We were skating but he pulled the blades out later on. He's way better at skating than me and pretty decent at inline.

Idk a bunch of friends do it or used to. I think that it's dissapeared to the point where theres a novelty to it again. If you see somebody halfway shredding it's pretty dope. You just don't see it much anymore.

Especially now with the scooter shitshow i think people are stoked when somebody at the park is ripping inline.

Idk.

Inline was cool. Remember watching all the cganes, gravity games, b3 etc shit back in the day. That fabiola whatever chick that used to shred vert with the men, that guy trying triple backs lindy maybe?, the japenese brothers, etc.

Idk. Also kinda miss those over the top wooden courses. They built some crazy shit.
 
14182513:kami said:
Julian Bah brings that skiing flava

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I don’t inline skate so some of the more tech edits (like the first one in this thread) get a bit repetitive as all I’m really seeing is some dude with fast feet on a ledge. But this edit was fucked, pretty sure everybody on this site can appreciate the first massive drop 180 where your only option when dropping at least 20ft to switch is to land bolts
 
14182613:Julius_Steezer said:
your only option when dropping at least 20ft to switch is to land bolts
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Yeah, and one little rock or crack in the pavement is lights out. For skiing the weak link is knee injuries when your bindings don't release, in blading it's head injuries when you fall back landing fakie.
 
14182613:Julius_Steezer said:
I don’t inline skate so some of the more tech edits (like the first one in this thread) get a bit repetitive as all I’m really seeing is some dude with fast feet on a ledge. But this edit was fucked, pretty sure everybody on this site can appreciate the first massive drop 180 where your only option when dropping at least 20ft to switch is to land bolts
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Literally the opposite of what all the modern 30+yo dadbladers say LMAO

They always talk about how "hammers were from a time where we were trying too hard to prove ourselves and it killed blading"

Glad that people around my age or with my same mentality agree that big ass tricks are more impressive looking than tech tricks to people not familiar with the sport.

Btw I've seshed multiple times with the guy in the edit and also taken a couple lessons with him.

**This post was edited on Oct 11th 2020 at 1:32:46pm
 
14182513:kami said:
Julian Bah brings that skiing flava

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As a skier a lot of the more old school blade edits seem to have been the sport more because back then they were going as big as skiers in the streets, and now not so much.
 

One of the best sections in Rollerblading.

No crazy switch ups or spinning to rails, but the spot selection is gnarly. Big Gaps, Drop Rails etc.

Great section
 
14183175:Vitiligo said:
What are some good skates to start out on that are ~$150
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Look for Salomon ST skates in places like ebay, goodwill, play it again. They're way old but just as good as the new stuff, like Flexons before Full Tilt. Not much has changed, so you can upgrade or replace parts with new stuff that will bolt on.

Bladers know they're good and will want $$$, so find a seller who don't know. Search in winter and you can probably get a pair your size for like $50.
 
14182871:CLQ said:
Those blades cost more money than the skis you ride on
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Dont know why this got disliked it wasnt even a joke or a personal opinion, those blades literally cost more than Vishnus lmao. What a total scam too i'll take the blades of my ice skates and buy wheels for $15. I mean ya I wouldn't be able to grind but at least than you can spend the extra $485 on a skateboard or bmx and not look like a doorknob but to each their own I guess.

And don't get me wrong if you blade thats chill, I personally dont like it but it is the best practice for skiing. If you spent $500 on blades tho you got straight up finessed, theres no way a hunk of plastic costs more than a metal bike thats ridiculous.

**This post was edited on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:00:43pm
 
14183354:BLandz said:
Dont know why this got disliked it wasnt even a joke or a personal opinion, those blades literally cost more than Vishnus lmao. What a total scam too i'll take the blades of my ice skates and buy wheels for $15. I mean ya I wouldn't be able to grind but at least than you can spend the extra $485 on a skateboard or bmx and not look like a doorknob but to each their own I guess.

And don't get me wrong if you blade thats chill, I personally dont like it but it is the best practice for skiing. If you spent $500 on blades tho you got straight up finessed, theres no way a hunk of plastic costs more than a metal bike thats ridiculous.

**This post was edited on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:00:43pm
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Imagine how many pairs of JNCOs you could buy if you bought the cheaper Bladez too.
 
14183354:BLandz said:
heres no way a hunk of plastic costs more than a metal bike thats ridiculous.

**This post was edited on Oct 13th 2020 at 6:00:43pm
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Then why do some plastic ski boots cost upwards of $500?
 
14183364:FruitBootPro said:
Then why do some plastic ski boots cost upwards of $500?
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Yo ur actually fully right I never thought about that. [tag=258518]@FruitBootPro[/tag] just shit on my chest, no way around it. It is still a scam tho forsure

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14183365:BLandz said:
Yo ur actually fully right I never thought about that. Why the fuck are boots more money than skis im gonna make my own boots
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Bc they're made out of glass fiber reinforced plastic, not the weak cheap plastic you find in toys. They have to hold up to a beating. Plus molds are expensive as shit I guess and some ski boots/blades also come stock with really expensive liners
 
topic:aidansheahan said:
Newschoolers! I wanted to make this Thread to just Share how inspired I am by Rollerblading. To me it is so much the same as Skiing however it is very Accessible like Skateboarding. I really encourage more Skiers to get Rollerblades, don't Sleep. You can wear Highly Steezy Clothing and it is a similar Lifestyle to skiing where you pull up to a Skatepark and Session features over and over again. It gives you a similar feeling to skiing of Freedom where your Outside but also practicing an Art and Filming it. It feels so much like skiing to me! Anyways I am currently Filming a Rollerblade Film and will share it on Newschoolers when it is Finished. ^_^ get bladezZz ^_^
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Might sound dumb cause ive never rollerbladed in my life but can you grind rails? I j feel like with the wheels it'd be weird.
 
14183393:swagmasterflex said:
Might sound dumb cause ive never rollerbladed in my life but can you grind rails? I j feel like with the wheels it'd be weird.
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yeah you nailed it this sounds really dumb
 
14183393:swagmasterflex said:
can you grind rails? I j feel like with the wheels it'd be weird.
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Yeah, there's no space between the wheels. So you use smaller wheels or harder wheels or take out some wheels, and then the skates don't roll good.
 
14183393:swagmasterflex said:
Might sound dumb cause ive never rollerbladed in my life but can you grind rails? I j feel like with the wheels it'd be weird.
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you use frames that have a groove in the middle

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other frames have only two rolling wheels and two grindwheels, or no grindwheels and the groove is very big
 
14183409:jakeordie said:
Yeah, there's no space between the wheels. So you use smaller wheels or harder wheels or take out some wheels, and then the skates don't roll good.
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this is completely false. This is what they did in 1996 when dedicated aggressive skates didn't exist so they had to put grind plates and wheels where the middle wheels would normally go in rec skates. It's analogous to skiers at the same time bolting a twin tip onto their skis for the park. Nowadays there are frames made to grind with four or two rolling wheels. Technically the 4 wheel frames are harder to grind with but a lot of them will give you no trouble if your coordination isn't shit.

Also unless you have bad skating fundamentals or are using shit wheels, skating with only 2 rolling wheels shouldn't feel uncomfortable. Although 4 wheels always feels better.
 
Technically the 4 wheel frames are harder to grind with but a lot of them will give you no trouble if your coordination isn't shit.

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You should try Oysi Frames. Flat Frame with the feeling of Antirocker. Four wheels but a big groove ??
 
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