| Aggressive inline skating, or commonly | | | | use the natural terrain on the streets |
| referred to as Rollerblading, is an | | | | to perform their tricks. Some of the |
| extreme sport that has emerged into the | | | | obstacles used to perform tricks on are |
| mainstream over the last ten to fifteen | | | | handrails, curbs, ditches, and ledges. |
| years. These skaters usually perform | | | | Street skating is illegal in some areas, |
| many different kinds of tricks on a | | | | but many skaters do not always conform |
| variety of courses. The skates used by | | | | to the laws and skate there anyway. |
| aggressive inline skaters are usually | | | | Park skating is basically a combination |
| smaller and softer than other inline | | | | of Vert and Street. A Park course is |
| skates. This allows the skaters to | | | | usually constructed to have some of the |
| accelerate or decelerate faster, and | | | | attributes of what skaters can find on |
| also have more control over the skates | | | | the street, but also have small half |
| when performing tricks. However these | | | | pipes and boxes that allow skaters to |
| skates have a slower top speed, and are | | | | perform some of the higher flying tricks |
| also usually less durable than normal | | | | that are harder to perform on the |
| inline skates, so these skaters have to | | | | street. With the increased success of |
| replace their wheels more often than | | | | the X games and extreme sports in |
| other skaters. The courses used by | | | | general, aggressive inline skating has |
| aggressive inline skaters are commonly | | | | really thrust itself into the |
| referred to as Vert, Street, and Park. | | | | mainstream. More and more kids are |
| Vert is when the skaters "drop-in" to a | | | | starting to play extreme sports which |
| half pipe so that they can gain speed | | | | means that this sport will just continue |
| and do tricks when they shoot up and out | | | | to grow. The professionals of the sport |
| of the half pipe. Vert skaters usually | | | | continue to strive to out-do one another |
| perform the most amazing and dangerous | | | | so the sky is the limit to where tricks |
| tricks because they routinely fly more | | | | will go in the near future. |
| than ten feet or more above the half | | | | Interested in Aggressive Skating? Visit |
| pipe. Street skating is when skaters | | | | the aggressive skating forum. |