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